Case Study: Sandvik Mining achieves streamlined cross-platform workload automation and reduced run-times with Automic Workload Automation

Sandvik Selects Automic Tools to Schedule IT Workload

Sandvik, a global high-technology engineering group with ~50,000 employees, runs critical production and logistics applications across IBM z/OS, UNIX/Windows and iSeries platforms. Sandvik had been using an in‑house job scheduler that could leave files unprocessed and provide limited visibility across platforms, creating operational risk for its 24x7 batch processes and increasing maintenance overhead — the team needed an easy-to-use, enterprise-wide automation tool with cross-platform support and centralized monitoring.

Sandvik implemented Automic Workload Automation, chosen for its intuitive graphical interface, drag-and-drop job editing, forecasting and restart capabilities, and single-pane monitoring of mainframe and distributed workloads. The solution sped up job runtimes, reduced operational costs, increased staff productivity, improved customer service responsiveness for time-sensitive processes, and set the stage for further efficiencies such as replacing third‑party file transfer tools and optimizing job schedules.

Sandvik Mining

Anders Weiss

Global Operations Manager