Bauer Media Rus (SAP ERP)

In the Russian division of large European publishing holding Bauer Media the enterprise management system based on SAP ERP 2005 is implemented. A contractor of an implementation project was the "IDS Scheer Russia and CIS countries" company.

Along with it the industrial SAP solution for Media for sale of advertizing spaces (MAM SAP IS) was let into the companies. According to vendor, this first implementation of industry solution for media industry in Russia. The Ukrainian company "Soft-reyting" also took part in this subproject.

Since June 1 the publishing house began operation of basic functionality of a system – the modules "Finance", "Controlling", "Purchases" and "Sales". Within the project accounting and tax accounting and also management accounting of which multiple recalculations on different analytical signs are characteristic are automated.

As reported, at first work on unification and reengineering of managerial business processes of publishing house was carried out. The business concept containing the description of basic business process models taking into account specifics of activity of the company became result of process preparation. As a result the subsequent stage of setup of a system passed quicker, thanks to preliminary work with processes and a possibility of the maximum use of standard functionality of a system.

Besides, from key staff of the customer the Competence Center which allowed to achieve real compliance of a system to requirements of business was created. A task of the center – support and development of the Enterprise resource planning and also decrease in operating costs.

The transient period will last two months - till August 1, 2009. Additional tuning of a system regarding development of printed forms and additional customer services will be during this time made.