Aplana Helps to Increase the Efficiency of Budgeting Process at MTS - the largest mobile phone operator in Russia and the CIS
The Investments Planning System developed by Aplana Software and deployed in all regional branches of MTS in Russia and the CIS helps to speed up planning of corporate budget for a new fiscal year.
May 20, 2005
Aplana, the leading provider of distributed custom software solutions, is announcing the results of implementation of Investment Planning System at MTS, the largest mobile phone operator in Russia and the CIS. The system was created for MTS Corporate Finance and Investment Department as a tool for development, coordination and monitoring of investment project budgets. The system covers all MTS divisions on the territory of the Russian Federation, Belarus, Ukraine and Uzbekistan. Over 1500 MTS employees are using the system.
The need for such a large-scale system emerged due to the Company restructuring, that involved centralization of many business processes at MTS, along with the introduction of project management approach. In line with the new MTS investment planning and control regulations, development of the corporate infrastructure and services is planned based on annual business growth forecasts. And all development activities that require financing are considered as investment projects. The procedures of budgets planning and execution monitoring required a specialized automation tool. Aplana was selected as the service provider for this project due to its hands on experience in similar solutions that helped to cut down significantly the implementation terms.
"The application created by Aplana allowed us to introduce the efficient procedures for investment plan approval, to automate consolidation and analysis procedures in the framework of the MTS new investment planning and control system. In addition, we received a powerful analytical tool that enabled the full control over the budgets not only in terms of management and finance accounting, but also per projects, per regional and business units of the company, etc", notes Kirill Kalinin, Director of Corporate Finance and Investment Department at MTS.
Investment Planning System provides complete information on investment activities that serve as a basis for executive decision-making on project efficiency, elaboration of budgeting and procurement plans. The system automates both workflow processes of budget negotiating and monitoring for individual projects and investment portfolios, and technological process of data consolidation and analysis at multiple levels. After individual investment project budgets are approved, they are consolidated into investment portfolios on Macro regional and Corporate Center levels.
The project was implemented within a record-short period: it took only two month to develop and launch the first version of the system. This was possible due to the choice of innovative technologies and well-coordinated cooperation of MTS IT force and Aplana team.
"The system worked in full load mode starting from the first week of deployment, and it stood against simultaneous connection of one thousand users. The fault-free system operation was backed by a reliable infrastructure, continuous performance monitoring and a hotline support", comments Evgeny Olkhovsky, Director of IT Planning and Interaction Department at MTS.
"The growing number of distributed enterprises get faced the tasks of data consolidation and workflow management. Innovative technologies and open standards helps us to suggest efficient solutions for that fulfill requirements of TCO reduction and flexible interoperability options", says Victor Weinstein, CEO of Aplana Software.
Enhancement of the system functionality and further integration with other MTS applications are planned for the next stage of the project.
About Aplana
Aplana (www.aplana.ru) is a dynamically growing provider of software services within the I. T. Co. group. Its specialization is development and integration of custom software solutions for corporate customers in Russia and abroad. The quality management system of the company has been certified to comply with ISO9001:2000 international standard. The sees its targets in development of long-term relations with customers and partners; the customer list of Aplana includes: The Central Bank of the Russian Federation, RF Ministry of Industry and Science, GE Medical Systems, OTIS, Procter&Gamble, Tetra Pak, Wrigley, and other major Russian and international companies.
Contacts
APLANA, 64/32 Profsoyuznaya St., Entrance 6, Moscow 117485
(095) 748 1345, 748 1346, Fax: (095) 333 6412
Maria Dragan, Chief of Marketing Service at Aplana, [email protected]
Project Details
Contacts:
Aplana Software, I.T.Co Group
[email protected], http://www.aplana.com
Philadelphia office: 2600 Philmont Avenue, suite 305, Huntingdon Valley, PA 19006, U.S.A,
Tel/Fax: (215) 947-4773
Moscow office: 84/32 Profsoyuznaya Str, Entrance 6,
117485, Moscow, Russia
Tel: +7 (095) 748 1345, 748 1346, Fax: +7 (095) 333 6412
Maria Dragan, Head of Marketing, Aplana Software, [email protected]
The need for such a large-scale system emerged due to the Company restructuring, that involved centralization of many business processes at MTS, along with the introduction of project management approach. In line with the new MTS investment planning and control regulations, development of the corporate infrastructure and services is planned based on annual business growth forecasts. And all development activities that require financing are considered as investment projects. The procedures of budgets planning and execution monitoring required a specialized automation tool. Aplana was selected as the service provider for this project due to its hands on experience in similar solutions that helped to cut down significantly the implementation terms.
"The application created by Aplana allowed us to introduce the efficient procedures for investment plan approval, to automate consolidation and analysis procedures in the framework of the MTS new investment planning and control system. In addition, we received a powerful analytical tool that enabled the full control over the budgets not only in terms of management and finance accounting, but also per projects, per regional and business units of the company, etc", notes Kirill Kalinin, Director of Corporate Finance and Investment Department at MTS.
Investment Planning System provides complete information on investment activities that serve as a basis for executive decision-making on project efficiency, elaboration of budgeting and procurement plans. The system automates both workflow processes of budget negotiating and monitoring for individual projects and investment portfolios, and technological process of data consolidation and analysis at multiple levels. After individual investment project budgets are approved, they are consolidated into investment portfolios on Macro regional and Corporate Center levels.
The project was implemented within a record-short period: it took only two month to develop and launch the first version of the system. This was possible due to the choice of innovative technologies and well-coordinated cooperation of MTS IT force and Aplana team.
"The system worked in full load mode starting from the first week of deployment, and it stood against simultaneous connection of one thousand users. The fault-free system operation was backed by a reliable infrastructure, continuous performance monitoring and a hotline support", comments Evgeny Olkhovsky, Director of IT Planning and Interaction Department at MTS.
"The growing number of distributed enterprises get faced the tasks of data consolidation and workflow management. Innovative technologies and open standards helps us to suggest efficient solutions for that fulfill requirements of TCO reduction and flexible interoperability options", says Victor Weinstein, CEO of Aplana Software.
Enhancement of the system functionality and further integration with other MTS applications are planned for the next stage of the project.
About Aplana
Aplana (www.aplana.ru) is a dynamically growing provider of software services within the I. T. Co. group. Its specialization is development and integration of custom software solutions for corporate customers in Russia and abroad. The quality management system of the company has been certified to comply with ISO9001:2000 international standard. The sees its targets in development of long-term relations with customers and partners; the customer list of Aplana includes: The Central Bank of the Russian Federation, RF Ministry of Industry and Science, GE Medical Systems, OTIS, Procter&Gamble, Tetra Pak, Wrigley, and other major Russian and international companies.
Contacts
APLANA, 64/32 Profsoyuznaya St., Entrance 6, Moscow 117485
(095) 748 1345, 748 1346, Fax: (095) 333 6412
Maria Dragan, Chief of Marketing Service at Aplana, [email protected]
Project Details
Contacts:
Aplana Software, I.T.Co Group
[email protected], http://www.aplana.com
Philadelphia office: 2600 Philmont Avenue, suite 305, Huntingdon Valley, PA 19006, U.S.A,
Tel/Fax: (215) 947-4773
Moscow office: 84/32 Profsoyuznaya Str, Entrance 6,
117485, Moscow, Russia
Tel: +7 (095) 748 1345, 748 1346, Fax: +7 (095) 333 6412
Maria Dragan, Head of Marketing, Aplana Software, [email protected]