PwC will develop project management office structure and perform independent quality review of SAP implementation for DTEK

30 July 2009

DTEK has started the introduction of SAP comprehensive software. At the first stage, which will last till late 2010, SAP HCM (Human Capital Management) and SAP BI/BPC (Business Intelligence/Business Planning and Consolidation) solutions will be introduced at DTEK’s corporate centre and a comprehensive SAP ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system will be implemented at Pavlogradugol. The Company is planning to complete the introduction of SAP business solutions at all its enterprises in 2013.

It is a unique project for Ukraine in terms of its scale and timelines. Thanks to its implementation a single information management system will unite DTEK’s coal mining and energy enterprises located in three regions of Ukraine. The introduction of SAP solutions will make it possible to tackle the management tasks more efficiently, unify business processes within the DTEK Group, ensure better transparency of operations, and provide timely and reliable management reporting.

The solutions of SAP, a world leader of business applications, have been widely used in the Central and Western Europe. The integration of these solutions into DTEK’s information systems architecture has become an important task in the Company’s business strategy, which provides for active movement to European markets in the middle term and, thus, requires bringing the management systems in line with world practices.

‘Introduction of SAP business solutions at DTEK’s enterprises is an indicator of our growth; it shows that the company has reached a certain maturity level. Today, DTEK faces the task to consolidate its success, enhance its competitive advantages, and create a stable IT-framework for further company’s expansion’, commented Sergey Detyuk, Deputy CFO on IT in DTEK.

The Ukrainian company CONIM has become DTEK’s consulting partner in the project on SAP implementation.

PricewaterhouseCoopers will design a project office structure for DTEK and control the quality of the project on SAP ERP implementation at Pavlogradugol at the stage of concept design and system testing.

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DTEK is the first private vertically integrated energy company in Ukraine. It is a part of the financial and industrial group System Capital Management (SCM). The enterprises of DTEK build up an efficient operational chain from coal production and enrichment to electricity generation and distribution.

The coal business of DTEK includes Pavlogradugol (consisting of ten coal mines), Komsomolets Donbassa Mine and five enrichment plants. According to the 2008 performance results, DTEK’s share in the Ukrainian coal mining industry was 22.6%.

The generation business is represented by Vostokenergo and the associated Dneproenergo company, in which DTEK owns 47.46%. According to the 2008 performance results, the share of Vostokenergo and Dneproenergo in the thermal generation of Ukraine was 25.4% and 22.4% respectively.

Service-Invest and Energougol ENE represent the electricity distribution business of DTEK. Their share of electricity purchase in SE Energorynok in 2008 made up 6.5%.

For more details see: www.dtek.com

CONIM is a Gold Certified Partner of SAP. It is a leading company in the market of management consulting, IT consulting, introduction of SAP-based comprehensive automation projects.

The experts of Conim Group Ltd. are most professional consultants in Ukraine having over 5 years of experience in introducing SAP systems in Ukraine, the CIS and abroad. Currently, the company employees over 50 consultants, the majority of which have been certified.

The following companies are among its customers: Energoatom, Metinvest (Severniy GOK, Centralniy GOK, Inguletskiy GOK), AES (Kievoblenergo, Rivneenergo), Inter RAO UES (Telasi) and many others.

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