OREANDA-NEWS. IBA Group completed a project on the implementation of an information management system based on SAP ECC 6.0 for Gazprom Transgaz Belarus (GTB). On August 6, 2015, the system was successfully accepted for commercial operation.

From 2013 to 2015, IBA Minsk, a software development center of IBA Group in Belarus, carried out a project for Gazprom Transgaz Belarus. The project was aimed at creation and implementation of the enterprise information management system based on the following SAP software:

  • ERP Central Component (SAP ECC 6.0)
  • BI — Business Intelligence
  • PI — Process Integration
  • ВО — BusinessObjects
  • MDM — Master Data Management
  • SM — Solution Manager.

In 2014, the system was launched in line with the project calendar schedule. According to the requirements specification, the following business processes of the company were automated:

  • Accounting and tax records
  • Management accounting
  • Financial accounting
  • Logistics (procurement, sales and distribution, warehouse operations)
  • Equipment maintenance and repair
  • Capital construction accounting
  • Organizational management and personnel administration.

In 2015, IBA Group automated the following business processes of Gazprom Transgaz Belarus:

  • Payroll
  • Production and economic planning.

User support was organized based on SAP Solution Manager (Incident Management).

While implementing the project, IBA Group used up–to–date methodologies of SAP product implementation, namely ASAP (Accelerated SAP) and AGILE (Agile Software Development). In addition, IBA Group used advanced technologies of project procedures management and subsystem functionality testing.

IBA Group created a comprehensive solution based on SAP HANA, a modern high–performance platform that combines analytical tools, means of transaction processing, and large amounts of data (ERP and BI). The system was launched simultaneously in all seventeen branches and the administrative office of Gazprom Transgaz Belarus.

IBA Group provided support services through Service Desk, carried out the central system administration using SAP Solution Manager, and created operating user manuals and training courses. IBA Group also held an interactive training of end users via RWD uPerform for SAP.

The IBA Group team included more than 100 SAP consultants and developers. Gazprom Transgaz Belarus received the system that allows for obtaining trustworthy, complete, and timely information about the activity of all departments of the company. The unified information environment enables our customer to increase the efficiency of real–time analysis and enterprise activity planning, to optimize the turnover of stock and monetary assets, to reduce operating costs for maintenance and repair, as well as for administrative and management personnel, and to enhance investment attractiveness.

The new system fully conforms to the business goals and functional scope of the project. The system was launched within the established time limit.