Pipe Metallurgical Co. and Surgutneftegas integrate management systems and vendor interactions

Pipe Metallurgical Co. Companies (Pipe Metallurgic Company) and "Surgutneftegas" improve business processes among themselves using information technologies based on a system SAP SRM.

Prehistory

Pipe Metallurgic Company for the first time began to use a corporate information system based on SAP ERP at the enterprises in 2006. In 2009 already all Russian enterprises of the company were included in a circuit of this system. It allowed Pipe Metallurgic Company to improve planning processes, to reduce costs at all production phases and sales of products, to increase customer service quality.

In Surgutneftegas vendor interaction based on SAP SRM is also performed.

Being old partners, Pipe Metallurgic Company and Surgutneftegas made the decision on cooperation within two information systems for simplification of work on deliveries of pipe products and optimization of document flow between two companies.

Solution

Process of implementation took place step by step. At the initial stage the concept of information exchange was developed. The decision to consider within the project the SAP SRM system of Surgutneftegas as a link between corporate information systems of two companies was made. Then workflows were approved, settings of necessary procedures are carried out, technical means are developed and opportunities for exchange of documents are implemented.

Result

System implementation of information electronic exchange based on SAP SRM allowed to solve a number of the problems arising in the course of relations of production between Pipe Metallurgic Company and Surgutneftegas. In particular, timely obtaining information for planning and formation of orders at the enterprises of Pipe Metallurgic Company is provided, the possibility of double-sided rapid response for the fast solution of the arising questions in the course of approval of deliveries appeared, instant tracking of shipments of products by the company consumer and operational obtaining and closing of finance and accounting documents at settlement is also provided.