History

Monolit-Info Company has been created in 1991 in Leningrad and dynamically developed into well-organized firm.

During 1992 – 1999 experts of Monolit-info have implemented more than 450 successful installations of MONOLIT DOS — a complex software accounting system with multicurrency support.

In the mid-nineties MONOLIT DOS was considered as one of the best Russian software in the field of book keeping automation for industrial enterprises with foreign investors ownership.

In 1995 was started long-term cooperation with Baltika Breweries and BBH holding (Baltic Beverages Holding AB).

In 1996 experts of Monolit-Info started creation of completely new software complex a MONOLIT SQL based on client-server architecture with use of Microsoft technologies (SQL Server, Win32, ODBC, OLE, etc.).

In 1998 the new software complex Monolit ERP were implemented at a number of clients, replacing previous MONOLIT DOS.

In 2000 new strategic development plan for Monolt-Info was approved. According to it functional capabilities of new software complex should have been enhanced to conform to ERP class system. ERP Monolit was positioned as ERP solution for the enterprises of the food and chemical industry and large distributing companies.

In 2001 Monolit ERP became the corporate solution for all enterprises of BBH holding in the CIS and Baltic countries (10 factories in Russia, including Brewing company “Baltika Breweries”, “Vienna”, “Jarpivo”, etc., 2 factories in Kazakhstan and one — in Latvia).

In 2003 new version Monolit ERP 3.0 was launched. It included functionality of finance management, production planning, DRP (distribution resource planning), profitability analyzer.

By 2006 Monolit ERP have been successfully implemented on more than 30 large enterprises in Russia, in Kazakhstan and Latvia. To meet growing clients demand for higher productivity and scaling capabilities, Monolit-Info launched in 2006 new version Monolit ERP 4.0 based on Microsoft SQL Server 2005. New version was designed under close co-operation with Microsoft. Company’s turnover has exceeded 100 million roubles.

In 2007 Monolit-Info effected several large scale projects: information systems unification process of all Baltika Breweries company production plants (new structure included other Russian brewing companies of BBH holding) ; implementation of Monolit ERP in holding company «United Bakers» (one of leaders of the confectionery industry of Russia), and a number of other projects. Monolit-Info received the status of Microsoft Certificated Partner — acknowledgement of that solutions offered by the company are based on latest technologies and correspond to high market demands.

2008 year became year of a recognition of high professional level of Monolit-Info solutions. Company has received the status “Microsoft Gold Certified Partner” with competences ISV/Software Solutions Competency and Data Management Solutions in April. In June Monolit-Info became winner in Microsoft Partner Program Awards for 2008 in Central and Eastern Europe in award category Data Management Solutions. Cooperation with big clients (first of all — from the food-processing industry) which have chosen Monolit ERP as the corporate solution successfully developed in year 2008. One of the successful developments of the year was market promotion of the solution ERP Monolit: IFRS consolidated financial reporting .

In 2009 Monolit-Info successfully continued its strategy for coopera­tion with major customers, in the first place – from the food industry. This is a national scale companies – “Baltika Breweries”, “Ochakovo”, a group of companies “United Bakers” (Russian Federation), “Derbes” (Kazakhstan), “Sarbast” (Uzbekistan). It is obvious that in a crisis the general trend in the market was cut in investment budgets. Nevert­heless, it is in the food industry (where Monolit-Info has the most powerful vertical ERP-solution), the crisis provided an opportunity for an aggressive offensive to those companies who are willing and able to increase market share (both due to inefficient local competitors, and through import substitution ). Therefore, major customers of Monolit-Info targeted effective (and not very expensive) ERP-solutions as a resource in the competition in year 2009. There were successful projects implemented by Monolit- Info in year 2009: “Operational production planning”, “Demand forecasting” and “Sales planning” systems, BI solutions for the Logistics Department, “Performance management with sales outlets”, “Performance management with distributors”.

2010 has become the twentieth anniversary of Monolit-Info company. During 20 years of work on software system market Company has achieved significant results that let to improve co-operation with national scale companies, at first place – in food industry. From 2005 to 2010 Company revenue is 20% year growth. More than 80% of turnover was received from enterprise management systems installations for clients that have already implemented Monolit ERP modules for sales and financial management. Among 2010 successful installations for various clients were – “Operational Production Planning system”, “Production Processes control system”, “Project Management system”, “ECM system”, “New optimization models in DRP system”, “Tenders system”, “Claims processing”, “Modeling in procurement”.

In 2011 Monolit-Info successfully implemented ERP Monolit on “Olivaria” brewery in Minsk. Together with that some new products were developed and implemented – Business Performance Management (BPM) with usage of Business Intelligence (BI) technology for Logistics Department of Baltika Breweries, Personnel Appraisal module (part of Human Capital Management system). New version of mobile application “Monolit Agent” based on OS Android was released (in addition to Windows Mobile version).

Monolit-Info IT-services management system was certified in accordance with ISO/IEC 20000-1:2011 in area of development, implementation, modification and support of “Monolit ERP” software.

In 2012 significant project of Baltika Breweries CRM solution migration to Microsoft SQL 2012 server was implemented. That ranged Baltika Breweries CRM solution with the biggest MS SQL Server installations in Europe. Development of “Monolit ERP 6.0” platform was started.

In 2013—2014 “Monolit ERP 6.0” platform was developed and released. New version included new modules that provided ECM, EAM, Reporting Plan, VMI, Self Service Portal, Yard Management and other functions. The Electronic Documents Archive project (first stage of ECM implementation) was successfully implemented on Baltika Breweries.

In 2014, Monolit-Info began to cooperate with the Megapolis Group of Companies, which chose the Monolit: CRM solution to automate the distribution of tobacco products. The development of a new version of the platform “ERP Monolit 6.1” has begun.

In 2015, a new version of the “ERP Monolit 6.1” platform was released, which significantly expanded the functionality of electronic document management (ECM), enterprise physical asset management (EAM) modules, accounting and control of the effectiveness of marketing campaigns, and solutions for automating inventory management from the supplier’s side. (VMI), operational planning of shipments, warehouse management (Yard Management). In the HRM-solution “Monolit: Personnel”, the corporate portal for the processing of personal information (“personal account”) was developed. CRM-solution “Monolit: CRM” was supplemented with two new modules - optimization of territories and optimization of daily routes. A separate project - the creation of the functionality of the support system EGAIS. In March 2015, the company "Monolit-Info" was admitted to the Association of Software Developers "Domestic Software".

Since January 1, 2016, the separate divisions of the Baltika Brewery (18 divisions in different regions of Russia) are connected to the transport module of the EGAIS system. The solution supports the processing of more than 40,000 documents from production sites (plants) and more than 42,000 documents from separate divisions. All "Baltika" factories have started to manage GP batches, including the selection of batches for shipment based on the various requirements of customers (first of all, according to the residual shelf life). In 2016, the deployment of the Monolit: CRM system for the Megapolis Group of Companies was completed nationwide - an exclusive turnkey solution tailored to the business specifics of the tobacco business of Megapolis Group, including the provision of a “first line of support”, which means accompanying all distributors connected to the system directly by the solution provider. The “Monolit: CRM” system was transferred to Microsoft SQL Server 2016, as a result of which the transaction processing speed was significantly increased, the system downtime was reduced to a minimum when changes were made to the system. Software products of Monolit-Info LLC were included in the Unified Register of Russian programs for electronic computers and databases, which confirms their compliance with all the requirements of current legislation and provides an opportunity to participate in government procurement of programs for electronic computers and databases.

In 2017, the Monolit-Info family of solutions was replenished with a new development - the Monolit ECM system (Enterprise Content Management System), which was successfully implemented in the Baltika Brewing company, part of the Carlsberg Group. This decision became the basis for the further integration of the workflow of 5 companies in the Carlsberg Group in the Eastern Europe region.

In 2018, Monolit Info focused on the development of a system platform in terms of interaction with cloud technologies. As a result, a solution was created based on the Microsoft Azure cloud platform and the latest Azure SQL Database Managed service with the subsequent launch of this solution in "Baltika".

In the Baltika Brewing company, part of the Carlsberg Group, a unique project was implemented for switching to an innovative mobile electronic document management system – Monolit Intelligent Information Management (IIM/ECM) system, which reduced the decision-making time in the company by 30%. In the field of applied tasks in 2018, the focus of development was focused on centralized solution projects - the work on the Monolit MRP and Monolit: Master Data (pre-release) systems was completed, and the integration projects of centralized solutions for the Monolit: Operational Production Planning systems were launched, Monolit: Control of production processes, Monolit: Tenders.

The transfer of system tools to the new version of MS SQL Server 2017 has opened up new opportunities for the development of scaling, security, high availability and advanced efficiency for the database, business intelligence workloads and advanced analytics.

The dynamic development of the mobile platform Monolit ERP provided the creation of new mobile applications - “Audit of distributors and partners' warehouses”, “Workplace of the shift supervisor”.

In 2018, the geography of using the Monolit CRM system was expanded - the project to introduce the Monolit CRM system at UzCarlsberg was successfully implemented.

At the end of May 2019, a new version of the software “Monolit Suite 7.0” was released.

“Monolit-Info” currently has:

  • strong full-featured complex for automation of national scale companies management “Monolit Suite 7.0”;
  • strong team of experienced and highly professional staff;
  • experience of numerous successful installations.