The project of APS implementation in Třinecké železárny honored as IT Project 2006

The project of implementation of advanced planning and scheduling of metallurgical production in the company TŘINECKÉ ŽELEZÁRNY realized by LOGIS was honored as IT Project of year 2006.

Frenštát pod Radhoštěm, 5/3/2007

Every year, CACIO – Czech Association of IT managers, group of the top IT leaders in information technology, seeks, judges and expertly appreciates the best IT projects realized in Czech Republic. This year, in whole 22 projects participated in the contest. The evaluation committee recommended eight of them to the second round of this national competition. The final competition results were announced on 27th of February 2007 during a dancing social gatherings „Taneční polepšovna CACIO“ in exclusive premises of Žofín Palace, Prague. As the winner in category IT project for the year 2006 was elected The project of APS implementation for metallurgical production in the company TŘINECKÉ ŽELEZÁRNY. This project, realized by company LOGIS, took 18 months. During this time were implemented the following functional systems: Advanced planning of metallurgical production for steel plants, rolling mills, finishing and expedition, Allocation of available material and semi-finished material in the whole production process and Detail scheduling for the steel plant. Above mentioned modules and the current ERP system (SAP) have been completely integrated. Besides the above mentioned award, the project was nominated to the world competition „The Computerworld Honours Program“. The nomination abstract declares that the achievements are really unique across the Europe. The LOGIS hereby thanks to the whole team of Třinecké železárny for an excellent cooperation in the realization of the project. Without such an exceptional effort the project would not be successfully realized. Acknowledgments belong as well to LOGIS partners – i2 Technologies and IBM.

About TŘINECKÉ ŽELEZÁRNY

Třinecké železárny, company tradition since 1839, is an integrated steelmaking company producing long rolled products. With more than 5520 employees is the largest producer of long rolled products in the Czech Republic and is part of leaders’ producers in Europe. Production portfolio comprises wire rod, railway rails, special bars, rebars, wide steel, seamless tubes and various profiles. A year production volume is 2,4 mil. ton, which presents approximately 31 billions CZK. TŘINECKÉ ŽELEZÁRNY and logo TŘINECKÉ ŽELEZÁRNY are registered trade marks of the company TŘINECKÉ ŽELEZÁRNY, a.s.

About LOGIS

LOGIS is a supplier of expertise services and information technologies. The deliveries are executed in the form of projects aiming at improvement of management effectiveness and development of business success at the customers’ businesses. Within the framework of their solutions, LOGIS applies advanced managing and planning methods and procedures, including high-performance information technologies in the field of Supply Chain Management (SCM) and Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS).