Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) - 2020 has been declared the Year of Development of Science, Education and the Digital Economy in Uzbekistan, which fully reflects the serious intentions of the republic to achieve rapid digitalization of all production sectors. The COVID-19 threat and quarantine measures did not reduce the project activity of enterprises, but rather accelerated the process of creating the foundation for future technological transformations. The main distinguishing feature of the upcoming changes is that the Uzbek industry is gradually changing approaches to production management and moving away from the "point" automation of individual processes (management of logistics, maintenance, finance, logistics, procurement, etc.), moving towards the creation of integrated systems combining processes and data - production, laboratory and others.

ITPS has been operating in the market of Uzbekistan for over 12 years and is an active participant in the processes of digital transformation in the region. The asset has a number of successful projects implemented at technically complex facilities of the Kandym group of fields, South-West Gissar, etc. Currently, the company ITPS-Asia LLC (Tashkent) is preparing a number of new projects for the implementation of integrated systems for oil and gas and industrial enterprises. Solutions are developed on the basis of SAP products as the most effective tools in their segment.

As a certified SAP partner, ITPS is constantly developing the functionality of its solutions and offers customers more and more new opportunities for managing a modern enterprise. Participation in the affiliate program allows you to increase the level of competencies, reduce the terms of project implementation and offer a wide range of tools to implement the necessary functionality. Today, the company has ready-made solutions for capital construction, MTO management, costing, tax accounting, unique competencies in the field of integration with operational management systems at the level of Integrated Operations Centers (CIO), etc. have been developed. Tens of thousands of users work in the implemented systems.

The most popular areas are automation of the procurement unit, management of NSI and MRO. In ITPS practice, there is an example of a client whose number of repairs per unit of equipment has decreased by more than 28%, which allowed saving about a million dollars over two years. The number of unscheduled repairs at the time of the analysis was reduced by 46% due to the ability to make reliable forecasts and proactively respond to incidents. The introduction of such systems at oil and gas enterprises can reduce the number of unplanned downtime of equipment by 5-15%, the cost of repairs - by 3-7%, the labor costs of repair services - by 3-10%. In terms of procurement decisions, the key business effect is to reduce procurement costs by 8-14% through the use of an integrated solution for strategic selection of suppliers and increasing the speed of routine procedures.

“The development of digital technologies will soon unrecognizably change the industry of Uzbekistan. There are growth points here: somewhere it is necessary to improve the ICT infrastructure, somewhere - to provide a sufficient level of automation, to further investigate, to equip with sensors, etc. All this will allow in the near future to realize the best business opportunities and world practices - from the effective management of maintenance and repair, finance, procurement, logistics, NSI and other aspects of production to the creation of a full-fledged digital enterprise, where production lines automatically come to optimal conditions in order to save and fulfill production plans. The high level of IT competencies and the unique project experience of our team allows us to guarantee the high quality of our services in any economic situation. Even in the light of the existing restrictions, we have remained highly active and continue to implement projects, including in remote mode. I note that we are not just introducing technologies and tools, but are following the path of mutually beneficial partnership, creating competence centers at enterprises of Uzbekistan and handing over competitive advantages,” said Anatoly Makarov, Director General of ITPS-Asia LLC.