Case Study: Lafarge achieves reliable 24/7 automated business processing with Automic Workload Automation

Business processes optimized to run reliably day and night

Lafarge, the global leader in building materials, consolidated four data centers into two and needed to modernize operations to cut costs and improve service. The EMEA Data Center Operations team faced the challenge of integrating JD Edwards and dozens of other applications, automating complex end-to-end business processes across 140 applications, reducing maintenance windows, and ensuring reliable overnight processing.

Lafarge retained Automic Workload Automation to provide centralized visibility and control, a validated JD Edwards interface, and orchestration across JDE, Cognos, Maximo and other systems. The solution automated end-to-end processes from a single window, shortened nightly batch windows, reduced errors and manual intervention, minimized reliance on business users and IT, and delivered measurable cost and service improvements.

Lafarge

Michel Buo

Group EMEA Data Center Vendor Manager