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
BEFORE API
Data Center
AFTER API
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
BEFORE API
Network
AFTER API
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
BEFORE API
Back Office
AFTER API
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
BEFORE API
Disaster Recovery
AFTER API
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
BEFORE API
RPO / RTO
AFTER API
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
BEFORE API
Software
AFTER API
BEFORE API
MS, Linux OS V7R1+, DB2, MIMIX, JDE 9.0 (to 9.2), EDI
AFTER API
Fully Supported in Production and DR
BEFORE API
Support Level
AFTER API
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
BEFORE API
Financial
AFTER API
BEFORE API
Leases were set to expire...poor economics
AFTER API
Pay as you go (operating expense)...No capital expenditures
BEFORE API
Migration
AFTER API
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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