Volm: the implementation project of SAP Business All-in-One in an IT environment of corporation is complete

Specialists of Softline company, the "golden" partner of SAP CIS, begin an implementation project of the SAP solution Business All-in-One in the Volgograd company "Volma". Creation of a new corporate information system will be executed in several stages and will provide the companies effective use of resources, cost optimization and transparency of business for the management and shareholders.

The Volma corporation is one of leaders in Russia and the CIS in production and supply of finishing materials on the basis of plaster and cement, such as dry construction mixes, gypsum cardboard, tongue-and-groove plate. Volm owns 4 plants and 3 mining companies. The dealer network of the company totals more than 140 partners in 57 regions of Russia and the neighboring countries. The management company is located in the city of Volgograd.

Due to growth of business and for the purpose of gain of current positions in the market, the company management of Volm came to a question of need of improvement of a management system. The information system existing in the company did not allow to implement new methods of management and acted as a brake for business development. With respect thereto the management Volm made the decision on creation of a new corporate information system based on modern IT solution which would allow to consolidate information on holding and to provide transparency of business for top management and shareholders. As the solution the ERP system of a world class for management of mid-scale businesses – SAP Business All-in-One was selected.

The company Softline, SAP Gold Partner will act as the partner in implementation. The important role when choosing the company integrator for the management Volm was played by reputation and experience of Softline having more than 70 implementation projects of the software of SAP in baggage that confirms its professional examination and high quality of the provided services.

The main objective which is set before a SAP solution implementation project in Volma company is a creation of a productive information system which will ensure functioning of the enterprise in real time, will be adapted to business processes, will give a data exchange opportunity with external systems that will lead to cost optimization and more effective work of all corporation in general.

Implementing solution of SAP in Volma company will provide the solution of the following tasks:

• information support of decision making process;
• optimization of inventory management of finished goods and raw materials;
• increase in accuracy of production and sales planning;
• formalization of purchasing processes, ensuring transparency of pricing, introduction of the procedure of qualification of suppliers and their choice;
• cost accounting of finished goods;
• effective use of resources.

Using the SAP solution it is going to automate the following business processes in Volma company: sale, purchasing activity, inventory management, production, finance, controlling, maintaining reference books of materials, partners, operational reporting and another. The large-scale implementation project of the SAP solution in Volma corporation will be executed in several stages, now specialists of Softline begin implementation of the first phase as a result of which key project tasks on the first two production sites will be solved.

"With input of the SAP solution we expect increase in transparency of business that, undoubtedly, will result in new quality of management decisions. We hope that application of best practices of SAP will allow to optimize production and managerial business processes", – the chief of the department of IT of Volma Management Company LLC Alexander Ivanovich Lyubimov notes.

Project Completion

The Softline company announced on June 14, 2013 project completion of SAP implementation of Business All-in-One in VOLMA Corporation.

Results

Implementation automates business sales processes, productions, finance, controlling, maintaining reference books of materials, partners, the operational reporting, etc. During the project specialists of the contractor configured and expanded functionality of a system of SAP in business processes:

• sales of finished goods, illiquid products, defects, services, other inventory items;
• managements of outgoing transportation; purchase of inventory items and services, etc.

A system is integrated with external systems (1C Accounting, "Inkom-Gips" and Client-bank). In addition to the standard reporting in SAP ERP specialists of Softline implement managerial reports for the management and also analytical reports in SAP BW and SAP BusinessObjects.

"The platform allows to automate the directions of marketing, projects, warehouses, finished goods and also gives an opportunity to scale data that is important for forecasting and support strategists of development of the company. The system of SAP is the "center of the truth" providing qualitative data with the purpose of their use for competent management", - Alexander Lyubimov, the chief of the department of IT of UK VOLMA noted.

"In a project deliverable VOLMA received a qualitative, functional system which will be able to support business on the way of its further growth and development. The customer had a desire to select the best option from possible therefore we analyzed several alternative systems and selected the solution, most attractive to business", - Maria Korshunova, the deputy manager of department of SAP ERP of Softline company told.

"My main expectations from an implementation project of SAP in VOLMA Corporation is an advantage of the solution in respect of increase in level of controllability of the company and also rapid growth of financial performance of the customer, - Alexander Nedurov, the sales manager of the solutions EPG of Softline company in Volgograd emphasized. - Ahead of a task of replication of the solution and implementation of new modules of SAP".