Through HR digitalisation, ALGARYTM has helped one of the largest fertiliser producers reach a new level of transparency and operational efficiency.
Kazphosphate LLP is one of the largest producers of phosphorus-containing fertilisers and feed phosphates across the CIS and Europe. The company supplies its products to markets in Europe, the CIS, and Central Asia, with its main production facilities located in Zhambyl Region.
At the end of 2024, the company launched a large-scale project aimed at the digital transformation of HR management. The implementation began under conditions where there was no unified and formalised methodology for business processes, and the 1C: Payroll and HR Management system was used inconsistently across business units. Each site kept records in its own way, complicating data integration, overall process logic, and further automation. As a result, developing and implementing common standards and creating a unified information system became the main challenge of the project.
One of the key objectives was to transition from the outdated 1C: Payroll and HR Management PROF 2.0 for Kazakhstan configuration to the modern KORP 3.1 edition. Support for version 2.0 will soon be discontinued, creating potential risks for the company’s uninterrupted operations.
The initiative is being implemented jointly with ALGARYTM and covers all of Kazphosphate’s key branches — the mineral fertiliser plant, mining and processing complex, railway and transport complex, Stepnogorsk Chemical Plant, and the head offices in Almaty and Taraz. The digitalisation effort also extended to Kazphosphate Economic Management and KazChemicals Trading House.
The project implementation was divided into several stages. First, ALGARYTM specialists conducted an assessment and analysis of business processes, prepared a data transfer plan, and developed unified regulations. This was followed by the migration of information from various branches into a single database, along with system configuration and adaptation to industry-specific requirements. During the implementation, methodological challenges also had to be addressed, in particular, establishing unified rules for HR and payroll accounting to ensure consistent practices across all business units.
The deployment of KORP 3.1 will enable Kazphosphate to eliminate the risk of operational disruptions caused by the discontinuation of support for the old software, reduce maintenance costs, accelerate payroll and reporting processes, and ensure full compliance with legal requirements. For the company, this marks an important step towards creating a unified information system that enhances both transparency and efficiency.
“For us, this project represents a step towards building a unified digital HR framework that meets modern business and regulatory standards. We appreciate the ALGARYTM team for their coordinated work and would like to highlight their efforts in modelling and adapting the new extended shift schedule calculations,” said Kairat Bolatov, HR Director of Kazphosphate LLP.
“The complexity of this project lay in the scale and diversity of business processes across the sites. Yet it is precisely such challenges that allow digitalisation to realise its full potential and deliver tangible savings of time and resources for the client,” said Yulia Gurkina, Executive Director of the ALGARYTM Group.
The new system will unify the HR and payroll domains, enable centralised management of records for more than 3,500 employees, and support over 80 users. In the future, the company also plans to implement solutions for occupational safety automation.