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Held in Madrid and Barcelona last November and this December, the National Association of Perfumery and Cosmetics STANPA convened its more than 400 companies affiliated to two special days dedicated to the digitalization of the industry. Enric Roca and Carlos Álvarez, Consultancy ERP Director and Technical Director of Business Solutions at SII Concatel, attended as experts in the implementation of technological solutions.

Under the title “The Digital Transformation of SMEs: the keys to a successful transformation”, both events were attended by representatives of the perfume and cosmetic sector, as well as experts in the implementation of new technologies. Designed as a brief introduction to the subject, the days organized by STANPA also wanted to represent a first step from which new actions are geared by the Association to facilitate the digitalization of the sector and its adaptation to the current context.

Digital Transformation: How not to die trying?

For more than three hours, the need to implement new technologies was treated as a way to guarantee the maintenance of the high standards of competitiveness and performance achieved by the sector in recent years. The intervention of Enric Roca and Carlos Álvarez, Consultancy ERP Director and Technical Director of Business Solutions at SII Concatel, was organized in two blocks. One in which the concept of digital transformation was developed and another where the keys to a successful and tangible transformation were exposed. The impact of digitalization, the implementation of a digital culture, aspects that guarantee the success of these transformations, and short and long-term benefits, are some of the issues that were discussed. 

Then, José Antonio Hernández, founder of myCloudDoor, explained how companies modernize their processes quickly, easily and inexpensively, and can begin to serve their customers digitally in new and innovative ways with the help of Cloud Computing.

Joël Segovia, IT Manager of Cocoon Medical, put an end to the day with his presentation on the success story of his company. In its path of continuous improvement, the management of Cocoon Medical opted for the implementation of SAP S/4 HANA as a business resource planning system. The project, which was carried out by a team of SAP consultants from SII Concatel, is a clear example of internal process optimization.

The income of the SII Group has increased by 10.2% in the first half of the 2019-2020 fiscal year, which is equivalent to a turnover of 325.9 million euros. Good news for the company that, with these figures, sees its best forecasts confirmed.

 

Once again, the SII Group has published revenue figures for the first half of fiscal year 2019-2020, a period in which it has continued its growth dynamics both globally and in most of its subsidiaries. Specifically, the income of the SII Group has increased by 10.2%, reaching 325.9 million euros in the second quarter of the fiscal year.

On this occasion, the Chairman of the Group’s Board of Directors, Eric Matteucci, has shown his satisfaction with the growth dynamics of the first two quarters of the fiscal year and, in addition, has indicated that “this growth has been led by all lines of business and also by the commitment of the teams ”. These results are in line with the billing objective, which is expected to be between 675 and 700 million euros (+7% – 11%).

Solid growth in France and other countries

Between July and September, the activity increased by 10.3% compared to the second quarter of the same period last year, with revenues of 83.7 million euros in France (+ 7.3%) and 79.6 million of euros in international operations (+ 13.7%).

In the specific case of France, the SII Group has registered semiannual revenues of 169.2 million euros, 7.1% more than the first six months of the previous year. In addition, the growth dynamics during these six months of the year were led by all sectors of the Group, with a strong contribution from the main markets: aeronautics, space defense, bank insurance and telecommunications media.

International operations, on the other hand, have contributed 156.7 million euros to the income of this semester, a fact that represents a double-digit growth, specifically 13.8%.

Outlook for fiscal 2019-2020

With these results, the SII Group expects to continue its development and also expects an organic growth of between 7 and 11% in fiscal year 2019-2020, which would generate revenues of between 675 and 700 million euros.

SII Concatel took part again in Tickelia’s Techological Breakfast, this time in Madrid, with the talk of José Luís González, Territorial Director from SII Concatel (East Zone). The event took place on Wednesday 23rd of October and it was about the digitalization of corporate processes and the possibilities that mobile technology offers in this field. 

On Wednesday 23rd of October, our partner Tickelia organized an event in Madrid which, like the one celebrated in Barcelona last week, aimed to address the benefits of the mobile digitalization and the automation of a company’s corporate processes. With the name “Mobile digitalization in the corporate processes”, there were introduced different solutions and working methods for an efficient management of expense notes, spaces, and workforce of a company, offered by prominent representatives of the technology sector.

José Luís González, Territorial Director from SII Concatel (East Zone) attended as a company representative. With his presentation “The time has come to mobilize with SAP”, he offered the attendees a functional vision of SAPUI5 and the integration of the tool Tickelia with SAP ERP. This solution, created together, integrates the cost management service with ERP of SAP, in a packetized and parametrizable manner, and has been developed to offer the best user experience. This way, it automates all the entire cycle of expense management from the report to the accounting, in the same responsive environment that adapts to any device.

Thanks to Tickelia’s Technological Breakfast, SII Concatel and other companies have shared knowledge and we hope we can be a part of other events like this one again.

At SII Concatel we remain attentive to any opportunity to meet new ICT profiles and share experiences with technology enthusiasts. With this same objective, we attended the Barcelona Tech Job Fair 2019, which took place in October and where more than twenty companies and many more candidates participated.

Last Thursday, October 17, the SII Concatel team participated in the new edition of the Barcelona Tech Job Fair, organized by the TechMeetups group. Present in 21 cities, the group has more than 8 years of intense professional activity, helping more than 60,000 job seekers and promoting the recruitment of companies and technology startups around the world.

In this autumn edition, the Barcelona Tech Job Fair sought to connect recruiters from the innovation sector and specialized candidates. From developers, analysts and data scientists to designers, through many other profiles of the ICT sector.

For SII Concatel, the event served to create face to face synergies and as a first contact with new talents. A unique opportunity to find potential candidates and to boost the digital career of new professionals, helping the sector to cover the digital skills it needs.

SII Concatel has renewed its status as SAP Recognized Expertise (REX) in Financial Management. Thus, until next July we remain among the few SAP partners in Spain that has this recognition.

SAP Recognized Expertise (REX) is a special SAP program that aims to differentiate its partners not only by knowledge about the different solutions and products of the software multinational, but also by the experience and best practices demonstrated in the different industrial sectors.

Some of the projects that have allowed us to continue contacting this recognition are, among others, the integrations of SAP ECC and S / 4HANA with travel management tools and digitalization of facts, treasury with national and international banking integrations, mergers and spin-off of companies, implementation of S/4HANA, configuration of e-document and HCI, or international Roll-Outs.

Thus, renewing this license supports us as a company with a high degree of specialization and depth of experience in relation to the implementation of SAP services.

SII Concatel is also a Gold Partner of SAP, VAR and PCoE, thus reinforcing the definitive consolidation of the company as a leader in the provision of services related to SAP solutions.

SII Concatel actively participated in the Technological Breakfast, organized by Tickelia, with the presentation of Enric Roca, ERP Consulting Director of the company. The event, which was held on Wednesday, October 16, was dedicated to the digitalization of corporate processes and the possibilities that mobile technology offers in this field.

On Wednesday, October 16, a conference organized by our partner Tickelia was held in the center of Barcelona, which aimed to address the benefits of mobile digitalization and the automation of a company’s corporate processes. Under the title “Mobile digitalization in corporate processes”, the event was attended by prominent representatives of the technology sector who presented solutions and different working methods for the efficient management of expense notes, spaces and workforce of an organization.

Enric Roca, Director of ERP Consulting at SII Concatel, attended as a company representative. With his presentation “The time has come to mobilize with SAP”, he offered attendees a functional vision of SAPUI5 and the integration of the Tickelia tool with SAP ERP.

The solution of SII Concatel and Tickelia integrates the cost management service with the SAP ERP, in a packetized and parametrizable manner, and has been developed to offer the best user experience. In this way, it automates the entire cycle of expense management, from the report to the accounting, in the same responsive environment that adapts to any device.

Next Wednesday, October 23, SII Concatel will attend a new Tickelia Technological Breakfast, which this time will be held at the Palace of Santoña in Madrid, and where we hope to continue working together and sharing knowledge.

On September 25, a new edition of the Information and Communication Technologies Day, organized by GrausTIC, took place at Cosmo Caixa, where SII Concatel actively participated with the intervention of General Director Joan Carrillo.

 

“Technology Empowering People” was the title chosen this year for the new edition of the ICT Day. The moderator Sílvia Cóppulo, journalist and doctor in communication, began the act that started with the interventions of Xavier Gatius, General Secretary of Digital Policies and Public Administration of the Generalitat de Catalunya; Michael Donaldson, commissioner of technological innovation, electronic administration and good governance of the Barcelona City Council; Jaume Casals, rector of the Pompeu Fabra University; Josep González, president of PIMEC; Eduard Martín Lineros, president of the Association of ICT Professionals of Catalonia (APTICC); and Dani Pujol, president of GrausTIC and vice president of APTICC.

Jaume Roures, managing partner of the MediaPro Group, was responsible for holding the opening conference of the event and giving way to the discussion tables. Joan Carrillo, General Director of SII Concatel, spoke at the table “New education: Public Administration and Business” to talk about training 4.0 and the adaptive learning paradigm. He was accompanied by Oriol Blancher, general director of the IPSI School and president of the Catalan School Association; Virginia Vázquez, Digital Learning Executive of the Everis Initiative; Josep Prieto, professor and former dean of the Open University of Catalonia (UOC); Josep Tejedo, general director of Mercabarna; and Mariola Dinarès, communicator and journalist specializing in social networks.

Other discussion tables dealt with the gaming business, digital platforms, new business models or the application of 5G in the healthcare field. Also, during the event there was a presentation dedicated to robotic assistants, which dealt with ethics, innovation and science fiction, by Carme Torras, a research professor at the Institute of Robotics and Industrial Informatics of the UPC.

GrausTIC 2019 Awards

The event also served to deliver the GrausTIC 2019 Awards, awarded to those organizations that have contributed to the ICT revolution. This year the winners were: Ana Ripoll, as the Best ICT Professional of the year; CISCO, with the Business Excellence Award; Estabanell Energia, with the Digital Innovation Award; YASYT Robotics, with the Social Integration through ICT prize; and Revolució 4.0, TV3 program dedicated to entrepreneurs and digital transformation, awarded with the ICT Communication and Outreach Award.

The event ended with a lunch that attendees took the opportunity to network, bringing positions and discussing the future challenges of ICT in a more relaxed environment.

One more year SII Concatel is proud to have participated in the ICT Day, reaffirming its commitment to the development and revolution of technology.

On September 25, the new edition of the Information and Communication Technologies Day will be held in Barcelona, organized by GrausTIC. As sponsor of the event, SII Concatel will actively participate in the debate on education, public administration and companies, with a presentation by Joan Carrillo, General Director of the Company.

 

Conferences, round tables and news of the ICT sector. The CosmoCaixa will host, once again, the Information and Communication Technologies Day, one of the most important events in the sector that in its previous edition brought together more than 1,100 professionals. Organized by GrausTIC, this year’s event will focus on the influence of technology and the ICT sector in such transcendental areas as digital content platforms, the circular economy and new emerging tourism models, digital tools in education and Public Administration and the great advances in e-Health.

During the day, Joan Carrillo, General Director of SII Concatel, will participate in the round table entitled “The new education: Public Administration and Business”, where the new research and teaching methods will be discussed, with special emphasis on how the Administration and private companies have been pushed to renewal to survive in the world of immediacy.

From SII Concatel we trust that this year’s edition will be as productive and enriching as the previous ones. One more year, the Company confirms its faithful commitment to innovation and the transformation of the world through technology.

SII Concatel has successfully overcome the transition audit of the OHSAS 18001 standard to the current ISO 45001, the main standard on occupational health and safety. Its central axis is to provide safe and healthy workplaces, avoid legal breaches and prevent occupational accidents, as well as health problems related to professional activity.

 

The audit has concluded with an excellent result in terms of health and safety at work. The certification according to ISO 45001, which has replaced the OHSAS 18001, demonstrates once again that SII Concatel meets the necessary requirements for the establishment, implementation and operation of an effective Occupational Health and Safety Management System.

Published in March 2018, ISO 45001 maintains most of the requirements of OHSAS 18001 but follows the high-level structure common in ISO standards, facilitating integration with the rest of the organization’s management systems.

This certificate allows SII Concatel to work efficiently to increase productivity and reduce the accident rate, by identifying and controlling the risks associated with each job. Likewise, it also promotes the preventive culture by integrating prevention into the general system of the company and the commitment of all workers.

The SII Group has recorded, during the first three months of fiscal year 2019-2020, revenues of 162.57M€, equivalent to a 10.1% increase over the same period of the previous year.

 

The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the SII Group, Eric Matteucci, has been confident that the Group’s results will continue to offer in the future the dynamics of growth shown in recent years. “In line with the previous fiscal year, revenues have increased sharply in the first quarter of fiscal year 2019-2020, reflecting the expansion of our business in France and elsewhere. This performance is in line with our objective of increasing revenue, which is expected to be between 675 and 700 million euros this year, a growth between + 7% and + 11%”.

Thus, the income of the SII Group has increased by 10.1%, reaching 162.57 million euros in the first quarter of fiscal year 2019-2020. This performance shows the same trend as the previous quarter, when growth stood at 10.8%.

Sustained growth in France and other countries

In France, the income of the SII Group has increased 7.0% to 85.52 million euros, with operations in different sectors, including aerospace, defence, banking, insurance, energy and transport.

The international operations of the SII Group have increased by 13.9% to 77.05 million euros. Poland and Spain have had great performances with respective growth of +23.9 percent (€44.4m) and +6.9 percent (€9.9m). In contrast, in Germany (-12.7% to 12.4 million euros), industrial activity continues to decline, which affects the overall performance of the country despite the maintenance of R&D activity.

Most of the markets where the Group is evolving are booming markets, in particular Romania (+ 12.5%), Chile (+ 84.0%), Canada (+ 23.6%) and Colombia (+ 28.1%).

Confirmation of guidance for 2019-2020

The first three months of this fiscal year show that business is going in a good direction. In this regard, the SII Group has confirmed its revenue forecast of between 675 and 700 million for the overall fiscal year 2019-2020 and an operating result with the same rate of increase.