KuibyshevAzot demolished the Oracle ERP system and switched to 1C: Corporation

2024: Transition from Oracle ERP system to 1C: Corporation

At one of the largest the Russian enterprises chemical industry "" KuibyshevAzot in 7 months import-independent IT infrastructure , a ERP system based on software products "" and 1C: Corporation industry solutions was fully deployed and implemented. 1C TAdviser This was announced on May 13, 2024 by representatives of the company "." As K2 Teh a result, 279 business processes continuous production were automated, more than 800 users switched to the new system. In addition, management gained access to reliable and operational reporting on the key performance indicators of KuibyshevAzot. The implementation of the project made it possible to lay the foundation for the further digitalization of the company's processes based on the domestic system.

source = "K2 Tech"

The western ERP system operated by KuibyshevNitrogen based on the Oracle solution was introduced more than 10 years ago and, according to company representatives, no longer met the organization's tasks, its development was labor-intensive and hindered further automation. In a short time, it was necessary to transfer all key business processes to a new system that has fault tolerance, performance and meets the requirements of the law.

During the project, K2 Tech specialists automated key business processes, taking into account the specifics of the enterprise and the continuity of production. In total, 9 subsystems of the corporate information system were put into operation: Management of NSI (regulatory reference information); Procurement and warehouses; Sales and delivery; Production; Accounting and cost calculation; EAM (Asset Management); Personnel accounting and payroll; Accounting and rationing of PPE (personal protective equipment) on the basis of 1C:EHS; UWEDO (legally significant electronic document flow).

To implement the project on fully domestic software and hardware products and solutions, K2 Tech designed and implemented a dedicated IT infrastructure from scratch: a data storage system; compute resources for virtualization, backup storage, and databases.

The transition from the historical system to 1C was carried out without parallel work in two systems during pilot operation. With this approach, in order to eliminate the risks of disrupting or reducing the efficiency of business processes, it was necessary to take into account in advance all the factors necessary for continuous production in the new system. As a result, the chosen approach made it possible to save resources and time for the transition, noted in K2 Tech.

"For KuibyshevAzot PJSC, as a chemical enterprise with a continuous production cycle, when switching to a new ERP system, the key condition was to ensure the stability of all production processes and shipment of products to consumers in compliance with all quality and safety requirements. The new system should be simultaneously integrated with other external systems and processes that operate around the clock, "said Alexander Gerasimenko, General Director of KuibyshevAzot PJSC.

According to him, thanks to the experience of KuibyshevAzot specialists in replacing the previous ERP system, the qualifications and involvement of employees of the enterprise, as well as the expertise of K2 Tech specialists and the involvement of designer supervision by 1C, these tasks were achieved, stability and operational manageability are ensured, and the enterprise continues to work on the domestic ERP system.

"We plan to further consistently introduce new blocks, which will increase the level of digitalization of the company to ensure better conditions for our employees and consumers," added Alexander Gerasimenko.

According to K2 Tech, the implementation made it possible to simplify its maintenance and reduce the cost of ownership by unifying business processes and increasing the fault tolerance of the system. An additional effect was the easy mastering of the system by employees thanks to the flexible settings of the user interface of solutions on the 1C platform.

According to Igor Zeldets, Deputy General Director for Business Development of K2 Tech, the company carried out implementation according to its own methodology, according to which each automated business process was analyzed and controlled, which made it possible to ensure the timing and quality of work.

"For the implementation of projects of this scale, the joint work of the vendor, IT partner and customer is important in a short time. On the part of KuibyshevAzot, the conditions necessary for work were created, individual employees were allocated for implementation tasks. As a result, thanks to the contribution of each of the parties, as well as the carefully developed migration of historical data to the new system and the minimum functional refinement of standard solutions, it was possible to successfully implement the transition to the new system, "concluded Igor Zeldets.

On the basis of the laid IT foundation, further automation of KuibyshevAzot is carried out in order to improve the efficiency and quality of additional processes: budgeting, personnel management, sales management, environmental protection, logistics management, etc. Such automation is expected to lead to better management decisions, lower costs and minimize human error.