The project on implementation of Microsoft Dynamics AX in Service Montage Integration company is complete

The Service Montage Integration company works at the market of production and distribution of electric equipment and hardware and software systems APCS and ASUP since 2003. The company is an official technology partner of SIEMENS AG in the territory of the Russian Federation and carries out delivery, balancing and commissioning, warranty and service maintenance of electric drives and distribution installations of different tension.

Service Montage Integration LLC has the license for production, promotion and distribution of the distribution SIVACON installations in the territory of the Russian Federation and beyond its limits. Based on activity in September, 2008 of the company the rank "The golden technology partner of SIEMENS AG on SIVACON technology is awarded.

The central office "Service Montage Integration" is located to Kazan. Branches and representative offices work in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Izhevsk, Volgograd and Irkutsk. The quality management system of the company is certified on compliance to requirements of the ISO 9001:2008 standard.

The decision on implementation of a corporate information system of management was made to optimize due to the need in Service Montage Integration company key logistic and financial business processes and to increase the accuracy of an execution of client orders for ensuring timely preparation and implementation of a production cycle.

Reduction influence of a human factor on results of operating activities and decision making processes became one of problems of automation of a management system in Service Montage Integration. Growth of number of orders and expansion of a product line led to a heavy load on production and to increase in risks of untimely purchase of materials. Besides the volume of a contract work and financial security of orders significantly increased. In this connection for implementation of long-term goals of development of the company and gain of competitive advantages the management of Service Montage Integration made the decision on implementation of a corporate system of enterprise management.

Requirements to a management system of Service Montage Integration were created, proceeding from business needs and strategic plans of development of the company. By estimates of the management of Service Montage Integration, the corporate information system should answer not only to the current tasks of management, but also give opportunities to develop organically according to features of market situation and perspective tasks of management.

The main criteria and to requirements to a software platform for a corporate system of management of Service Montage Integration:

• wide functionality for implementation of processes of management of finance, logistics and production;
• user-friendly and intuitive user interface;
• possibility of fast and convenient expansion and scaling of a system;
• acceptable cost of licenses and services.

Based on the held tender among the information systems which are most actively presented at the Russian market it was selected by Microsoft Dynamics AX. The NORBIT company which proposed an optimal project solution of assigned tasks was attracted to implementing solution in September, 2009. Besides by NORBIT it was selected from quality of the implementer of Microsoft Dynamics AX as has long-term successful experience of development different on the scale and industry specifics of solutions for business management. Became some of additional benefits of NORBIT sales opportunity of the project by forces of own resource center located to Kazan where there is the central office of Servismontazhintegrtion company.

"Implementation of Microsoft Dynamics AX is aimed at the development of new competitive advantages of the company due to increase in the general controllability, optimization of production and an exit to the better service level of clients. Among other application of a system should allow us to increase reliability of operational and quantitative accounting and accuracy of purchase planning of materials and component parts".

The solution implemented in Service Montage Integration on the basis of Microsoft Dynamics AX allows to automate processes of technology preparation of production, supply, finance and management of client orders. Besides the management system of Service Montage Integration is integrated with the accounting solution 1C: Accounting and the system of design of boards of power distribution Siemens Simaris Sivacon.

The implementation project of Microsoft Dynamics AX in Service Montage Integration company is implemented in two stages. The first stage covers process automation of processing of client orders, approvals of requests for payment and maintaining an agreement base. Integration of Microsoft Dynamics AX into the Siemens Simaris Sivacon system was also performed within the first stage. The second stage expands implementation of Microsoft Dynamics AX on management of material stocks of the movement (including on purchases, production and sales), settlings with clients and integration with the corporate accounting system 1C: Accounting.

Implementation of the information management system of Microsoft Dynamics AX allowed Service Montage Integration company to receive the effective tool for increase in controllability and efficiency of all structural divisions. A system provides company management with operational and reliable information about a financial and business activity that accelerates process of acceptance of management decisions and also allows to optimize the current business processes.

Among the main results of implementation of Microsoft Dynamics AX:

• increase in efficiency of processing of production orders by 1.5 times;
  
• increase in accuracy of purchase planning of Inventories for 30%;
  
• increase in reliability of financial accounting for 20%;
  
• decrease in dependence of a company performance on a human factor;
  
• increase in efficiency of the organization of sales process;
  
• optimization of warehouse stocks for 20%.
  
  

Technology potential of the solution provides to Service Montage Integration company the better service level of clients and development of new competitive advantages.

In the closest plans of the company – creation of the developed reporting system for the management of Service Montage Integration and further development of functionality of a corporate information system.

The NORBIT company works in information technology field more than 9 years and is in structure of LANIT group Competence Center on development and deployment of the integrated enterprise management systems on the basis of the SAP solutions ERP and Microsoft Dynamics AX (Microsoft Axapta) and also customer relationship management systems – Microsoft Dynamics CRM (Microsoft CRM).

The NORBIT company is a Golden Microsoft partner (Gold Certified Partner) and is engaged in creation of information solutions on the basis of Microsoft Dynamics AX since 2003. During this time specialists of the company accumulated considerable experience with the enterprises of different industry segments: production and processing of mineral resources, system integration, IT distribution, transport, telecommunications, food industry, professional services. In 2009 the NORBIT company confirmed the status of the member of Presidential club Microsoft Dynamics which integrates the most active and successful partners of corporation worldwide.

The NORBIT company works with the leading Russian enterprises among which there are large industrial holdings, business and production companies and also the state organizations. Regional offices of the company are located in St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg, Orenburg, Kazan, Norilsk and Vladivostok.