This programme offers not only the opportunity to complete mandatory internship requirements needed for your degree, but also allows you to gain experience working in an exciting international business consulting and information systems development environment.  This type of experience will give a solid foundation to your future career.  Eligible interns will, of course, be offered the opportunity to start their careers as ERP full time staff.

Please contact our internship co-ordinator at internships@erp.lt for more information.  Please include a curriculum vitae and an overview of your mandatory internship requirements, which you wish to fulfil with ERP in your email, as well as detailed contact information.

ERP and Asseco Slovakia will start their co-operation with the introduction of the StarINS insurance solution to the Baltics market.  The StarINS product is a complex information system for insurance companies, built on principles well proven in our banking-oriented product family StarBANK. Since 1996 it offers to its users the benefits of a broad range of product features for life and property insurance. Asseco Slovakia recently introduced the new version 3.0 of the StarINS product. As its predecessor, it provides a consistent customer-centric (or better partner-centric) image of complex relationships between insurance partners, documents and events. Transformation to a multi-tier application with a thin client built on the Microsoft .NET development platform plus utilisation of latest technologies further enhances its product value. StarINS V3.0 efficiently automates operational processes of an insurance company, increases the level of comfort and security and, at the same time, lowers the administration requirements.

StarINS V3.0 is a fully featured comfortable product with flexible mechanisms for the creation of life insurance products. Using thin client technologies of the .NET architecture, we have extended the StarINS V3.0 to include mobile access, creation of mobile offices and support for remote offices.

StarINS V3.0 supports:

• management of insurance contracts;
• management of partners and other co-operating entities;
• management of payments and insurance accounting operations;
• management of insurance claims;
• management of commissions and reserves;
• management of investments with investment insurance contracts;
• management of reinsurance;
• management of users and access rights;
• management of system parameters.

Control parameters may be conveniently modified, which speeds up definition and modification of insurance products and reports. This includes automation and scheduling  of processes (i.e. correspondence) in batch mode or on an individual basis.

The insurance and finance consulting professionals at ERP evaluated a range of software solutions for the insurance industry and have come to the conclusion that StarINS is one of the best products available on the world market today.  Wishing to provide the best services to the Baltic market, ERP chose Asseco Slovakia as a partner for solutions in the banking and insurance sectors.

“We can also say that ERP has an appropriate specialisation – assisting our clients in making the most of current IT investments, and provision of qualified consultancy services in the selection, implementation and support of business & information management systems,” said M. Zbarskis.

Consultancy services also contributed to the growth of ERP - “Consultancy services to link business strategy and functional management with IT strategy is an inseparable part of our projects.  We firmly believe that information technologies must be used in a manner consistent with business strategy and support achieving business strategic goals.  In our analysis services, our consultants pay particular attention to the identification of business needs and the business model itself, which forms the foundation for the implementation of business management systems.”

According to the ERP director, another contributing factor to the firm’s growth was expansion to neighbouring markets, with provision of business management system implementation and maintenance services to firms in Latvia and Estonia.  ERP is currently implementing several projects in neighbouring Baltic States.  A large percentage of turnover was comprised of consultancy services in SAP and Documentum system implementation, consultancy services export and training.

Further expanding its participation in markets abroad, and considering increased demand for services, ERP Lithuania is planning on a turnover exceeding 12 M LTL in the Baltic States this year.  “Our clients respect ERP’s professionalism.  Without a doubt, the demand for our services is increasing due to the fact that ERP has assembled one of the most highly qualified teams of IT professionals in Lithuania and is constantly investing in the professional development of our staff,” said M. Zbarskis.

ERP’s main focus is the provision of consultancy and implementation services for business management and information management systems, including their support and training services.  ERP is the official partner of several world leaders in business and information management systems, e.g., ERP is the official partner of SAP and Documentum in Lithuania.
 
In addition, and in co-operation with schools of higher learning, ERP has started a programme for the development of advanced technologies, including the opening of the first laboratory of this kind in Lithuania – the Innovation Lab.  Co-operation with schools of higher learning and international firms should lead to the first innovative solutions being brought to market in 2005.

ERP activities in 2004 included systems implementation and consultancy projects in public institutions, the services, logistics and manufacturing sectors.  ERP’s largest projects included consultancy and systems development services for the 112 Emergency Call Centre in Lithuania; business management system implementation in postal and logistics firms, IT strategy and e-banking implementation for the largest shipyards in the Baltic States and in the energy sector; document and content management requirements definition in the banking and financial services sector; consultancy services in the field of invalidity pensions; information systems integration and electronic public services systems modelling.

ERP currently has 27 professional employees.

At this event, ERP Department Director Adamas Ilkevicius delivered the keynote presentation The Concept of E-Government and Technical Implementation Possibilities.  During his presentation, Adamas stated that e-government should be understood as the application of Internet and information technologies to public administration, in combination with organisational changes with the purpose of improving public services, democracy and strengthening public policy support.  The presentation provided in-depth coverage of the political and social basis for e-government, various e-government service models, and the advantages of using SAP technologies to implement the e-government concept.

E-government is viewed as the best solution for increasing the efficacy of public administration through the use of e-tools.  This use of information and telecommunication services is a valuable aid in building stronger relationships between the consumers, partners and suppliers of public services; and gives both citizens and businesses in Vilnius new ways of effectively communicating with public institutions.

This seminar provided a forum for representatives of both the public and private sectors to become familiar with various e-government implementation practices, including presentations by international firms on the building of e-cities.  Recommendations were also delivered by representatives of institutions administering EU funds on how these funds could be used to sponsor the development of electronic services and related IT infrastructure.

Immediately after the seminar, round table discussions were held to encourage IT and telecommunications providers to more actively participate in the creation of e-services for both citizens and businesses under the principles of public and private partnership.