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"There is a regular need to solve operational support tasks

Posted: Tue Jan 21, 2025 10:16 am
by tanjimajuha20
"SAP support is not limited to adaptation to changing legislation and new regulatory requirements. It is important to ensure the continuity of the system's operation in the customer's infrastructure, including through compatibility of equipment, application and infrastructure software. This is important given the increasing complexity of logistics and sanctions," adds Evgeny Zavyalov. "Even without taking into account the issue of expanding the functionality switzerland whatsapp resource of systems, infrastructure updates are required annually, and their complexity can increase from year to year. It is also worth remembering that a fully functional ERP system permeates all aspects of business, and if a 24-hour outage looks normal for accounting functions, then in terms of logistics, production, and transport management, an hour's downtime is already critical."

and the need to attract in-depth, targeted expertise, which is not always available internally. We are talking about tasks in the field of finance related to accounting, payroll, procurement and supply. There are specialized SAP packages, for example, for oil industry processes. Targeted expertise may be in demand when adjusting and changing the system configuration," reminds Kirill Semion. In his opinion, until the projects for import substitution of this solution, which, for the most part, implements business-critical functions, are completed, the task of supporting SAP will remain relevant, especially in such industries as retail and industry.

Anton Martyanov predicted that demand for SAP support and maintenance services will only grow over the next year or three years: "Specialists have either dispersed around the world or retrained for more trendy niches. Companies that embarked on the path of import substitution only in 2023 still have two or three years left until the end of this path. Keeping expensive employees on staff is becoming less and less profitable, so entrusting support to an existing import substitution contractor or holding a separate tender to select a contractor for the period of import substitution will seem attractive options to many companies. This will be relevant primarily for companies from industries where there is no forced import substitution, large companies and holdings, as well as exporters."

"T1 Integration" and GC "LANIT" were unable to provide comments.