St. Petersburg subway, state unitary enterprise (SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise)

Implementing solution based on SAP BusinessObjects in St. Petersburg Subway first of all is aimed at providing effective management and control of business activities, operational obtaining information on work of divisions in different cuts with a guarantee of reliability and completeness of data, reduction of labor input of reporting.

Before implementation SUE "Petersburg Metro" had requirements:

• in obtaining information on work of divisions in different cuts;
• in the analysis and control of business activities of the subway;
• in creation of the general information space for all heads;
• in effective management and control of business activities of the subway using an information and analytical system.

The management of SUE "Petersburg Metro" needed the following functions:

• information support of status meetings;
• preparation of the reporting;
• control of indicators of awarding of heads;
• operational providing information for acceptance of management decisions;
• reliability assurance and completeness of data;
• consolidation of data from different information blocks.

The complex of integration included the SAP solutions BusinessObjects, SAP BW, SAP DataIntegrator. From the selected complex of solutions visualization of information representation and idle time in use the interface was required. Informatsionnye tekhnologii i consulting LLC acted as the contractor of the project. An implementation time — from April to September, 2010.

Based on implementation were implemented:

• information support of status meetings;
• preparation of the reporting;
• control of indicators of awarding of heads;
• operational providing information for acceptance of management decisions;
• reliability assurance and completeness of data;
• consolidation of data from different information systems;
• reduction of labor input of reporting.

Besides, the cash flow plan, the plan of income and expenses was created, control over development process of technology instructions and control of use of technology instructions (TORO) is provided and also time for providing tax, management and financial statements is reduced by 20% and the efficiency of acceptance of management decisions is increased by 25%.

It is in the future going to expand the project, namely - to increase number of the traced indicators, to connect new business processes, to increase number of users.

"Transition to the integrated automated control system for resources of the SAP ERP enterprise allowed to control both economic, and economic indicators of activity of separate services and the enterprise in general that promoted the solution of a problem of increase in business performance during this difficult period" — the representative of SUE "Petersburg Metro" specified.

"SAP is technologies which not only automate business processes, but also are "gold standard" managerial the practician thanks to which the management can provide sustainable development of the company due to creation of additional value to clients and more complete satisfaction of their needs and also can open new opportunities for employees. Implementation in SUE "Petersburg Metro" — one of the best models of implementation of our solutions in the field of transport in Russia" — Igor Bogachyov, the director of the department of work with clients, SAP CIS told.

"Certainly, pacing factors of success of any project are correctly selected strategy of implementation, accurate planning and control at each stage of the project, but a decisive factor of success — a competent implementation team and support from the guide of the Customer" — the Representative of Informatsionnye tekhnologii i consulting LLC added.

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