Å kodaAuto ANNUAL REPORT 2006 - Skoda Auto

Organisation and Information Systems
Utilisation of New Information
Technologies in the Product
Development Process
By launching Phase One of the “Digital
Factory” project, the Company entered
the era of virtual production planning.
Cutting-edge 3D technology accelerates
and increases the efficiency of production
development and preparation processes.
Processes – Organisation
Due to the heavy competition in the
automotive industry, improvements in
process efficiency and optimising of human
resources are constant necessities. Various
projects are underway to analyse individual
process steps and propose solutions to
optimise the processes and make more
efficient use of human and financial
resources. All the measures taken in the
area have one thing in common: to make
the Company more competitive.
The basic building block for our ongoing
information systems standardisation
process is a Group-wide reference process
map system which assesses, at a global
level, the most efficient practices in process
modelling among the individual brands.
This tool has made it possible to create an
environment for communication between
process modelling and IT services.
Implementing IT support in accordance with
the needs of internal customers remains
a priority.
SAP Platform
The Company places a lot of emphasis on
efficiency of economic processes. Their
smooth functioning makes it possible to
utilise resources effectively and is
a fundamental attribute of a healthy
company. For a number of years now,
the Company has relied on the SAP
platform to provide systemic support for
these processes.
Dynamic growth of the world economy
puts high demands on flexible and
qualified system support in the area of
economic processes. Thanks to the
long-term efforts and high competency of
our SAP team, we obtained the globally
recognised SAP Customer Competence
Centre (SAP CCC) certificate. The
Company is the second location within
the Volkswagen Group to achieve this.
In the process of developing the new
generation Škoda Superb, the SAP platform
is being used for the first time for one of
the key vehicle development and
production systems – Bill of Material (BOM).
Optimising of IT Solutions
and Services
The year 2006 was characterised by the
ongoing reorganisation of IT services.
The motto of the reorganisation is the
transition from “Do things right” to “Do
the right things”, i.e. to strictly reorient
ourselves from technology-driven IT
services to IT services driven by customer
needs. The reorganisation process went
forward by gradually deepening the
implementation of IT processes according
to the ITIL (IT Infrastructure Library)
model. In accordance with global trends,
an IT Governance function was established
and tasked with managing the provision
of IT services exclusively in line with the
Company’s commercial objectives.
The IT organisation is actively involved
in developing strategic, Group-wide
“Master Construction Plans” for further
development of system support for key
corporate processes with an outlook
until 2015.
The Information Security Management
System (ISMS) process continues to be
developed and deals with systematic
implementation of IT security measures.
The strategic goal of ISMS is to prepare
the IT organisation to be certified for
compliance with the BS 17799
international standard.
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