SAP Roll out in Russia
Alexander Schachner
IT Consulting
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IT
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Founded in 2006
Offices in Moscow and Saint Petersburg
> 45 employees
> 40 successful projects
20 certificates: FI, CO, MM, SD, PP, PS, Basis, ABAP
SAP Channel & Service Partner
Official partner of Basware – the world leader in “Purchase-to-Pay”
solutions
A partner of Union of Independent Networks of Russia
A member of:
Association of European Business (AEB)
Russian-German Chamber of Foreign Trade (AHK)
Austrian Economic Forum (AEF)
your SAP partner
ALPE consulting
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SAP in Russia
Since 1992 in Russia, offices in many Russian regions.
> 700 employees, with own Development Team responsible for
localization issues
Fully localized & adapted (meets requirements of Russian legislation)
Market leader in Russia with
>50% market share
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SAP in Russia
SAP software fully meets
Russian legislation requirements
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SAP Roll-Out
Adaptation in accordance
with Russian legal
requirements
Global
template
Local
requirements
Standardization of global
business processes
Optimization of business
processes between
companies
Higher information
transparency
Documentation
Country
versions
IMG structures
and settings
Global customer
developments
Master data
documents
Organizational
structure
Local
developments
Local
processes
Global and
intergrated processes
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Characteristics of SAP Roll Outs
No separate installation for Russia
one or more client system hosted by the headquarter
own company code for Russia
Licenses are purchased centrally (mostly in accordance with SAP Enterprise Agreement)
Business processes mainly in logistics are usually identical or very similar
Difference between sales and production operations in Russia (see next slide)
“Copy – paste” approach is not sufficient enough.
Accounting should be fully adapted
Statutory Accounting (VAT, creditors, debtors, bank, cash,..)
Corporate chart of accounts as the main chart of accounts (Russian chart of accounts as
an alternative chart of accounts)
Asset Accounting
Tax accounting
Controlling
Relatively low effort for controlling in the case of one controlling area (except for
production companies – determination of production costs according to RAS)
HR is usually covered from external systems.
High complexity in Russia
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Project Size (Sales- or Production company)
Module
Sales company *
Production company*
FI
High consulting complexity
High consulting complexity
FI SL
High consulting complexity
(depends on differences in tax
accounting)
High consulting complexity
CO
Low consulting complexity
High consulting complexity
(Production costs calculation, cost
of semi-finished products,…)
MM
Low consulting complexity
Medium consulting complexity
SD
Low consulting complexity
Medium consulting complexity
PP
-
Medium consulting complexity
ABAP
Lower programming effort
Relatively high effort
•Assuming that processes are mostly identical in logistics
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Project Phases
Project
preparation
Fit-Gap
Analyzes
Kick Off Workshop
GAP list
formation
concerning
differences to
corporate
template incl.
Russian legal
requirements
Clarifiying of
responsibilities
within project team
Installation of
Russian System
(SAP Basis
preparation works)
Customer's
Master Data
evaluation
Customization
Info
seminars
Customization of
businessprocesses
Training of the
project team
(Key user)
Testing of the
system through
all modules
Adjustment of the
organizational
structure
Preparation of
data for the
integration
test (test
scenarios are
being
prepared by
key users)
Correction of
the mistakes
Planning of training
(can be organized
in a flexible way,
depending from
project volume)
Data
preparation for
the upload
Go – Live
preparation
Data transfer
Preparation of
productive system
(done by SAP Basis
consultants – mainly
in house)
Evaluation of the
“System Readiness”
before Go-Live
Organization of After
Go-Live support
Definition of
Reports and
Forms which
need to be
adopted
Project
Start
Testing
Go-Live
and support
Transfer to
productive system
(Go-Live)
Open problems
solution
Closure of the
first period
Evaluation of
work of the
productive system
System support
Project closure
The
system is
adjusted
Go-Live
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Success Factors of a Roll-Out Project
Clear commitment of the project sponsor to support the
project
Involvement of the whole project team (Management,
Key-users, IT,…)
Fast decision making process
Availability of the customers key-users (business process
owners)
Active cooperation with the corporate SAP competence
center!!
Open Communication
Experts in Russian accounting and tax requirements
Use of standard solutions as much as possible and
programming only when this is necessary
Clear definition of responsibilities within project team
Authorization to the project team to access the system
Preparation of Master Data
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Some of our customers
The best demonstration of ALPE consulting competency and experience is
the list of our customers
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ALPE Consulting, LLC
Central office:
Krasnoproletarskaya Str., 16, bld.1, Moscow 127473
Tel./Fax: +7 495 660-20-19
North-West office:
“IT Park” Business Center
Krasnogo Kursanta Str., 25, “B”, office 7, Saint Petersburg 197110
Tel./Fax: +7 812 680-22-34
http://alpeconsulting.com
info@alpeconsulting.com
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Possible evaluation criteria
Evaluation of possible ERP
solutions / Example
I
II
III
IV
Option 1
Option 2
Option3
Option 4
SAP ALL
SAP + 1C
1C
Other
Option
Technical feasiblity/complexity of implementation
Manage complexity of integration/interfaces
Flexibility / adaptability to new legal requirements
Implement/set-up standard Companies processes
Transparency on business
Labour market condiditions
PM support/supervision (incl. organization, access)
Transparency about changes (amend vs.
cancelation)
Technical Support
Authority concept
IT Infrastructure (server, backup, archive, ...)
Bilingual version available (engl/russ)
Sum
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