Manufacturing & Distribution Case Study
Customer Profile
A global Fortune 500 class automotive component manufacturing company that is a leader in its industry.
The graphics below were created by the customer as a best-in-class company initiative, performed by Absolute Performance, Inc. (API), and showcased at their annual corporate strategy summit.
Business Continuity for the Americas | |
Coverage area: | Mexico, Canada, US... 23 Companies |
Users: | 4000+ |
Data Centers: | 2 - Manufacturing and Design |
Hours of Operation: | 24/7 |
Scanning: | 200,000+ Daily |
Main Systems: | x86, AS/400 (JDE, EDI, DSI, Custom Apps), SQL DB |
Customers: | 40+ |
KPIs Used to Measure Each Vendor | |
Viability: | Known, Reputable Provider with Multiple References for similar base |
Experience: | Substantial Infrastructure Experience |
Service Levels: | Guaranteed Uptime |
Data Centers: | Hardened facilities able to meet rigorous audit and security |
Robust DR: | Multiple Fail-Over Location with full replication |
Economics: | Cost effective...target at current budget or less |
Turn-Key: | Minimal reliance on Company resources to deliver solutions |
Migration: | 36 Hour Cutover Window Required from On Prem Environ to Cloud |
Support: | 24/7 Monitoring and Support with breadth and depth of talent |
Control: | Maintain/Increase Current On Prem Performance KPIs |
API’s 90 Day Transformation:
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– High Risk
– Some Risk
– Solid
Data Center
BEFORE API
On Premise: Production & Disaster Recovery
Multiple Power sources
Same data center near St. Louis

AFTER API
Production: Chicago IL (Elk Grove Village)
DR: Louisville, KY
Hardened, Audited SSAE16 SOC2 Data Centers… meets DOD requirements
Network
BEFORE API
50 mbps primary, 30 mbps backup...MPLS
Last Mile: Single point of failure

AFTER API
100 mbps primary, 100 mbps backup
Last Mile: Multiple internet/data line...
No single points of failure
Back Office
BEFORE API
Single i-Series (AS400), 512 GB RAM, 40 T
Mirrored Hard Drives...growing files/constraints
Ecosystem: x86 doc management, other

AFTER API
i-Series Cloud with easily expandable capacity
~20% additional compute availability
Full x86 Ecosystem integrated
Disaster Recovery
BEFORE API
No Hot Site Failover...Daily Tape Backups store offsite
Tape backups for a 3rd LPAR using MIMIX
Multiple single points of failure

AFTER API
Warm Failover and secondary VTL backups
Disk space replication
RPO / RTO
BEFORE API
Days / Weeks...high risk
Could lose multiple days if DC disaster

AFTER API
RPO: 2 hours or less
RTO: 2 hours or less
Software
BEFORE API
MS, Linux OS V7R1+, DB2, MIMIX, JDE 9.0 (to 9.2), EDI

AFTER API
Fully Supported in Production and DR
Support Level
BEFORE API
Stable, Loss of resource / deteriorated in time
ITIL: Loss of resource / deteriorated over time

AFTER API
24/7 monitoring and management, including incident management
ITIL Process adherence
Financial
BEFORE API
Leases were set to expire...poor economics

AFTER API
Pay as you go (operating expense)...No capital expenditures
Migration
BEFORE API
Lacked the depth and breadth of talent to execute

AFTER API
Supplier execution nearly flawless / Minimal reliance on Company
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