The “Supernika” super app of the mining and metallurgical company “Norilsk Nickel” received a prize in the “Corporate mobile application” category. Project of the Year." The sixth ceremony of the TAdviser IT Prize, a national IT award in the corporate sector, was held on November 29 in Moscow as part of the TAdviser SummIT IT conference: Results of the year and plans for 2024.
The award was received by the head of the information technology department of Norilsk Nickel Denis Krivonosov, senior manager, IT business partner of the HR, social policy and public relations unit of Norilsk Nickel Sputnik Vasily Korneychuk and CEO of eXpress Andrey Vratsky.
In April 2023, the mining and metallurgical company Norilsk Nickel began releasing a corporate superapp project. The project was implemented on the basis of the Russian corporate communications and mobility platform eXpress and became the only corporate superapp in the entire industry. In the “single window” format, employees from more than 25 cities of Russia have access to more than 40 digital services of the company, new opportunities for communication and prompt feedback.
During the first six months of productive operation, the application was downloaded by over 45% of Norilsk Nickel employees - more than 40,000 users. The Supernika system is based on a microservice architecture: all services within it operate independently of each other and are simultaneously connected through 3,500 rules. The superapp's communication channels, including chats, are reliably protected in accordance with the highest information security standards, as confirmed by independent pentests.
“The technological solution we used to create the Supernika superapp is unique for the Russian market. Along the way, many non-standard technical problems were solved. At the same time, the final result opens up completely secure access for employees to a variety of corporate services. The main task for our team in the near future is to work both on classic areas: performance and reliability, and on expanding the range of available corporate services,” said Denis Krivonosov.
“Supernika” is a significant breakthrough in the availability of services and information for our employees, regardless of where their workplace is physically located. The presence of a corporate superapp allows the company to reach a new level of digital leadership, and a technological solution from a Russian vendor allows it to develop its own platform for communications and solving work problems. The first big step has been taken, the plans are to constantly develop the convenience, speed of Superniki and expand the number of services,” commented Vasily Korneychuk.
“Supernik contains several technological breakthroughs at once. This includes a crypto-container application distributed through public stores, smartapps for corporate services, and SmartApp Bridge and SmartApp Proxy technologies, which allow you to quickly turn virtually any Web resource into smartapps. A lot was done for the first time, not only among Russian vendors, but also among global ones,” noted Andrey Vratsky.
MMC Norilsk Nickel PJSC is a diversified mining and metallurgical company, the largest producer of palladium and high-grade nickel, as well as the leading producer of platinum and copper in the world. The company's staff consists of 81,000 specialists. “Supernika” is a corporate super-app for Norilsk Nickel employees, which was launched into pilot operation in April 2023.
eXpress is a corporate communications and mobility platform that combines a corporate messenger, video conferencing for 120+ active participants, an email client and Smart Apps for mobile access to corporate systems and services. eXpress’s unique solution is the creation of branded mobile applications for clients for the App Store and Google Play. Corporate superapps are implemented on the customer’s own root server and create a secure digital ecosystem.
