Ozon Tech

Ozon Tech is a company in which in 2019 the Russian online retailer Ozon allocated its IT laboratory.

Performance indicators

2022: Revenue growth by 145.5% to RUB 18,647 million

At the end of 2022, the revenue of Ozon Tech increased by 145.5% to 18,647 million rubles (accounting revenues for 2021-2022 excluding VAT). In the ranking " TAdviser100: The largest IT companies in Russia 2023," such an indicator allowed the company to take 28th place.

According to data for 2022

History

2024: Receiving a grant from the Moscow Region Government

Thirteen IT companies in the Moscow region received support from the Regional Government in 2023. Thanks to this, 2.3 thousand highly qualified specialists in the field of information technology began to work in the Moscow region. This was announced on January 15, 2024 by the press service of the Ministry of Public Administration, Information Technologies and Communications of the region. An agreement was signed with Ozon.Technologiya. Read more here.

2021

Revenue growth by 106.1% to RUB 7,594 million

At the end of 2021, the revenue of Ozon Tech amounted to 7,594 million rubles, an increase of 106.1% compared to 2020, which allowed it to take 73rd place in the ranking of TAdviser100: The largest IT companies in Russia 2022. The revenue from the financial statements for 2020-2021 is indicated. Excluding VAT.

Ozon is opening a robotic lab. Developing your own solutions will come out cheaper

Ozon is opening its own robotic laboratory in Innopolis, the company said on July 20, 2021. As TAdviser was specified in Ozon, the new division is part of its IT laboratory - Ozon Tech.

Salimzhan Gafurov, who previously headed the laboratory of autonomous vehicles of the Center for Robotics and Mechatronics Component Technologies at Innopolis University, was appointed head of the laboratory.

Under the leadership of Gafurov, a team of 40 engineers will work to create solutions for the robotization of fulfillment centers and sorting hubs, robotic systems for efficient storage, processing and delivery of orders. These solutions can increase the productivity of warehouses and reduce the physical load on staff, say Ozon. Also, the decisions will affect other stages of the logistics supply chain, including the "last mile." And as it evolves, the robotics lab team will expand.

E-commerce is impossible without logistics infrastructure and technological solutions for its effective operation. Today we have over 250 thousand square meters. m fulfillment areas, more than 50 sorting centers throughout the country, and the number of branded points of issue of orders exceeded 12 thousand. In the medium term, Ozon's fulfillment areas will grow to 1 million square meters. m, and the capacity of sorting hubs and the last mile will increase significantly. Own developments in the field of logistics robotization will make the supply chain much more efficient in the future and set standards for the entire e-commerce market. Now there are almost 40 robotics engineers in our laboratory, "says Anton Stepanenko, Ozon's technical director.

Ozon decided to increase its own expertise in the field of robotization "(photo - retail-loyalty.org)"

Anton Stepanenko explained to TAdviser why Ozon prefers to develop its own developments in this area instead of using finished products that are offered on the market. Russian e-commerce has a lot of local specifics, he says. Domestically, the approach to organizing logistics and, for example, planning and equipping fulfillment objects is very different even among market players similar in business models.

In such conditions, the purchase of ready-made solutions would require processing and adaptation to our processes, which, as practice shows, is a resource-intensive process in terms of money and time. In such conditions, developing your own solutions will definitely be cheaper than implementing existing ones. We want not only to introduce existing solutions, but to increase our own expertise. With robotization, we decided to follow the same path that we have always followed in IT - to develop our own. So, we have our own WMS system, our own application for couriers and a number of other solutions, "Ozon CTO told TAdviser.

Ozon does not plan to offer products developed in the laboratory yet, the company told TAdviser.

Of course, our first priority is to develop solutions to improve the efficiency of our own logistics. It is too early to talk about solutions for the external market, "Anton Stepanenko told TAdviser.

Ozon Laboratory will be located on the territory of the Innopolis Special Economic Zone and has applied for the status of a SEZ partner. In addition, together with Innopolis University, the Ozon robotics laboratory plans to launch initiatives to develop science and high technologies.

2020

Revenue - 3,683,988 thousand rubles

At the end of 2020, the Ozon Tech company increased revenue by 261% - to 3,683 million rubles. In the TAdviser ranking "The largest IT-insourcing companies in Russia," Ozon Tech took 16th place.

Ozon IT daughter's staff and income for pandemic year skyrocketed 3.6 times

The revenue of the Ozon IT laboratory - "Ozon Tech" - in 2020 increased 3.6 times, to 3.684 billion rubles, follows from the database of legal entities "Kontur. Focus." The company received a net profit of about 36 million rubles, which allowed it to take 91st place in the ranking of TAdviser100: The largest IT companies in Russia 2021.

The average number of Ozon Tech employees for the year grew from 285 people to 1031 people. The company sent about 3.2 billion rubles to pay employees, indicated in its accounting.

"Ozon Tech" in 2020 significantly increased revenue and headcount (photo - ozon.dev)

At the same time, operating expenses Ozon under the item "technology and content" in 2020 increased by almost 25%, to 4.394 billion rubles, follows from the company's annual report on Form 20-F to the Securities and Exchange Commission. USA This includes the salary costs of developers working to develop current and create new products, the design and support of mobile applications and the website, the costs of technological infrastructure, according to the annual report.

Investments in technology and the purchase of computer and other equipment are also in Ozon's capital expenditures, but their volume is not provided separately for these items in the document.

Ozon was unable to answer TAdviser's questions about Ozon Tech revenue and technology costs at the time of publication. In the report, however, the company explains that the growth in operating expenses under the item "technology and content" in 2020 is associated with an increase in the average number of employees related to research and development against the background of how the company invested in improving the experience of buyers and sellers, in strengthening its capabilities in the field of technology and data in order to accelerate the development of its platform.

Technology forms the backbone of our business and our R&D team is essential so we can execute our business strategy. We are continuously investing in technology to support business growth and the continued evolution of the services we offer to buyers and sellers, Ozon said in its annual report. - In order to offer a wonderful selection of products and the convenience of online shopping to our customers, we use technologies such as AI, machine learning in different parts of our platform, including a search engine and product recommendation systems, inventory management and pricing.

Technologies also serve as the basis for the user experience of sellers, allowing them to easily integrate into the Ozon marketplace and benefit from matching and price comparison algorithms, data analytics and other tools, it said.

At the same time, in its annual report, the company notes that its operating expenses under the item "technology and content" increased in absolute terms, but decreased as a percentage of the total turnover of goods (Gross Merchandise Volume, GMV), which includes services. In 2018, these expenses accounted for 5% of the total turnover of goods, and in 2020 - 2%.

2019: Revenue - 1,020,578 thousand rubles

At the end of 2019, the revenue of Ozon Tech amounted to 1,020,578 thousand rubles.