SAP Roll out in Russia

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• SAP Roll out in Russia
• Alexander Schachner

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ALPE consulting
Founded in 2006 Offices in Moscow and Saint
Petersburg gt 45 employees gt 40 successful
projects 20 certificates FI, CO, MM, SD, PP, PS,
Basis, ABAP
your SAP partner
your SAP partner
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)
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SAP in Russia
Since 1992 in Russia, offices in many Russian
regions. gt 700 employees, with own Development
Team responsible for localization issues Fully
localized adapted (meets requirements of
Russian legislation)
Market leader in Russia with gt50 market share
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SAP in Russia
SAP software fully meets Russian legislation
requirements
legal accounting
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SAP Roll-Out
Adaptation in accordance with Russian legal
requirements Standardization of global business
processes Optimization of business processes
between companies Higher information
transparency
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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
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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
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competency and experience is the list of our
customers
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ALPE Consulting, LLC
Central office Krasnoproletarskaya Str., 16,
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Center Krasnogo Kursanta Str., 25, B, office 7,
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http//alpeconsulting.com info_at_alpeconsulting.com
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Evaluation of possible ERP solutions / Example
Possible evaluation criteria
Option I II II III III IV IV
Option Option 1 Option 2 Option 2 Option3 Option3 Option 4 Option 4
Option SAP ALL SAP 1C SAP 1C 1 C 1 C Other Other
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)
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