Independent Media implemented SAP for 150 thousand euros

Sanoma Independent Media implemented a budgeting system from SAP for 150 thousand euros, about it korrespoudendu TAdviser was told by the Chief information officer of Sanoma Independent Media Vadim Kalinin on October 12, 2012 at a forum of SAP.

Project Tasks

"Probably as well as to many other companies, it became at some point absolutely clear to us that drawing up reports in tables of Excel and their exarticulation them any narrow data, becomes absolutely impossible", - Vadim Kalinin told.

According to him, the decision to automate a budgeting system for publishing house based on SAP products was made.

Project Progress

The project on implementation of the first SAP products began in 2009.

The SAP BPC system was brought into commercial operation in publishing house in January, 2012.

In total 15 licenses of a system for operation of the body of financial managers on planning and purchases were purchased.

Answering a question of integrator Vadim Kalinin told that implementation was made by own forces of five employees of one of departments of publishing house. "We looked at components and decided what quite can be made independently", - he told.

Cost

Vadim Kalinin said that project cost was 140-150 thousand euros without payroll accounting of employees for the period of implementation.

Objectives

Vadim Kalinin told TAdviser that in 2013 are going to pass to SAP HANA. "When the project will begin - it is not clear yet, but we precisely will pass to it, - he told. - Implementation will take at most 3-4 months".

Also the company is going to create models for calculation of planned costs for printing based on SAP.