Faberlic increased the efficiency of the regional communication network with the help of SD-WAN solution "Citik Telecom SPS"

2022: Improving the efficiency of the regional communications network

On February 8, 2022, the company Citik Telecom ATP"" announced that a large the Russian perfume and cosmetic company with international business Faberlic has modernized the network infrastructure in the regions with the help integrated of the solution of Sitik SPS Telecom - a TrueCONNECT Hybrid protected software-defined global network. SD-WAN

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"Faberlic's regional network infrastructure has become an order of magnitude more functional. We have the opportunity to focus more on solving business problems. By deploying the SD-WAN network based on the managed services model proposed by Citik Telecom SPS as quite efficient in operational terms, we managed to optimize the cost of the project and reduce costs by 30% due to savings on qualified specialists who would have to be hired in the staff and the time of employment of existing personnel. In the future, we plan to reduce the cost of the support network and completely switch to the use of less costly channels, " says Roman Varnikov, technical director of Faberlic.

The introduction of the TrueCONNECT Hybrid solution allowed Faberlic to strengthen the network, safety simplify the process of connecting new network segments and reduce recovery time in case of failures, as well as optimize work with enterprise information systems of 20 regional divisions of the company in,, and Russia. To Europe countries CIS Combining branches under one management from the center and providing them with sustainable communication channels has positively affected the quality of the staff of 530 specialists responsible for IT supporting and maintaining logistic Faberlic processes.

"The project to create an SD-WAN network based on the TrueCONNECT Hybrid solution has quite a lot of potential. This is the convenience of automatic network configuration, routing policies and application traffic control, and then organic expansion of functionality and redistribution of network load using. algorithms artificial intelligence By adapting the Faberlic technology platform to meet current challenges, we are also creating safe a promising environment for the further development of the company, "- says Elena Chernykh, commercial director of Citik Telecom SPS.

Faberlic sells its products directly sales - with the help of numerous consultants, as well as through the official website and. mobile application The head office of the company and the main warehouse of finished products are located in, To Moscow where shipments goods to the regions and coordination take place. At the Inventory Inventory same time, a large volume of fulfilm operations - direct servicing of buyers and delivery of orders, as well as storage and processing of goods are carried out in 20 specialized distribution centers located in the CIS countries cities of Russia Europe. Approximately 500 specialists of distribution centers manage logistics operations and collect orders, and then transfer them to self-delivery points or for express delivery, and also work with complaints.

Entering new markets and expanding the geography of activities, launching product lines and increasing commodity the assortment led to the transition to the use of the current scalable logistics system, as well as revealed the need to quickly connect opening warehouses to various corporate applications. In addition, the IT department of the company was faced with a sharply increased volume of traffic exchange between departments and insufficient capacity of the existing bandwidth. Patchwork automation and obsolete infrastructure in the regions, due to which all the processes for administering and changing the configuration of network nodes had to be done manually, significantly made it difficult to solve current problems. The issue of modernization network equipment in the field, optimizing the parameters of high-speed communication channels for the efficient and secure operation of enterprise applications located in your own DPC and in. cloudy storages

Sitik Telecom SFOR has acted as a universal ICT provider providing services through a subscription service approach. As part of the project, a full range of work was carried out on installing network equipment, configuring access parameters and commissioning the current network, as well as connecting and transferring the existing ICT infrastructure to it. The task of creating a single management panel for distributed networks of regional departments was completed and a toolkit was formed for configuring endpoints, traffic routing policies and security functionality.

The core of the network was the integrated TrueCONNECT Hybrid solution, developed on the basis of current SD-WAN technologies with the built-in Fortinet Secure SD-WAN protection. This service allows you to create secure hybrid networks, combining a variety of technologies to access various corporate resources around the world. The solution greatly simplifies the process of creating and managing the network infrastructure of regional departments, and integrated protection guarantees the security of business applications by controlling all external threats and preventing channel misuse.

Through the implementation, the company created a secure distributed perimeter of the network, improved the manageability and quality of enterprise applications, including warehouse management systems (WMS) and transport ( TMS ), manufacturing processes (MES) and enterprise resources (ERP). The peculiarity of this project for business is the ability to deploy ICT infrastructure quickly enough when reconfiguring the parameters of existing or creating new logistics centers, which made it possible to free 30 IT specialists from performing routine operations and direct their efforts to solve the problems of further development of the logistics system.

Citik Telecom SPS specialists will continue to conduct the project and will carry out network administration and round-the-clock technical support, ensuring the monitoring of devices and their safety, regularly reporting on the quality of network functioning, as well as guaranteeing the replacement of equipment in case of a malfunction. The service model of network management is beneficial for customers - both in terms of delegation of responsibilities and management of cash flows. Citik Telecom SPS expertise, its own infrastructure with wide geographical coverage, as well as the availability of specialists certified by world manufacturers of communications equipment and security equipment, allow us to take on complex tasks and scale ICT projects.