Krasmash: a successful automation case study at a defense industry enterprise
Client company
Krasnoyarsk Machine-Building Plant https://krskmz.ru/
Industry
machinery and instrument manufacturing
About the company
Krasnoyarsk Machine-Building Plant (also known as Krasmash) is the largest enterprise in Russia’s defense industry. The plant is part of the Roscosmos State Corporation and is a subsidiary of JSC Makeyev State Rocket Center. It is the main manufacturer of submarine-launched ballistic missiles. It also produces core upper-stage modules for the Zenit and Proton launch vehicles
Base solution
1C:ERP Enterprise Management
Automated areas
- Production
- Sales
- Warehouse and inventory
- Operation-level production planning
- Treasury
- Financial accounting
- Tax accounting
Results
- Building sales and production plans based on current equipment and workforce utilization
- Improved inventory efficiency, with flexible reallocation of reserves to serve current customer orders
- Implemented a technical infrastructure for collecting operation-level data using data collection terminals at every production stage
KRASMASH. Integrated 1C:ERP implementation at a heavy machinery plant

Headcount: 4,000
Software: 1C:ERP
Number of automated workstations: more than 200
Project duration: 2 years
Current project status: fully implemented, under further development

Project specifics
- separate inventory accounting for state defense order (GOZ) contracts (Federal Law 44-FZ) and government contracts (Federal Law 223-FZ);
- a diverse fleet of machine tools, from modern machining centers to manually operated general-purpose machines;
- production rescheduling with adjustment of segregation and reservation of materials, semi-finished products, and finished goods;
- building production plans that account for the current load on equipment and labor resources (welders with unique skills: welding in protective atmospheres and confined spaces)


What we achieved:
- Migration to an extended chart of accounts that reflects government regulation of state defense orders (GOZ)
- Shorter preparation time for financial and tax reporting
- Fully automated treasury, cash management, and financial instrument management
- Warehouse accounting and inventory
- Building sales and production plans based on current equipment and workforce utilization
- Improved inventory efficiency, with flexible reallocation of reserves to serve current customer orders


