TP SA to centralize key departments in Lublin

TP SA, the dominant fixed-line operator, plans to move its accounting, finance and economics departments to Lublin to increase productivity and lower operational costs. The new center will employ about 600 and will begin to operate in 2005. "We chose Lublin because of the qualified staff. In the city there is statistically more students per citizen than anywhere else," said Stanley Urban, the head of TP SA's accounting department. The company currently has 21 regional accounting centers, which will now be unified into one in Lublin. The centralization is connected with the implementation of a new Enterprise Resource Planning IT system, and according to the company's management board will allow accounting operation cost to be reduced by as much as 40%. (Parkiet, p.5) E.B.