OREANDA-NEWS. On 27 February 2008 was announced, that IDGC of Centre successfully realizes a system project of the company's automation and stage-by-stage involving of all divisions in the technological process. For today, the project has already covered all DGC industrial branches; the first automated workplaces have appeared in regional electric systems.

Thus, as of the beginning of 2008, about 5,700 specialists of IDGC of Centre work in various modules of SAP system that is 22 % of the total number of employees. For today the functional of 12 out of 40 SAP modules was partially or completely introduced that is the evidence of a complex approach to the project realization. The majority of the company's management and auxiliary functions are automated.

The major achievement of 2007 is introduction of SAP IS-U module (regarding formation of the electric power productive supply to consumers - legal entities). Thus, the system starts to cover the company’s basic functions.

According to Pavel Obukhov, Deputy General Director for IТ and Management Technologies, in the nearest three years the company will pass to the level of the leading West-European firms with the developed information structure, such as E. On, RWE, Energy de France, Enel, etc.

A number of the important information-related projects is planned to be performed in 2008. The priority task is preparation of technological base for transition to the uniform operational company. Besides, all productive supply of the electric power will be formed in SAP IS-U system. The same year large-scale work is planned to be performed on conditioning in SAP-PM module of all technical facilities which are on IDGC of Centre's balance in 11 regions (maintenance service and equipment repair), and at last, duplicating of the project of technological connection process automation is planned - the pilot project has been already realised in JSC Belgorodenergo.