Tyumenenergo completed transition to SAP ERP 6.0

The Optima group announced in March, 2013 project completion in Tyumenenergo company on migration on the new version of SAP ERP (6.0). The contractor of the project acted as Optima Services Ural (Tesk of the Urals) there is a structural division of the Optima group which provides full range of services in the field of management consulting and implementation of information systems. A project objective is increase in effective management of business and process optimization of accounting.

Cooperation within creation and development of a business management system on the basis of the SAP ERP platform the Optima and Tyumenenergo group is conducted since 2007. Transition to ERP 6.0 will allow Tyumenenergo to use in the accounting activity new opportunities of such modules as Finance (setup of online payments in functionality of Public Sector Management, implementation of parallel accounting), FI-TV (Management of business trips) and "Dispute Management" ("Accounting of the disputed debt"), noted in Optima.

"Implementation of the ERP system — the large-scale and difficult project in which a large number of experts and consultants is involved — the CEO of Optima Services Ural Zakharenko Vladimir said. — Its efficiency in many respects depends on that how harmonious and productive will be an interaction of integrator with the working group of the customer. In this sense we were very lucky — specialists of Tyumenenergo give us good support and show the high professional grade throughout the entire period of cooperation".

In general system implementation included several stages: test run of updating of a system, productive transition to ERP 6.0 EHP5 on the system of development, transition to ERP 6.0 EHP5 on a productive system, updating of a test system with backup of a productive system after transition to the new version, the analysis of opportunities of the version of EhP 5.0 and determination of perspectives of further development of a system.

"A possibility of optimization, operational information exchange, permanent reaction to the current changes play a huge role in our work. In the course of migration we tried to improve the most relevant modules from our point of view, implemented new mechanisms of planning, accounting and analysis of the company. The project is effective and conforms to modern requirements of business" — Larisa Mandrugina, the head of department on methodology of accounting of FHD "Tyumenenergo" reported.