How modernization made the difference for OM Logistics
Improved developer efficiency by 30%
Leverages the latest industry-standard IDEs
Mobile application developed to access COBOL systems
Easy-to-use tools to develop, maintain and modernize applications
About OM LogisticsINDUSTRY: Logistics and transportation
CORE APPLICATION: OM Track & Trace Application
COUNTRY: India
OM Logistics is India’s only leading
multi-modal logistics company with
single-window integrated logistics
services, covering all elements of
supply chain management.
The organization manages the flow of
goods from origin to end user via road,
air, rail and warehouse. With a focus
on ‘just-in-time’ deliveries, the service
must be highly organized and fast,
which requires significant IT support.
Its logistics service caters for
500 clients in the corporate and
multinational automobile industries,
including Hero Honda, General Motors
and Yamaha.
OM Logistics has previously worked
closely with Micro Focus to create its
bespoke OM Track & Trace Application.
This COBOL-based Enterprise Resource
Planning (ERP) system supports the
company’s core business modules
including accounting, reporting,
warehousing, HR and payroll, and
consignment tracking.
OM Logistics’ outdated character-based, command
line development technology was difficult to
modify. It needed a more productive application
development toolset with modern, industry-
standard usability that would enhance its
investment in powerful COBOL-based applications.
OM Logistic’s clients expect consignment tracking
technology, and so modernizing their mobile
app was also on OM’s list. With the additional
requirement to re-use and enhance their mission-
critical applications on a new business platform,
OM Logistics realized that Visual COBOL was the
suitable solution.
Unloading the challenges
A smooth journey to modernizationCHOSEN TECHNOLOGY: Visual COBOL for Eclipse, COBOL Server
PREVIOUS TECHNOLOGY: Micro Focus Server Express
With Visual COBOL for Eclipse, OM
Logistics can now create and develop
enterprise class applications that run
on many platforms, including Unix,
Linux, JVM and the Cloud.
By re-using rather than rewriting, OM
Logistics’ existing COBOL business
rules now take advantage of modern
technologies, such as PHP. These
renewed business rules enable a fast
but low risk approach to innovation.
Re-using existing code has improved
customer applications, including an
immediate ‘virtual connect’ upgrade.
OM Logistics now has the ability
to move towards mobile and Cloud
development. Visual COBOL’s
flexibility provides OM Logistics with
the power to reinvent applications.
Greater developer productivity gains
and the ability to easily deliver higher
levels of performance, capacity and
functionality.
Signed, sealed, delivered
We recognized that Visual COBOL would help us move towards mobile and Cloud development. I estimate its use has improved development efficiency by around 30%.
“We now have a new, more flexible and cost-effective platform for development and we can support new interfaces and technologies quickly and easily. It was a win-win situation for us moving to Visual COBOL.”
Mr S.K. Goel
Vice President of Information Technology, OM Logistics
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