Corus Consulting

KORUS Consulting is a Russian IT company that provides services for IT consulting, optimization and automation of business processes, creating an IT infrastructure and IT outsourcing. Since 2000, more than 1,100 projects have been implemented in all sectors of the economy. Included in the top 50 largest IT companies in ^[1]

As of July 2022, there are more than 1,000 employees on staff.

Services

Competencies of KORUS in the Consulting field of comprehensive digital transformation, implementation of systems, business analysis planning and budgeting, management warehouse and transport activities, electronic document management and corporate services, creation - and ERP- CRM solutions, development corporate portals and platforms of e-commerce, formation and operation IT infrastructures and all outsourcing functions of IT.

The company develops and implements innovative solutions in the field of advanced analytics, machine learning, data management, Digital Signage, process robotization, IoT (Internet of Things).

KORUS Consulting specializes in automation, retail distribution, production, financial service sector,, and. logistics oilgas power engineering specialists The company is among the top 15 largest IT suppliers in retail, the top 50 IT suppliers for banks, as well as for industrial enterprises (CNews, 2018).

KORUS Consulting cooperates with more than 60 vendors, including international companies - Alfresco, Anaplan, Aptos, Cisco, HP, Kofax, Manhattan Associates, Microsoft, OpenText, Oracle, Qlik, SAP, SOTI, as well as domestic leading manufacturers - ABBYY, Addreality, Naumen, 1C, 1C-Bitrix, Forsrikite.

Development indicators

2023: Revenue growth by 30% to RUB 9.7 billion

At financial the end of the year, which ended March 31, 2024, the revenue of Korus Consulting Group of Companies increased by 30% and amounted to 9.7 billion (rubles s). VAT The main factors that influenced revenue growth were an increase in sales (+ licenses domestic software 73% year-on-year, revenue of more than 2 billion rubles), as well as IT services - IT consulting implementation, ON custom development, support and technical support (+ 23% year-on-year, revenue of more than 7 billion rubles), TAdviser representatives of Korus Consulting reported on July 15, 2024. The company also notes a 13% increase in staff to 1,350 people.

The largest growth was shown by the directions for custom development, the implementation of 1C products, budgeting and consolidation systems, analytical business solutions, HR-tech, as well as the company's own products - Avandok and K-Team platforms. This dynamics is due to the continuing trend for import substitution on the part of large companies and the growing demand for projects for the comprehensive modernization of IT landscapes.

The industry structure of the order book has remained virtually unchanged. The largest number of projects were implemented in logistics (> 40%), retail and distribution (24%), industry and production (17%), as well as fuel and energy complex (7%).

"Revenue growth of 30% helped to provide several factors at once. First of all, this is the right strategy for interacting with customers. We aim to deliver meaningful and measurable results for our customers' business through IT tools. Now the demand for such services is growing more than ever, - said Alexander Semenov, General Director of Korus Consulting Group of Companies.

According to him, the growth of indicators was also facilitated by an increase in labor productivity, including through the use of AI services in production processes and a thoughtful diversification of the portfolio of solutions. The company works both as an integrator, as a vendor, and as an accelerator platform, which allows you to find the most suitable solution stack for the business and form an IT architecture that will meet the requirements of modern realities, said Alexander Semenov.

Korus Consulting Group continued to develop and develop its own IT solutions. According to the company, now 1.7 thousand legal entities (more than 220 thousand users) use the low-code/no-code platform Avandok to manage electronic documents, internal processes and corporate content, which is 12% more than in 2023. The revenue for the Avandok product for the reporting period exceeded 900 million rubles. Also, revenue from sales of the K-Team intranet platform, which Korus Consulting brought to the market two years ago, increased by 67%.

In April 2023, Korus Consulting Group announced the creation of a subsidiary MONS, which at the end of the reporting period showed revenue growth of 46%. As of July 2024, several subsidiaries and three IT startups have been created within the framework of the Korus Consulting Group of Companies platform.

One of the important results of the completed fiscal year is the development of the KONCRIT multifunctional logistics platform. According to company representatives, the solution for automating supply chains is suitable for retail, distribution, production, e-commerce companies and 3PL operators. Business applications for warehouse and yard management are implemented on the platform, and Korus Consulting launches the first projects on the platform.

The company also underwent structural changes - a strategic development unit was formed under the leadership of Sergei Karpunichev, who previously worked at SAP CIS. The newly formed division will focus on working with key clients, target industries (retail, industry, oil and gas, transport and logistics) and strategic projects for the development of the company. As a result of this work, Korus Consulting plans to expand the product line with new solutions and strengthen industry teams.

History

2024

Distribution of 2% of shares among top managers

Alexander Semenov, General Director of the Korus Consulting Group of Companies, distributed 2% of the company's shares among four top managers within the framework of the option program. The deal closed on November 19, 2024.

According to RB.RU, Olga Semenskaya, Deputy General Director for the group of departments "1C" and ERP, Mikhail Kireev, Director of Department "1C," Andrey Baybutov, Business Development Director of Analytical Solutions Department, and Konstantin Smirnov, Commercial Director of Analytical Solutions Department, received shares in the company.

Top managers of Korus Consulting Group received 2% of the company

Korus Consulting CEO Alexander Semenov said that people are the main asset in the consulting business, so long-term motivation programs are of strategic importance for the development of the company.

According to FG Finam analyst Leonid Delitsyn, the cost of the transferred share is ₽260 million, and the company's total estimate reaches ₽13 billion. The revenue of the group of companies in 2024 increased by 30% to ₽9,7 billion.

The company implements about 270 projects, including expanding the data management system of Russian Railways, automating the logistics complex of the Alabuga SEZ and introducing a budgeting system at Evraz. Among the customers are retailers Galamart, Lemana PRO, Riv Ghosh, production enterprises and companies in the oil and gas sector.

After the transfer of shares, Alexander Semenov's share in the company amounted to 78.25%. Currently, 16 employees are co-owners of Korus Consulting Group LLC. All agreements under the option are drawn up for a three-year period with a ban on the sale of shares to third parties.

The group of companies continues to consider the possibility of acquiring IT organizations with revenues from ₽100 million to ₽500 million, specializing in solutions in the field of data analytics, automation of accounting, budgeting and document management.^[2]

Why the Russian industry is not very active in working with data and what to do about it

The production sector in Russia is experiencing difficulties with digitalization: according to various estimates, only 10-15% of enterprises achieve a high level of automation, which is significantly lower than the global pace. Against the background of labor shortages, many companies are trying to automate some production processes, but this is hindered by internal restrictions (security policy, internal regulations, etc.), lack of investment and sanctions that have affected access to technology. As a result, a significant part of production processes continues to depend on outdated digital technologies. This is especially noticeable in working with data: many companies do not yet understand their values, which greatly slows down digitalization.

Why Russian production does not keep up with world standards and how to change this situation says Ekaterina Torsukova, head of the Data Science group of the Department of Analytical Solutions (DAR) of the KORUS Consulting Group. Read more here.

TAdviser interview with Director of EPM Department Alexei Khodev

The budgeting practice of KORUS Consulting Group of Companies is 24 years old. How the needs of Russian companies have changed during this time, how many of them have already switched to Russian budgeting systems, and how many are being looked at for now, and what new company with the largest budgeting practice in Russia can offer them, said Alexey Khodev, director of the EPM department of KORUS Consulting Group. Read more here.

TAdviser interview with commercial director Gennady Tarantasov

The TAdviser commercial Gennady Tarantasov director, Korus Group of Companies answered questions about the trends of Russian retail, current areas of automation of trade processes, the prospects for artificial intelligence, import substitution issues. Consulting Read more here.

TAdviser interview with Director of ERP Department Dmitry Vashchilov

Over two years, the retail market has gone through different stages of adopting a new reality: from falling sales and the worst forecasts of purchasing power to rapid growth in some segments and outstripping the dynamics of regional consumption. Dmitry Vashchilov, director of the ERP department of KORUS Consulting Group, told TAdviser how IT is changing in Russian retail, and whether the 1C platform was able to close the needs of one of the most technological industries. Read more here.

Extending Standard BPMSoft Platform Capabilities

The team of CRM KORUS Consulting helped industrial companies to solve various problems - from automating sales processes for construction and reconstruction objects to the task of migrating to BPMSoft and developing relations with customers and suppliers. Read more here.

How to transfer the development to a new contractor and not destroy the project

How to prepare for a team change so that it does not require excessive investments, and the project is completed on time? What will help not to be mistaken in choosing a partner? How is the transfer of the system to a new team in practice? This was told by specialists of the KORUS Consulting Group: Elena Nikitina, head of the custom development department of the Logistics department, and Avenir Voronov, CTO. Read more here.

2023

10th place in the TAdviser rating "Largest IT suppliers in Russian retail"

KORUS Consulting took 10th place in the ranking of the largest IT suppliers in retail, prepared by TAdviser in July 2024 based on the companies' revenue at the end of 2023. Read more here.

8th place in the ranking of integrators - leaders in the number of WMS system implementations in Russia

KORUS Consulting took 8th place in the ranking integrators WMS of systems leading by Russian market the number of implementations Russia in accordance to data with the base TAdviser as of October 2023. More details here.

Opening of the IT consulting area on the transition to domestic office software

KORUS Consulting, the official partner of the developers of P7-Office and MyOffice, opened the IT consulting direction on the transition to domestic office software on October 23, 2023 and began implementing migration projects. The transition to Russian software will allow companies to build convenient interaction with other market players, strengthen information security and comply with the requirements of the regulator.

Subscription to the Microsoft office suite for October 2023 is not available for Russian business. At the same time, companies need to regularly connect new jobs, as well as be able to update software in a timely manner. The situation is even more acute for state-owned companies, which are obliged to abandon the use of foreign software by 2025.

KORUS Consulting specialists have developed a methodology for import substitution of office software. As part of the approach, each project goes through three stages: survey, planning and implementation. During the survey, the team defines key user groups for each software product, lists all document templates and programs that are involved in working with them. Then he prepares an individual project plan and selects a product. The next step is the implementation, which includes working with each user group, setting up and updating document templates, as well as technical support during the transition.

KORUS Consulting also created ready-made mechanisms for integrating Russian office products with several systems: 1C-Bitrix24, 1C-Bitrix24 CRM, as well as the Avandok platform - low-code/no-code solution for managing electronic documents, business processes and corporate content. This will allow companies to accelerate and simplify the integration of new applications into the existing IT landscape.

The transition to Russian office software for large enterprises is not just the purchase of new licenses. When hundreds of people work daily with text documents, tables, presentations, the slightest shortcomings in replacing office programs will lead to downtime, which will eventually turn into significant financial losses for the entire company. For the process to be as seamless as possible, it is necessary even before the start of the project to draw up a clear transition plan, determine in working with which specific documents risks may arise, and eliminate them in advance, - said Vyacheslav Zakusilov, Deputy General Director of KORUS Consulting Group of Companies.

Tadviser interview with CEO Alexander Semenov

How leaders grow and develop within a large company, where they take funding to implement their own ideas and develop new solutions, what opportunities are now opening up for strong IT teams and how to use them correctly - we talked about this with Alexander Semenov, General Director ofKORUS Consulting Group. Read more here.

How To Make A Big Quick Move To A New WMS

How do I speed up the transition to a new warehouse management system and reduce implementation costs? The curator of KORUS Consulting projects with 15 years of experience, Anton Okin, recommends only proven practices. Read more here.

TAdviser interview with Deputy CEO Ksenia Rodnova

More import substitution ERP than a year has passed since the departure of Western vendors and the unofficial start of large-scale systems, and there are already results. The Deputy General Director of KORUS Group of Companies Consulting Ksenia Rodnova told TAdviser how large companies made the decision to switch to the "" platform and 1C how IT the company manages projects in the current conditions. Read more here.

Investing in IT startup KeepRise

On May 29, 2023, Korus Group of Companies Consulting announced its launch on the market - ITstartup KeepRise which specializes in automation of pricing. This company will operate in the federal and regional segments. retail More. here

TAdviser interview with commercial director Gennady Tarantasov

Retail companies are pioneers in the field of business digitalization: they are always the first to introduce and test new technologies. The events of 2022 added additional dynamics to the already lively picture of the informatization of trading companies. TAdviser talked with Gennady Tarantasov, commercial director ofKORUS Consulting Group of Companies, about which trends are now brightest in retail, and what should be paid attention to large trading companies in order to maintain leadership positions. Read more here.

Mons brand launch

Korus Consulting Group has created a subsidiary Mons, which will be engaged in the creation and modernization of IT and engineering infrastructure, ensuring information security and technical support for IT solutions of Russian business. Corus Consulting announced this on April 4, 2023. Read more here.

Launch of Luxms BI Russian Technology Training Centre

On March 23, 2023, KORUS Consulting Group announced that, together with the developer of business analytics systems, Luxms Group and QUBData created an expert training center, within which courses will be held on key tools of the Russian data analysis platform Luxms BI.

An important difference between the expert training center was that all the offered courses were verified by Luxms Group experts, and the trainers are practitioners with many years of experience in introducing Luxms BI technologies. The theoretical and practical part of the courses is developed on the basis of real cases of using the vendor's products.

The authorized training center offers courses for training specialists to work with the modern analytical platform Luxms BI: "Visualization and Self-Service in Luxms BI," "Frontend Development in Luxms BI," "Backend Development in Luxms BI," "Application Administrator in Luxms BI" and "System Administrator in Luxms BI." Classes are held both in open groups and closed to corporate clients.

The methodologists and trainers of the courses will support the participants of the classes at all stages of interaction with the TC: from profiling the students to support at the end of the course in a closed expert chat, where they can get answers to the questions about working with the BI platform and discuss the development of the system within their own company.

Courses are suitable both for training individual specialists and full-cycle teams - from business users and project managers to developers, architects and administrators. The preparation of teams is especially in demand by companies that plan to independently implement projects on the Luxms BI platform.

We see growing demand from customers for our technologies and understand that without appropriate support from implementation specialists on the Luxms BI platform, they cannot be implemented. That is why we are pleased that such partners as KORUS Consulting and QUBData have created a dedicated training center that will contribute to the emergence on the market of a large number of certified experts who can implement projects on Luxms BI. This is especially important for the implementation of large federal projects, and taking into account the rapid development of the technological capabilities of the Luxms BI platform, - said Dmitry Dorofeev, chief designer of the Luxms BI platform and general director of YASP LLC, Luxms Group of Companies.

{{quote 'We have been developing our expertise on Luxms BI technologies since 2018, and we see that the company's products are especially in demand in the current market situation. Based on the experience of our projects based on the technologies of a domestic vendor, we are ready to offer everyone to master the BI platform for solving business problems and become a popular specialist based on courses prepared with the active participation of colleagues from Luxms Group of Companies, - said Alexey Sverdlov, Director of the Analytical Solutions Department of KORUS Consulting Group of Companies. }}

On our projects, we have always paid great attention to training and are glad that we can replicate the experience of experts. At the trainings, we will analyze both technical issues in terms of development, architecture and deployment of solutions, and hone skills based on cases from real practice, with feedback from experienced coaches, "said Denis Katyushin, CEO of QUBData.

Grant worth more than 99 million rubles for the development of a logistics platform

On January 13, 2023, KORUS Consulting, one of the experts in building processes in logistics and implementing highly loaded WMS in Russia, announced the development of a digital logistics platform for automating supply chain management in retail, distribution, production, e-commerce and 3PL.

The solution will be an alternative to imported IT products for large and medium-sized businesses. It will replace entire stacks of Western software and ensure the independence of companies from foreign suppliers. For the implementation of the platform, the company received a grant from the Russian Information Technology Development Fund in the amount of more than 99 million rubles. Read more here.

2022

5th place in the TAdviser rating "The largest suppliers of BI solutions in Russia"

Korus Consulting ranked 5th in the ranking of the largest suppliers of BI systems prepared by TAdviser at the end of 2023 based on the companies' revenue from the implementation of BI projects in 2022. Read more here.

8th place in the TAdviser rating "The largest suppliers of ERP systems in Russia"

KORUS Consulting took 8th place in the TAdviser rating, prepared on the basis of revenue from the implementation of ERP projects in Russia in 2022 and published in January 2024. More details here.

10th place in the TAdviser rating "Largest suppliers of CRM solutions in Russia"

KORUS Consulting took 10th place in the TAdviser rating, prepared on the basis of revenue from the implementation of CRM projects in Russia in 2022 and published in December 2023. More details here.

3rd place in the TAdviser rating "Largest suppliers of warehouse management systems (WMS) in Russia"

KORUS Consulting took 3rd place in the TAdviser rating, prepared on the basis of revenue from the implementation of WMS projects for 2022 in Russia and published in November 2023. More details here.

4th place in the TAdviser rating "The largest integrators of 1C solutions"

KORUS Consulting ranked 4th in the ranking of the largest integrators of 1C solutions ranked by revenue from the implementation of such products in 2022. The rating was prepared by the TAdviser portal and published in September 2023. Read more here.

2nd place in the TAdviser rating "The largest suppliers of third-party IT solutions from the register of domestic software"

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18% growth in revenue from IT services and in-house IT solutions

At the end of 2022, Korus Consulting's revenue amounted to almost 5.6 billion rubles. In the ranking "TAdviser100: The largest IT companies in Russia 2023," such an indicator allowed the company to take 89th place.

The group of companies increased the share of IT services and its own products in the total revenue structure from 54% to 86%. Compared to 2021, revenues from the implementation of IT services and own digital solutions increased by 18% and amounted to more than 4.8 billion rubles. Representatives of the company reported this to TAdviser on April 26, 2023.

Korus Consulting increased revenue from the implementation of IT services and its own IT solutions by 18%

The most active growth was shown by the following areas: "1C" (more than 80%) - the implementation of solutions "1C: ERP," "1C: Holding Management," "1C:ERP UX ," "1C: WMS," "1C: Payroll and HR Management" and other products of the Russian vendor, corporate portals (+ 79 %) and CRM (+ 14%), system integration and IT outsourcing (+ 68%). The rapid growth in sales was shown by the company's own product registered in the register of domestic software - low/no codeform "Avandok" (+ 139%). Korus Consulting also implemented a number of projects related to the introduction of analytical solutions - the revenue of this area in 2022 amounted to almost 1.4 billion rubles.

The average check for the company increased by 10-15% depending on the direction, and the number of projects increased by 10%. The industry structure of projects has not changed: transport and (logistics more than 40% of total revenue),, and, and industry retail. e-commerce pharmaceutics finance

With the departure of foreign vendors, the company noted a sharp increase in demand for solutions that can replace Western software, as well as for comprehensive IT services related to data migration, revising the IT strategy and developing a new targeted IT architecture. Therefore, most of the projects concerned migration to domestic software (both cloud and on-premieses).

Among the main requirements of customers when switching to new software is efficiency and clear compliance with the deadlines. They are especially difficult to implement when migrating basic accounting systems. However, in 2022, examples of such projects appeared. Thus, Korus Consulting completed a project for the pharmaceutical company ZentivaPharma to switch from SAP to 1C in 1.5 months.

As part of work on import substitution digital products, the company has begun to develop a digital logistics platform. The decision will allow you to replace foreign WMS products and ensure business independence from foreign suppliers. Korus Consulting received a grant Russian Information Technology Development Fund worth more than 99 million rubles for the development of the platform.

One of the priorities of Korus Consulting remains the development of its own IT products and brands. The company positions itself as a platform for the start and development of new IT-Business. In 2022, Korus Consulting Group created two subsidiaries: Lamacon, which specializes in logistics consulting and mathematical modeling of supply chains, and MONS, whose profile is IT integration and outsourcing.

In addition, three startups created within the company began to operate as independent businesses - the KeepRise service for automating pricing, the cloud platform for creating the Sellty B2B portal and the sales management solution on the Union-marketplace Marketplaces. Also last year, the company registered its own product in the register of domestic software - the K-Team corporate portal.

"Despite the external situation, we assess the results of 2022 positively. The main business indicators we are looking at - profit and margin - showed good growth. In addition, we managed to increase the share of sales of IT services - this is the key direction for us, - commented on the results of the year Alexander Semenov, General Director of Korus Consulting Group of Companies.

As he clarified, the group of companies managed to achieve such results due to three factors. Firstly, clients, due to sharp changes in the market, needed IT consulting. It was necessary to revise IT strategies, think over the target IT architecture, plan a project program - and this is the main expertise of the company. Secondly, the clients of Korus Consulting understand the value of IT for business and did not stop projects for a long time. In addition, interest in digitalization has grown on the part of not only commercial companies, but also the state and state corporations, which allowed Korus Consulting to strengthen its presence in this segment.

And thirdly, we carried out serious work on internal efficiency - we optimized processes, transformed the product portfolio, constantly trained people, created our own solutions. All this allowed us to end the year in plus, "added Alexander Semenov.

Participation in TAdviser EDMS and ECM Day

On September 21, 2022, the site TAdviser will host the annual EDMS and ECM DAY conference. The KORUS Consulting group of companies will talk about a platform approach to EDMSECM creating/-systems using low-/no-code the example of a platform. "Avandok"

The annual EDMS and ECM DAY conference will take place on September 21 at the TAdviser site in Moscow. The event will discuss topical issues of an integrated approach to modernizing business documentation and managing corporate content. Participants will share best practices for implementation and discuss how the global ECM/BPM market is developing.

Pavel Perov, Product Director of Avandok, will speak at the conference from KORUS Consulting Group of Companies with a report on a platform approach to organizing management of corporate content and electronic documents.

Avandok's platform approach is a flexible tool for organizing end-to-end processes of the company, managing and storing electronic documents and corporate content. At the same time, the configuration and support of the solution does not require additional resources, but is carried out using low/no-code tools by business units. This allows you to create a full-fledged solution in a much short time, taking into account all the business requirements of the customer. This and much more will be discussed at the event.

Partnership with Elma to implement import substitution projects based on Elma365

ELMA and KORUS Consulting Group signed a partnership agreement to implement large-scale import substitution projects for software of the CRM, BPM, EDMS classes based on the domestic ELMA365 system. Read more here.

Tadviser interview with experts

In an interview with TAdviser, KORUS Consulting experts shared the features of data migration, talked about the advantages of domestic electronic document management systems and assessed the main motives for customers leaving Western platforms. Read more here.

2021

Revenue growth by 42% to 7.6 billion rubles

Korus Consulting completed the year with a record revenue of 7.6 billion rubles. Turnover growth by 2020 amounted to 42%. In the ranking TAdviser100: The largest IT companies in Russia 2022 , Korus Consulting took 72nd place. This was reported to TAdviser by representatives of Korus Consulting on June 23, 2022.

Most of the revenue comes from IT consulting, system implementation, targeted business architecture, and digital transformation. The company actively worked with customers from the fields of production, logistics and transport, retail and wholesale trade and e-commerce.

Since 2000, Korus Consulting has been providing IT consulting, business process optimization and automation, IT infrastructure creation and IT outsourcing services. The company's portfolio includes 80 + solutions from Russian and international vendors, as well as proprietary products.

In more than 20 years of work, the company's experts have implemented more than 1,300 large-scale projects for Russian and foreign businesses. In 2021, the list of customers was replenished with almost a hundred new names. Among them - "Scooter," Playrix, Mars Petcare, "Cherkizovo," "Fisher." Cooperation with large companies and state corporations continued: Russian Railways, Lenta, Okay, Ascona, VTB Leasing and many others.

As of June 2022, Korus Consulting is more than 1000 consulting and development specialists with many years of experience not only in the IT sphere, but also in the focus industries.

One of the company's focuses is the development of its own IT products. For 2021, the list of Corus Consulting solutions was supplemented by Sellty (platform for creating wholesale online stores), low-/now-code platform Avandok (EDMS, ECM, BPM in one solution), Union-marketplace (SaaS platform for managing the full sales cycle on marketplaces) and K-Team ( modular solution based on "1C-Bitrix24," which closes most of the tasks of corporate communication and optimization teams.

Starting the Digital Product Lab Accelerator

KORUS Consulting on September 15, 2021 announced the launch of the Digital Product Lab (DPL) corporate accelerator.

Focus on solutions for the B2B market, access to the client base of a company of more than 1200 top corporations and the participation of internal experts will allow KORUS Consulting Group to quickly bring accelerated products to the market.

The main task of the Digital Product Lab is to use the lean startup methodology to help product ideas that appear within the company go through a cycle from idea validation and MVP (minimum viable product) to the first sales in 6-12 months. Thus, product commands come out of the accelerator, selling solutions through several channels and having confirmed hypotheses for scaling.

Digital Product Lab operates in a startup studio format. It not only helps to check ideas for the company's product teams, but also collects a team of specialists from the market (product managers, marketers, a team of sellers) for a promising project. The customers of the products are the heads of the KORUS Consulting areas or the DPL accelerator itself.

As of September 2021, more than a dozen CORUS Consulting products are being accelerated in the Digital Product Lab. The accelerator plans to accept applications from external startups, as well as partnerships with businesses and corporations in the B2B and B2G sectors.

The main task of Digital Product Lab is to help product ideas that appear within the company using the lean startup methodology to go through an idea validation cycle and reach the stage of readiness of MVP (minimum viable product) and first sales in 3-6 months. As a result of acceleration, the company receives a product sold through several channels and having confirmed hypotheses for scaling.

One of the important goals of the KORUS Consulting strategy is to increase the volume of renewable revenue, that is, the sale of ready-made solutions. But as a project organization that has been creating solutions for customers for more than 20 years, we did not have expertise in the field of working on products from scratch. That is why we attracted people with a high level of expertise and experience in the market for working with ideas. All internal initiatives that fall into the Digital Product Lab and are accelerated confirm the correctness of our decision, and we expect a significant increase in the number of CORUS Consulting products on the market in the next few years, - comments Alexander Semenov, General Director of CORUS Consulting Group.

The created structure of the company was headed by Dmitry Beznasyuk, a technology entrepreneur with experience in the international market, an expert in fundraising and venture strategy, founder of SEARADAR, Turbodealer and Emprana.

{{quote 'In the case of the accelerator, you can draw an analogy with Soviet research institutes that were engaged in innovation and offered the state new ideas. Not all of them later got into production, but the tool made it possible to test hypotheses and find new solutions. Until recently, corporations did not have similar structures for testing product ideas, but now history is reviving - in the form of corporate accelerators working with startups.

Successful companies single out separate structures for quick verification and "growing" their own products, which allows you to quickly create working solutions using employee expertise and a product approach, said Dmitry Beznasyuk, head of the Digital Product Lab accelerator. - The difference between the KORUS Consulting accelerator and other similar initiatives is in a clear focus on projects for the B2B market, the possibility of attracting experts from a large pool of technical and business specialists of the company, work on the "startup studio" model in the B2B segment, as well as access to hundreds of clients for validation of ideas.}}

Partnership with Optimacros

On September 7, 2021, Korus Consulting Group announced that it had become a partner of the Russian vendor Optimacros and expanded its portfolio with a universal platform for planning and analytics tasks.

Optimacros is a design platform for building planning models of various levels of detail with the ability to deeply analyze data. Optimacros allows you to build interactive dashboards with data tables, graphs and controls (buttons, text blocks, etc.), within which it is possible to conduct financial and analytical calculations, including statistical and econometric calculations.

Partnership with Arenadata

Korus Group of Companies, a Consulting the Russian consulting company in the field of working with, and data, Arenadata the developer of a multifunctional corporate platform for collecting, storing and processing big data based on open source technologies, announced the Arenadata EDP conclusion of a partnership agreement on August 5, 2021.

The Arenadata technology stack includes a complex of products based on open source projects Greenplum, Hadoop, Apache Kafka, Apache NiFi, ClickHouse, etc. The Arenadata EDP platform is the technological basis for building solutions in the field of Big Data collection, storage, transformation and analytical processing, as well as in the implementation of projects in the direction of IoT, ML and AI. Platform components allow you to operate large amounts of data in any environment, including public and private clouds, with high workloads.

2020

Inclusion in the TAdviser rating "The largest suppliers of BI solutions in Russia"

Korus Consulting is included in the rating "The largest suppliers of BI solutions in Russia" by revenue for 2020, "prepared by TAdviser in October 2021. Read more here.

Revenue growth by 2.7% to RUB 5,339 million.

At the end of 2020, the revenue of Korus Consulting Group of Companies amounted to 5,339 million rubles, an increase of 2.7% compared to 2019, which allowed it to take 76th place in the ranking of TAdviser100: The largest IT companies in Russia 2021.

Inclusion in the TAdviser rating "Largest IT Service Providers"

Korus Consulting is included in the rating "Largest suppliers IT services Russia by revenue for 2020," prepared TAdviser in December 2021. More. here

Partnership with BSS. Replenishment of the product portfolio with a solution Digital2Speech

Corus Consulting Group of Companies and BSS on July 8, 2020 announced the conclusion of a partnership agreement. Thanks to the cooperation, the IT company's product portfolio was replenished with the Russian Digital2Speech solution for automating omnichannel customer service that contacted the support service.

Partnership with Anlimited Production and the right to introduce the corporate messenger eXpress

Consulting On May 18, 2020, Korus Group of Companies announced that it had entered into a partnership with a corporate "Anlimited Production" developer. messenger eXpress Through collaboration, the group has expanded its portfolio IT of Enterprise-level domestic solutions that help businesses organize corporate communication and provide secure interaction with employees and partners.

2019

As of fall 2019, the company's offices employed more than 950 employees.

Inclusion in the ranking of the largest suppliers of ERP systems in Russia

Korus Consulting is included in the rating of "The largest suppliers of ERP systems in Russia by revenue for 2019," prepared by TAdviser in January 2020. Read more here.

Revenue growth by 28% to 5.2 billion rubles

On March 16, 2020, Korus Consulting Group of Companies told TAdviser that its revenue for 2019 amounted to 5.2 billion rubles and exceeded 2018 by 28%. As in 2018, the bulk of the company's revenue, 61%, is revenues from the sale of IT services. These include income from their own products and services.

In 2019, 400 companies became Corus Consulting clients. These are mainly representatives of large Russian business, including Aquafor"," Gazprom neft"," Invitro"," Magnet"," Unifarm",", "," and Familia Gloria Jeans Levi’s many others. The main projects for the company were projects from the sphere, and, trade transport logistics production,,. finance pharmaceutics

In 2019, several complex projects were implemented at once. An example is the project with the Beru marketplace to automate order issuance points. Korus Consulting specialists, together with the client, designed all processes for the sale and delivery of goods from scratch: they launched ERPMicrosoft Dynamics AX 2012, integrated it with Oracle E-Business Suite and WMS warehouse systems, implemented the 1C: Retail product for the point of issue of orders. Also, projects for the implementation of several tools at once were implemented for Abamet, STD Petrovich and SKL Group.

The company's own products have been actively developed:

• iDocs: Marking is an integration solution for transferring information about the movement of goods to the state accounting system;
• KORUS Five - electronic document management system and corporate portal in one Solution SaaS;
• K-Point is a designer for fast automation of business processes.

Another area of ​ ​ growth in 2019 was the development of cloud solutions. Examples of such products - cloud WMS based on Manhattan Scale - are a flexible and functional service for optimizing warehouse processes; Anaplan financial and operational planning system and cloud services based on Microsoft Dynamics 365.

The achievements of 2019 are not the limit. Our company is growing and developing, in some ways even ahead of the market. We are confident that our innovative solutions - both based on the technologies of vendor partners and on the basis of our own products - in 2020 will help the growth of not only our business, but also the business of our customers, noted by Alexander Rakhmanov, General Director of KORUS Consulting Group of Companies

In 2019, the staff of the group of companies increased by 11.8%. As of March 2020, the company employs 950 people. In 2020, the company plans to expand its staff, largely due to the growth of the IT team.

2018

Manhattan Associates Solution Revenue Growth of 25%

On December 18, 2019, Korus Consulting Group of Companies announced that the company's revenue from the implementation of Manhattan Associates solutions amounted to 256.8 million rubles in 2018, which is a quarter higher than the same indicator for 2017. The main driver of financial growth in the company called a large-scale warehouse automation project for one of the Russian retailers.

In general, Korus Consulting consistently demonstrates positive dynamics in this area - for example, in 2017 its revenue increased by 27%.

In 2018, the company began to actively work with the Manhattan WMOS (Warehouse Management for Open Systems) product. This is part of a platform solution that extends beyond warehouse automation. The system includes modules for personnel management in the warehouse and an optimization module responsible for the placement of goods.

According to its own study among logistics market players conducted by Korus Consulting specialists in 2019, every third company is ready to transfer part of the logistics processes to the cloud. This approach has a number of advantages and is not inferior from a technological point of view to on-premium systems.

We see a clear interest of the Russian market in cloud solutions in the field of logistics. An agreement has already been reached with Manhattan Associates to deploy the Manhattan SCALE system in the Russian cloud. At the same time, our customers will be able to choose different service models, including full management of the IT infrastructure by an external team. The cloud solution has already proven its effectiveness in the Western market and the first reviews from Russian companies are about to appear, - said Vasily Balakin, director of Logistics at Korus Consulting Group.

Opening the practice of pricing systems

On October 19, 2018, Korus Consulting Group announced the replenishment of its product line with a set of pricing solutions. The company's experts will help Russian retailers develop a pricing strategy: from creating a methodology to introducing IT tools.

Modern pricing systems help businesses identify trends and patterns of customer behavior to shape accurate pricing policies, product promotion, and assortment management to ultimately increase revenue and profitability. This process takes into account a whole range of internal and external factors, such as the influence of the competitive environment, location, promotional activity, seasonality and trends in the market, demand structure and customer loyalty. Software complexes that automate time-consuming tasks for managing pricing provide a prompt response to market changes and help shape competitive prices that meet the needs of customers, the company said.

For many years working in the retail automation market in Russia, we have accumulated expertise that allows us to see the most relevant areas of interest among our customers in retail. Pricing management, planning, strategic modeling and pricing optimization are one of the hottest and most focused topics that Russian retailers rely on to achieve profit and margin, "said Alexey Sverdlov, Director of the BI Department of Korus Consulting Group. - That is why for us a natural step was the discovery of such a direction as the practice of pricing systems. The presence of experts with retail experience in the team of this practice helps us to accurately take into account all factors affecting the structure of pricing and create tools for creating optimal prices for goods.

Specialists in the practice of pricing systems will offer domestic retailers a full set of services for the development and implementation of a pricing strategy: from detailed development of methodology and consulting to the implementation of a set of solutions for automating pricing. As of October 2018, the Korus Consulting portfolio includes a number of IT products from international developers for price optimization. The company's specialists are already implementing the first projects to create pricing systems on the SAS platform.

Opening a direction for the organization of legally significant document management

At the end of March 2018, the Korus Consulting Group of Companies announced the opening of a direction for the provision of services for organizing external legally significant document management (SW EDO).

There are a large number of electronic document management operators and EDI service providers on the market. But it is difficult for a modern organization to understand the functional features of services and tariffs of each operator and choose the optimal solution for itself. That is why, within the framework of the Korus Consulting group of companies, we created a specialized company K-Service (DiTrace trademark), which will present on the market a comprehensive solution for organizing external electronic legally significant document management in the form of a platform for balanced processing of all streams of electronic documents from any EDO and EDI providers, as well as a large number of related services, - said Alexander Semenov, President of Korus Consulting Group of Companies.

The technology solution of the services provided is based on the DiState solution. A feature of DiState is scalability: with an increase in the number of processed documents, DiState independently balances the load and creates new streams for data processing. Placing the electronic document signature service outside the ERP system circuit reduces the load on the ERP system itself and reduces the processing and signing time of the electronic document to several milliseconds. In addition, the solution allows companies to organize their own cloud SW EDO and EDI systems and independently act as an EDI and UZEDO operator for document management with their counterparties, which ensures the security of the transmitted data, since they are not transferred to third parties in third-party services. Payment of traffic for such a document flow is also not required, since it is a licensed product that does not require constant counting of billing and mutual settlements with the operator.

A legally significant electronic document flow that our customers can organize using our platform is a full-fledged tool for improving business efficiency, allows you to switch to electronic interaction with most of your counterparties in a short time, reduce the financial and time costs of processing documents, simplify the work with documents, increase the transparency of this process, and most importantly, ensure the adoption of business decisions based on up-to-date and reliable information, "said Artak Simonyan, member of the Board of Directors of K-Service.

2017

Machine Learning Solutions and Big Data Management Tools

On August 30, 2017, Korus Consulting Group announced its intention to offer customers solutions based on machine learning methods (ML, machine learning) and tools for managing big data. According to the company's idea, these technologies will help Russian companies solve issues related to predicting demand and customer satisfaction, managing loyalty, as well as identifying and preventing fraud.

Today's companies collect huge amounts of data and use it to grow their business. With the help of useful information obtained from these arrays, tasks related to predicting customer outflow, credit scoring, determining anomalies in audience segments and many others are solved. Complexes of machine learning methods and tools for managing big data help to get the most out of unstructured information arrays. We see great demand and prospects for the development of these technologies in the Russian market, and that is why we decided to allocate a separate direction in the department, "said Alexey Sverdlov, Director of the BI Department of Korus Consulting Group.

In projects in this area, using machine learning methods (ML, machine learning), Korus Consulting specialists solve such customer tasks as demand prediction, forecast of the effect of promotions, personalized recommendations, segmentation and clustering of customers, as well as detection and prevention of fraud. Depending on the scale and type of tasks of a particular business, both ready-made Microsoft Azure ML and SAS Enterprise Miner services and open source solutions such as RapidMiner are used. In addition, integrator experts design customized systems based on the R and Python programming languages.

In the course of discipline projects, the issues of processing and storage of large amounts of data, quality control of source data are also often resolved. Hadoop modules, Apache technologies, Cloudera, Hortonworks, MapR are used as tools for solving such problems . Spark, Cassandra and Kaffka, as well as solutions from SAS and IBM.

We see huge demand from the market for systems that help to quickly predict the results of activities and test hypotheses using tools for working with big data, machine learning methods, as well as mathematical methods that our specialists apply - neural networks, boosting, clustering. Our new direction should be appreciated by companies that prioritize the personalization of interaction with clients and more accurate forecasts in other areas, "said Natalya Malykhina, Head of Advanced Analytics at the BI Department of Korus Consulting Group.

Advanced Customer Analytics Services

On July 19, Korus Consulting Group announced that it plans to offer companies services to create and implement systems for advanced analytics and data mining that will help them forge closer relationships with customers.

In general, advanced client analytics is a set of business processes and IT solutions based on data mining. Systems of this type are designed to increase the competitiveness and sales of the company through the organization of more personal and targeted communication - all this ultimately makes it possible to achieve measurable results with minimal employee involvement.

When implementing advanced analytics systems, marketing campaigns and loyalty program promotions are managed from a single center using Campaign Management class solutions. They are integrated with all channels through which the company interacts with current and potential customers, and in real time analyze the emotional attitude towards the brand, the effectiveness of existing advertising and the reaction to the brand in social media, as well as based on the collected data and analysts create predictive models. The implementation of such systems is accompanied by the automation of the main marketing processes, thanks to which the preparation of samples, information, analysis and other processes take place quickly and with minimal participation of business department employees.

"With the help of advanced client analytics, you can solve a large number of problems - all of them are related to forecasting, obtaining a full customer profile and launching campaigns with smart, narrow samples - microsegments. Our team has been building and launching systems in Advanced Analytics for more than eight years, and we are confident that together with Korus Consulting, which has deep expertise in the field of business processes in retail, production, finance, will be able to help organizations reach a different level of understanding of customers and increase the return on any marketing activities, "said Natalya Malykhina, Head of Advanced Analytics Department of BI of Korus Consulting Group.

Partnership with TXT Retail

In June 2017, KORUS Consulting Group entered into a partnership agreement with TXT Retail. As part of the cooperation, the integrator will offer customers a ready-made solution of the European vendor for category management, management of pricing, replenishment and distribution of the assortment, fully taking into account the specifics of the fashion goods industry.

"Fashion retail is

one of the focal areas for our direction of retail automation. Taking into account the interest of customers from this sector in optimizing the processes of commodity and financial planning and life cycle management, we were looking for a partner who would offer the market the best finished product that covers this need. TXT Retail is a powerful and flexible platform that easily integrates with other information systems and is quickly implemented, "emphasizes Gennady Tarantasov, Head of Retail, KORUS Consulting Group of Companies.

Compliance with SAP PCoE standards

In April, KORUS Consulting Group was audited for compliance with the SAP Partner Center of Expertise (PCoE). The audit was conducted by specialists of the international technical support center of SAP SE. Based on the results of the audit report, the company fully complies with the current technical and organizational standards of SAP, has the necessary technical infrastructure and personnel to provide support and maintenance services for SAP products.

Partnership with Anaplan

As part of the collaboration, the system integrator will provide customers with services for creating, implementing, consulting and supporting applications for financial and operational planning, business modeling and predictive analytics in the cloud with built-in in-memory technology based on the Anaplan (Anaplan Smart Business Platform) SaaS platform.

2016: Revenue cut by 27%

In 2016, Korus Consulting's revenue amounted to 2.700 billion rubles, a decrease of 27% compared to 2015. In the ranking "TAdviser100: The largest IT companies in Russia" at the end of 2016, Korus Consulting took 38th place.

2015:85% revenue growth

In 2015, Korus Consulting's turnover reached 3.7 billion rubles, an increase of 85% compared to the previous year. In the revenue structure, revenues from IT services amounted to 34%, from the supply of equipment and software - 44% and 22%, respectively. The integrator also noted a significant increase in the share of complex projects, within the framework of which a full loop of creating the customer's IT infrastructure was carried out.

The largest revenue (33% of the total) in 2015 fell on telecommunications projects. Power, retail and production accounted for 20%, 18% and 7% of revenues, respectively.

Significant growth was shown by business units providing services for the implementation of ERP systems on SAP, Microsoft and 1C platforms, as well as consulting areas that implement CRM systems and portal solutions based on Microsoft and 1C-Bitrix technologies. In 2015, Korus Consulting received the status of a gold partner of SAP and 1C-Bitrix.

Despite the difficult market situation, the correctly chosen development strategy, a balanced product portfolio and effective management of internal resources allowed us not only to maintain the growth rate of 2014, but also to significantly exceed it, "said Alexander Rakhmanov, CEO of Korus Consulting.

According to him, in 2016 the company intends to focus on transferring some projects to a service model, intensify in the Russian regions and expand its competence in cloud versions of products from international and Russian vendors.

2014: Revenue growth by 25% to RUB 2 billion

The revenue of the KORUS Consulting group of companies in 2014 amounted to 2 billion rubles, an increase of 25%. The main activity of the system integrator is still IT services, which last year provided 65% of the total turnover. Software and hardware shipments were 24% and 11%, respectively. The largest growth was shown by the directions providing services for the implementation of electronic document management and logistics automation systems. Consulting areas involved in the implementation of CRM systems, ERP solutions, portal and cloud solutions based on Microsoft technologies have also grown significantly.

The key industries in which KORUS Consulting implemented projects last year were retail (21% of total revenue), the public sector (17%), telecommunications (11%), the financial sector (10%), oil and gas (10%) and production (9%).

In the line of products offered by KORUS Consulting on the market, the portfolio of the company's products has significantly expanded, 1C business analytics systems, QlikView Forecast and eCommerce BaseGroup Labs solutions hybris software and "," 1C-Bitrix products for providing information security InfoWatch, hardware from and have appeared. Xerox Huawei

The company told TAdviser that there is still a demand for servers storage systems IBM and telecom equipment that have already become traditional. Cisco However, economic events - sanctions, import substitution policies - have made a number of adjustments to the structure of demand for IT equipment: "Last year, the company began active cooperation with Huawei. There are already some interesting developments and we hope that the segment of these solutions will account for a significant share of the revenue of KORUS Consulting Group in 2015, "KORUS Consulting said.

Representatives of the company predict a very restrained growth in 2015 and added that due to the current market conditions, KORUS Consulting is expanding its product line with solutions from domestic manufacturers, and is also actively promoting its own software products on the Russian market.

• The key industries in which KORUS Consulting implemented projects last year were retail (21% of total revenue), the public sector (17%), telecommunications (11%), the financial sector (10%), oil and gas (10%) and production (9%).

• In 2014, the list of CORUS Consulting clients was replenished with such companies as Danone, Paulig, PepsiCo, PONY EXPRESS, SATO, Valio, ATAK, Gazprombank, Invitro, Melston Engineering, Skandik Construction, SPAR Retail, Stroylandia and STS Media.

• According to the results of the Russian competition among Microsoft Corporation partners, KORUS Consulting with the KORUS Five product line was recognized as the best company in the Cloud B2B: Azure Partner of the Year nomination, thereby confirming the highest expertise in the field of cloud solutions based on the Microsoft Azure platform. Also in 2014, the system integrator confirmed the highest partner status - Signature Partner - to EMS Corporation in the direction of Enterprise Content Division (formerly Information Intelligence Group).

The line of products offered by KORUS Consulting on the market includes business analytics systems QlikView, Forecast and BaseGroup Labs, eCommerce solutions hybris software and 1C-Bitrix, information security products InfoWatch, hardware from Xerox and Huawei. The line of 1C products has also expanded significantly: in addition to 1S:UPP solutions, the 1S:ZUP and 1C:CRM integrator implements projects based on 1C:ERP 2.0, 1C:MES and 1C: Consolidation.

2013: Revenue decrease by 40% to RUB 1.6 bn

The revenue of the system integrator Korus Consulting in 2013 amounted to 1.6 billion rubles, which is 40% lower than in 2012, when the same figure was 2.7 billion rubles.

Active development of the direction of system integration, services for the selection and purchase of IT equipment.

In 2012, most of the revenue of the system integration direction was received from the supply of hardware and software as part of the won tenders, in particular, in the Federal Treasury of the Russian Federation, and in 2013 there were no such large projects, explained CNews PR-director of Korus Consulting Vronskaya Svetlana^[3]

The revenue of the consulting divisions of KORUS Consulting Group in 2013 increased by 6%. The main activity of the group of companies continues to be IT services, which accounted for 57% of total revenue in 2013 and showed an increase of 8%. Software supply and hardware supply accounted for 26% and 17%, respectively. The largest growth was shown by areas providing services for the implementation of electronic document management systems, WMA, CRM systems, ERP solutions and budgeting and consolidation systems of financial statements.

Among the key industries in which KORUS Consulting specialists implemented projects in 2013 - the financial sector (15% of total revenue), retail (13%), production (12%), the public sector (12%) and telecommunications ( 11%).

• A competence center for e-commerce solutions has been created, whose specialists implement projects based on Intershop, one of the leading eCommerce platforms in the world, which is included in the list of market leaders according to the analytical agencies Forrester Research and Gartner Group.

• The portfolio of tools for automation of logistics processes has been supplemented - now KORUS Consulting offers ORTEC products designed to optimize and plan transport logistics. ORTEC solutions are used in 1,700 companies around the world, primarily in such industries as logistics, retail and wholesale trade and distribution.

• Walkbase wireless analytics solutions were introduced to analyze the flow and behavior of visitors to retail chains, shopping centers and department stores, fast food businesses, airports and train stations. Wireless analytics is a new direction for the Russian market that allows you to track the behavior of visitors in the premises based on the radiation analysis of the included Wi-FiBluetooth modules/mobile devices.

• Systems based on OpenText have expanded the line of solutions for managing corporate content - one of the key areas of activity of KORUS Consulting. Among the advantages of OpenText solutions are wide opportunities for integration with SAP systems, the development practice of which is actively conducted at KORUS Consulting.

2012

Revenue growth by 80% to RUB 2.7 bln

Korus Consulting's revenue in 2012 increased by 80% - from 1.5 billion rubles. up to 2.7 billion rubles, the company said on March 5, 2013, specifying that these indicators are presented without taking into account the revenue of the Korus Consulting CIS division sold to Sberbank in early 2012 ).

As TAdviser explained in Korus Consulting, the greatest growth in 2012 was demonstrated by the directions of solutions for the public sector and medicine, WMS, CRM and ERP based on Microsoft solutions, warehouse automation, budgeting, 1C , as well as system integration.

In total, the company implemented 59 projects over the year. Among the largest of them are the introduction of EDMS in the government of the Sverdlovsk region, AKKUYU and MegaFon nuclear power plants, the development of a medical IT system for the D. Rogachev Federal Scientific and Clinical Center for Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, as well as the introduction of solutions for managing the budget process in aircraft industry companies - Helicopters of Russia, Irkut Corporation, United Aircraft Corporation.

Korus Consulting notes that throughout 2012 their company continued to adhere to the strategy chosen two years ago for the transition from "classic integration" to a service-oriented business. It plans to continue development in this direction in 2013.

"There will be more and more complex projects, typical industry solutions in the service model, developments based on free software, development and provision of services at the junction of information, telecom and engineering technologies. And, of course, we plan to actively develop the direction of mobile solutions, "clouds" and virtualization in partnership with large data centers, "TAdviser told Korus Consulting.

The company calls the creation of its own solutions based on software development in the field of medicine and document automation one of its main directions from the point of view of investing in software development and creating its own "boxed" solutions, which subsequently require minimal customization and implementation costs.

It is worth noting that the growth in turnover of Korus Consulting exceeded its own forecast: in February 2012, the company's general director Alexander Semenov expected business growth at 30%.

Korus Consulting CIS sold to Sberbank

In May 2012, it became known that Sberbank became a co-owner of Korus Consulting CIS, according to the bank's documents. According to the Unified State Register of Legal Entities, Sberbank owns 90% of the company's authorized capital. The remaining 10% is owned by its general director Leonid Yakubovsky^[4].

Earlier (as of March 2012), Korus Consulting CIS was 65% owned by the Cypriot company Dorinetko Limited, 20% by Leonid Yakubovsky, 15% by Alexander Semenov, General Director of the Korus Consulting group.

A source close to Sberbank said that the acquired company will be integrated into the direction of working with corporate clients.

2011

Revenue growth by 22% to RUB 1.91 billion

The revenue of the system integrator amounted to 1.91 billion rubles. Business growth compared to 2010 was 22%. Revenue was distributed in the following order: IT services (integration, IT consulting, support, training, information protection) - 48% of the company's total turnover, software development - 13%, hardware distribution - 23%, software distribution - 16%.

The largest contribution to the development of the SaaS direction was made by KORUS Consulting CIS, which provides companies with services for electronic exchange of documents, both among themselves and with government agencies. The division's growth for the year was 80%. Currently, the EDI service is used by more than 7,500 companies throughout Russia, primarily large retail chains and their partners: they exchange more than 2 million electronic documents monthly. In 2011, projects began to introduce EDI technology in a number of constituent entities of the Russian Federation, as well as the introduction of legally significant document management using electronic digital signatures in the Lenta and REAL retail chains based on the Sphere Courier service.

At the end of 2011, the KORUS Consulting group of companies began a project to develop, implement and replicate an electronic document management system in government agencies of the Sverdlovsk Region. A month later, the Ministry of Communications of the Sverdlovsk Region announced the start of experimental operation of EDMS in the region. Also in 2011, the system integrator won an open competition for the development and implementation of an information system, an Internet portal and organizational and administrative document management at the Federal Scientific and Clinical Center for Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Immunology (FNCC DGOI). The result of the project should be the automation of medical activities, organizational and administrative document management and the creation of the FNCC DGOI portal.

Mobile solutions for business and government agencies remain the leader of interest on the part of customers. One of the flagship sales of KORUS Consulting Group in 2011 was the decision "Mobile Manager's Office." A new version of the solution was presented, work began on the integration of the "Mobile Office" with an electronic digital signature based on CIPF Cryptomissile defense"." In addition, a certificate state of registration of the decision was obtained. The new clients of the consulting division of the system integrator in 2011 were: Rosinter, Renaissance, Sakhalinenergo, IMISP, Kamaz OJSC, OJSC, Russian helicopters Mercury Group and others.

The areas of 1C, Logistics, Business Analysis, automation of budgeting and financial reporting were actively developing. In logistics, one of the most interesting projects was the introduction of voice warehouse management technologies at Uhrenholt Logistic. The system integrator confirmed the expertise in the specifics of the aircraft industry and the nuances of the budget management of the aircraft industry enterprises: in 2011, projects were completed at the United Aircraft Corporation and Russian Helicopters OJSC. The typical budgeting model is built in retail: the project in the Azbuka Vkusa retail chain has been completed, the project in Pernod Ricard Rouss has begun. Another specialization of KORUS Consulting Group of Companies is work with large geographically distributed companies: solutions that have been implemented by the system integrator in central offices and management companies are actively replicated in subsidiaries and branches throughout the country. Such large-scale projects are carried out in the telecom industry, in structures with state participation, in the oil and gas sector.

In total, 74 projects were completed in the areas of Document Management, Public Sector and Medicine, Logistics, CPM (budgeting and financial reporting) and Microsoft business solutions in 2011. The total number of projects implemented by the system integrator at the end of 2011 is 441.

The total number of employees of the KORUS Consulting group of companies as of September 2011 is 375 people.

The system integrator's revenue from healthcare projects in 2011 increased 2.5 times compared to 2010 and amounted to 117,872 million rubles (47,135 million rubles in 2010). The number of MIS implementation projects increased from 56 in 2010 to 113 in 2011. The number of jobs equipped with MIS by specialists of the KORUS Consulting Group of Companies amounted to 3360 in various healthcare institutions in Russia.

In 2010-2011, KORUS Consulting IT, a division of a group of companies specializing in health informatization, conducted large-scale projects in the FNCC of pediatric hematology, oncology and immunology, the Ministries of Health of the Nizhny Novgorod, Saratov, Oryol, Penza regions, the Chuvash Republic and the Republic of Kalmykia, in the administration of the Kursk region, in the Voronezh and Mordovian perinatal centers.

History of "Korus Consulting" from 2001 to 2011

KORUS Consulting CIS provides IT services, Solution SaaS for business and individuals.

"As of September 2011, more than 8,000 companies are using our services. The service model of working software with is a very promising and popular direction on the market today. The infrastructure we built covers the entire cycle - service development, customer connection services, technical support, call centers and, data centers which allows us to fully control the quality of services and create new solutions as customer needs grow, "said KORUS Leonid Yakubovsky Consulting CIS Director.

Convert to a group of companies with 6 directions

In September 2011, the system integrator KORUS Consulting announced that it had been transformed into a group of companies. As a result of organizational changes, a management company appeared, and individual business areas of KORUS Consulting were allocated to 6 companies. They were headed by the leaders of the relevant areas.

• CORUS Consulting CPM carries out projects in the areas of planning and budgeting, management reporting, financial consolidation and business analysis based on solutions from Oracle, SAP, Infor, Adaptive Planning.

Representative offices are located in Moscow and St. Petersburg. He specializes in setting up and automating company performance management processes. Head Makarova Julia. The competence of the company includes:

• Delivery and automation of the budgeting process in the company
• Reporting Transformations: Methodology Development and Process Automation
• Preparation of Consolidated Statements: Methodology Development and Automation
• Strategic planning
• Investment Activity Planning: Methodology Setting and Implementation of Planning System
• Development of budget analysis methodology
• Automate budget analysis
• Develop Performance Scorecard
• Business Analysis System Implementation
• Operational Financial Management: System Creation, Treasury Automation
• Development and automation of accounting policies in the enterprise.

In November 2010, Oracle Corporation confirmed the expertise of CORUS Consulting CPM in the implementation of solutions based on the Oracle Hyperion Planning software product. Specialization confirms the competence of the company's specialists in the field of Oracle Hyperion Planning implementation for budget management automation, understanding of the implementation methodology, success of implemented projects.

• KORUS Consulting DM is engaged in the development, implementation and support of electronic document management systems, electronic archives and portals from vendors: EMC Documentum, Microsoft, OpenText, Alfresco, 1C.

• KORUS Consulting MS is a leading Russian partner of Microsoft for the implementation of ERP solutions (Dynamics AX and Dynamics NAV), CRM, portals based on MS Sharepoint, basic technologies.

• KORUS Consulting IS implements solutions in the field of warehouse logistics management, transport, billing, warehouse optimization, supply chain planning (in partnership with the global vendor Manhattan Associates). The company also develops the areas of SAP and IT outsourcing.

• CORUS Consulting IT develops and implements solutions for the public sector, a wide range of solutions for the healthcare sector: from primary accounting systems and automation of the doctor's workplace to analytical systems that ensure regional health management.

2010: Turnover growth by 32%

On December 28, 2010, from 10 to 18 o'clock, a search took place in the St. Petersburg office of Korus Consulting. The events were carried out within the framework of a previously initiated criminal case on the legalization of illegal income, which is being investigated by the Main Investigation Department at the Central Internal Affairs Directorate of St. Petersburg.

Corus Consulting told CNews^[5]that law enforcement agencies were conducting an audit in the company related to transactions with one of the company's counterparties. "The audit is not directly related to the company's activities," said Asya Vlasova, PR director of Korus Consulting. She refused to clarify the partner's legal entity, the scope of his activities and the relationship scheme.

According to a CNews source familiar with the investigation, law enforcement agencies became interested in the activities of Korus Consulting itself, and this happened six months ago in connection with the company's main business - the sale of ERP systems Microsoft Dynamics (Axapta).

The reason for the search, according to the source, was information that the system integrator in the early 2000s. used an illegal scheme for selling corporate software: unofficially purchased software in the United States and imported it into Russia privately, withdrawing funds to the accounts of shell firms.

To legalize income, the integrator, according to the source CNews, used fictitious contracts with the so-called "cashing" firms, which indicated orders for software development.

According to the interlocutor of CNews, the interest of law enforcement agencies in such a scheme of work "Korus Consulting" arose after during the investigation in the case of one of the large St. Petersburg financial pyramids - the business club "Rubin" (a criminal case against him was initiated in 2008) - several "washing" companies were discovered, the financial documents of which included the above orders from Korus Consulting.

According to Asi Vlasova, this information is not true. Korus Consulting supplies all software products in the Russian Federation in accordance with the current legislation, within the framework of existing partnership agreements with vendors and their distributors, "she says.

• The annual turnover of the system integrator amounted to 1,571, 170 million rubles. Business growth compared to 2009 was 32%. The turnover by direction was distributed in the following order:
• IT services (integration, IT consulting, support, training, information protection) - 48.5% of the company's total turnover,
• hardware distribution - 22.7%,
• software development - 16.5%,
• Software distribution - 12.3%.

KORUS Consulting Group of Companies occupies:

• 11th place among the largest IT consultants in Russia, according to Finance magazine;
• 5th place among the largest IT suppliers in retail (data CNews);
• 64th place among the largest IT companies in the Russian Federation (CNews data);
• 19th place among the largest system integrators in Russia in the construction of IT infrastructure (CNews data).

• In 2010, the new clients of the system integrator were Alfa-Bank"," Megaphone"," "Toyota," Raiffeisen Bank"," "Filip Morris," Moscow State University, "" United Aircraft Corporation Bank, St. Petersburg"" Fortum energy company (TGK-10),Lukoil Oversiz group of companies, insurance company, FRS retail network "" and Х5 Retail Group others. A total of 46 projects were completed in 2010. The total number of projects implemented by the system integrator was 367.

Document flow

In 2010, KORUS Consulting connected over 5,000 new users to electronic document management systems. Among the new clients of the direction: State Corporation "Russian Technologies," non-profit partnership "Hydropower of Russia," OJSC "OGK-2," LLC "Philip Morris Sales and Marketing," LLC "Spetsradioservice," OJSC "CenterTelecom," Moscow State University. Completed projects in the companies "Sinterra," "Volgatelecom." A project abroad was implemented - the introduction of electronic document management in the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population of the Republic of Azerbaijan. The practice of implementing projects on new platforms for the department has received significant development. Full-scale projects have been implemented on Alfresco, 1C: Enterprise, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server. KORUS Consulting has received the status of a key partner of EMS Corporation in the direction of Information Intelligence. The system integrator has become a partner of one of the world leaders in the field of ECM solutions - Open Text, and also entered into a partnership agreement with KOFAX Austria GmbH - a recognized world leader in the field of document streaming systems (occupies about 50% of this market).

Software Development

The direction of own developments was actively developing, including in the field of mobile solutions. The Mobile Office solution has been developed for Android, iOS, Windows Mobile platforms - a universal interface for interacting with EDMS through mobile devices for top managers of enterprises and heads of government agencies. One of the first in Russia, KORUS Consulting, began the practice of using tablet computers in medicine: the integrator developed a prototype of the interface of the Federal Standard Medical System for the iPad. Industrial operation of the solution will begin in 2011 in one of the federal scientific and clinical centers of the country. The Federal State Unitary Enterprise "Main Radio Frequency Center" with the participation of "KORUS Consulting" throughout the year created a unified information system that allows transferring the organization's activities to an electronic basis.

IT Services, SaaS, EDI

New online services "Accountant's Office," "Electronic back office" have been developed and launched. The direction of EDI (external exchange of electronic documents) increased by 33% over the year. As of January 2011, the service is used by more than 6,000 companies throughout Russia, primarily large retail chains and their partners: using the ECOD platform, they exchange more than 1.5 million electronic documents per month. A project has begun to introduce EDI technology in the largest Russian retail chain Kh5 Retail Group (Pyaterochka, Perekrestok, Karusel store chains). More than 60 educational institutions in 25 regions of the Russian Federation work with the Electronic Student Diary service, the number of daily users of the service is more than 25 thousand. The system has developed an innovative service for psychological assistance to children via the Internet. Projects have been implemented to implement an Adaptive Planning budgeting system based on the SaaS model in POZHOBORONPROM Group of Companies and Armada. The total number of new clients connected to the Adaptive Planning budget management SaaS system has increased by 4 times.

Automation of Budget and Financial Management (CPM)

The company was the first in Russia among Oracle partners to receive confirmation from the vendor of its specialization in Oracle Hyperion Planning. In 2010, projects were completed to set up a budgeting system, financial consolidation and investment planning in companies such as the oil service company C.A.T. oil AG, POZHOBORONPROM Group of Companies, the telecommunications network of OAO Tattelecom and others. In 65 days, a project was implemented to stage a strategic budget management system at the largest fast food manufacturer Mareven Food Santral (Rollton and BIGBON brands). The practice of CPM in the aviation industry has actively developed: projects have been implemented at the Irkut aircraft building corporation, the Moscow Domodedovo airport, and work continues on the project at the United Aircraft Building Corporation (UAC).

Microsoft (Business Solutions and Core Technologies)

KORUS Consulting was the first in Russia to present the Russian version. Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009 The company confirmed its status as one of the best Russian partners of Microsoft, having received several prestigious awards from the corporation at the end of fiscal year 2010 in the direction ERP of solutions. KORUS Consulting has re-entered Microsoft Inner Circle, a privileged international club with just 5% of the world's most successful and major partners Microsoft Business Solutions. The company also received a number of Russian awards: the title of "Best Partner in the Industry"Transport and Logistics "; "Best partner in the industry" Industry: metallurgy and metalworking "; status of the prize-winner in the industry "Retail Trade"; award for contribution to development in the industry "Industry: production of food, beverages and tobacco."

The project in the O'KEY retail network was recognized as the largest implementation of Microsoft Dynamics AX in Russia and Eastern Europe. In 2010, a new performance record was set - 1250 competitive users of the system on one database. Projects based on Microsoft SharePoint Server have been implemented in the energy company RAO Energy Systems of the East OJSC, the CenterObuv trading network. KORUS Consulting won the Microsoft Dynamics CRM Award 2009-2010 and received the highest rating of "5 stars" from the vendor, and also became the winner in the nomination "Best Partner in Microsoft Dynamics CRM in the Financial Sector 2009-2010." New clients in the direction of Microsoft Dynamics CRM are St. Petersburg Bank, Smerfit Kappa St. Petersburg production company, Group E4 engineering company, Bearing-Service trading company, Axiom Inre insurance broker, Rustrubprom OJSC, Uniservis LLC, + SOL media agency.

New industry areas of Microsoft Dynamics CRM have been opened - finance and insurance, housing and communal services, telecommunications, logistics. As part of the development of solutions for the financial sector, a strategic partnership was concluded with CMD Soft. Partnership with CSBI is developing. IAMS (Identity and Access Management) - Employee Identity Management is open. Within the framework of this area, a project was launched at Alfa-Bank.

Logistics

KORUS Consulting was awarded the Manhattan Associates vendor for the most innovative implementation of the warehouse and logistics process management solution based on Manhattan Associates ILS. During the year, the system integrator completed a significant number of projects for such companies as Japan Tabacco International, Urenholt, Alshaya, Sanitex, Geba, Proconsim, MAN, Monex Trading, Outpost Perfume, Outpost Products. The practice of using voice technologies in warehouse process management has started, in cooperation with the consulting company Optiscan and the vendor Vocollect. Several new products from Manhattan Associates have been launched on the Russian market, including Distributed Orders Management.

Public sector and medicine

Projects were implemented to implement the Intramed information system in the Republican Clinical Hospital of Kalmykia, in the regional perinatal center of the Kursk region; a regional information system for monitoring maternity care (RISAR) was introduced in the Republic of Kalmykia and the Kursk region. A system of electronic recording of patients to doctors in the Saratov and Kursk regions was developed and introduced. The project was completed at the St. Petersburg Research Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics named after R.R.Vreden. KORUS Consulting participated in the development of the Register of regulatory reference information of the health care system, social development and labor relations (customer - Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation), and also participated in the development of requirements for medical information systems (customer - Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation).

KORUS Consulting's own developments in the field of healthcare are the Federal Standard Medical Information System based on free software (commissioned by the Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation and the Federal Agency for Information Technologies, introduced in the LPU of the Saratov Region), IS "Ambulance" on the basis of free software (deployed in the LPU of the Nizhny Novgorod region)RISAR - Regional information system for monitoring maternity care (in 2009 it was introduced in the medical institution of the Nizhny Novgorod region, in 2010 - in the Republic of Kalmykia and the Kursk region, in 2011 - in the Voronezh region), the implementation of the electronic public service "Appointment with a doctor" ("Electronic registration," implemented on the "Portal of state and municipal services of the Kursk region").

System Integration and Hardware

In 2010, KORUS Consulting became a partner of Juniper and a silver partner of ExtremeNetworks (both manufacturers of telecommunications equipment). Significant projects of the direction were the creation of a technical infrastructure for the introduction of information systems in the Main Radio Frequency Center of Russia, the Radio Frequency Center of the Siberian Federal District, the Radio Frequency Center of the North-Western Federal District, the Saratov Regional Children's Clinical Hospital, and the Republican Clinical Hospital of Kalmykia. Technical documentation for VolgaTelecom OJSC has been developed. Deliveries of server and telecommunication equipment for CORUS Consulting clients - Pulkovo, Yota, etc.

IT outsourcing

In 2010, KORUS Consulting worked with 10 clients in the IT area, outsourcing of which 4 were new. Work continued with LLC Yota"" (Yota brand), projects were carried out in the companies "Ruks," "Spetsradioservice," the travel company "Gamma," the company "Neoprint." Among the clients of the system integrator, services for managing IT resources, to outsourcing serving workplaces, preparing and deploying the IT infrastructure of enterprises, as well as outstaffing of IT personnel - the work of clients with employees on the staff of KORUS Consulting were in demand.

SAP In 2010, SAP completed a project at Gazprom Neft to create a competence center for SAP, the company's corporate information system. The project for outsourcing SAP support to Gazprom Neft continues, and a project has been launched to create a unified concept of authority in SAP information systems. The project at OAO Gazprom Neft has become one of the largest for a system integrator in the field of IT outsourcing. In addition, cooperation has begun with Smerfit Kappa St. Petersburg and L'oreal. In 2010, we began to actively develop two new areas of activity - the introduction of the SAP BusinessObjects GRC and SAP by OpenText product lines.

For 2010, among the company's developments:

• CORUS 'Microsoft Dynamics CRM Sales Wizard
• KORUS Retail|based on Microsoft Dynamics AX
• CORUS 'Distribution based on Microsoft Dynamics AX
• CORUS 'Metal based on Microsoft Dynamics AX
• CORUS 'Leasing based on Microsoft Dynamics AX
• CORUS 'Treasury based on Microsoft Dynamics AX
• CORUS 'Personnel Accounting Based on Microsoft Dynamics AX
• CORUS 'Microsoft Dynamics AX Payroll
• CORUS 'Loyalty System Based on Microsoft Dynamics AX
• KORUS 'Rolling Stock Accounting Based on Microsoft Dynamics AX
• KOPYC'Axcision Microsoft Dynamics AX-based analytics and reporting
• CORUS 'Garment industry based on Microsoft Dynamics NAV
• KORUS 'Construction based on Microsoft Dynamics NAV
• CORUS 'Customs Broker
• CORUS 'Fleet Management Based on Microsoft Dynamics NAV
• KOPYC'Axcision, Anti-Crisis - Budgeting, Financial Planning, Data Consolidation Solutions
• CORUS 'Special clothing based on Microsoft Dynamics NAV (for consumables management)
• KORUS'Investment Planning System
• KOPYC'Axcision - Enterprise Reporting and Analysis Solution

2008:206 corporate clients, 288 projects

According to the results of 2008, the company has 206 corporate clients, 288 projects.

In 2008, Microsoft registered industry solutions:

• KORUS 'Garment industry;
• KORUS 'Construction;
• KORUS 'Fleet Management;
• CORUS 'Customs broker;

According to the results of 2008, KORUS Consulting was awarded the award "For active sales of Avaya software applications";

More than 100% growth has been demonstrated in EDI (electronic document exchange) and internal document automation for organizations based on the EMC Documentum platform. According to its own estimates, in 2008, the company became the leader among all EMC Documentum partners in terms of revenue for consulting services for the implementation of electronic document management systems.

According to the results of work in fiscal year 2008, among Microsoft certified partners in Russia for Microsoft Dynamics solutions, KORUS Consulting was recognized as the winner in the nominations "Achievements in the industry 'Retail' and 'Transport and Logistics'." In addition to industry, KORUS Consulting received the award "For Effective Development of ERP Verticals."

2007: Development of payroll outsourcing

In 2007, the company is developing the direction: outsourcing business processes the provision of payroll services.

In the same 2007, the following practices were opened: the implementation of the personnel management system, 1C, SAP. Two areas have been created: infrastructure projects - "System Integration" - on the basis of direct partnership agreements with IBM, Sun Microsystems, HP, Cisco; as well as Open Source Software - open source software. In addition, the company opened a branch in Yekaterinburg, a branch of the training center and an office in Petrozavodsk.

Received status: official partner of Datastream Solutions CIS and the right to provide services for the implementation and integration of EAM solutions Infor (Datastream); silver partner OEM partner Canonical.

On the basis of "KORUS" the Consulting Competence Center has been opened Ubuntu Linux in; Russia a certified business partner of the company; Avaya certified service partner; SAP partner of the corporation; IBM

According to the results of its work in 2007, KORUS Consulting was recognized as the best partner of Manhattan Associates in the EMEA region;

The Microsoft Dynamics AX implementation project in the O'KEY hypermarket network was recognized by Microsoft as the largest in Russian and European retail;

CORUS Consulting begins offering a solution from Manhattan Associates - Extended Enterprise Management (EEM);

The beginning of one of the first projects in Russia to transfer information systems of state authorities to free software is in the Government of the Kaliningrad Region; implemented projects to study the possibility of switching to free software of state authorities in the Nizhny Novgorod and Voronezh regions;

On the basis of Oracle products and using EDI technology, an integrated SPHERE platform was created;

KORUS Consulting receives the right to act as a federal operator of electronic document management: SFERA is certified for compliance with the requirements of the Federal Tax Service of the Russian Federation;

Development of the social and pedagogical information system "Electronic Student Diary" (EDU). Start of promotion. EDU creates a single information space that unites an educational institution, student families and state structures that control education;

The Certification Center has been registered and the provision of information security services has begun;

The company has passed the QMS recertification for compliance with ISO 9001:2000 quality requirements with the Norwegian certification register DNV. A certificate was issued for an expanded area of ​ ​ activity: "Provision of consulting services for the creation and maintenance of automated control systems (ACS)";

Opening the Microsoft Dynamics CRM practice;

For the first time in Russia, Documentum specialists introduced IRM Services, a solution that allows you to protect confidential information at the file level;

The development and experimental verification of a standard software and technical complex of personalized accounting of the provision of medical care at the level of a subject of the Russian Federation (in short, the Standard Medical Information System, the Standard MIS) was completed, taking into account the implementation of the requirements for the protection of personal data. The objects of implementation of the Model MIS are state medical institutions of the Russian Federation;

By order of FAIT, a study was prepared on the development of free software in the Russian Federation.

2005: Launch of WMS and Oracle practices

2005 was marked by the opening of two new practices: Oracle and the implementation of logistics management systems, warehouse complexes and distribution centers. Korus Consulting implemented the first foreign projects (Denmark and Great Britain).

2004: Launch of the EDMS direction

In 2004, the company opened the practice of automation of document flow, the practice of Microsoft is developing.

2003: IT Vision Acquisition

In early December 2003, Korus Consulting LLC announced the acquisition of a 100% stake in IT Vision LLC. The amount of the transaction and the composition of the previous shareholders were not disclosed. Both businesses sold Microsoft Business Solutions products: Axapta and Navision, ERP (Enterprise Resource Management) class systems. Under the terms of the deal, IT Vision employees continued to work at Korus Consulting, and one of the leaders of IT Vision, Denis Sverdlov, became sales director of Korus Consulting and joined the board of directors of the combined company.

The company opened the practice of Microsoft Dynamics NAV, as well as the practice of "oil and gas industry."

In 2003, the company created a support service and a training center (one of the first certified training center Microsoft Business Solutions in Russia).

2002: Launch of Telecom, Industrial and Retail Practices

In 2002, Korus Consulting opened the following industry practices: telecom; «Industry»; Retail (created a specialized Korus Retail & Distribution solution based on Microsoft Dynamics AX). In the same year, the company's QMS was certified for compliance with the requirements of ISO 9001:2000.

2001: Launch of CPM and Microsoft practices

In 2001, the company opened the CPM practice (strategic planning, budgeting, forecasting, consolidation, reporting transformation, analysis) and Microsoft practice.

2000: Founding of the Company

Korus Consulting was founded in 2000 in St. Petersburg.

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