Case Study: IBM reduces technical debt and boosts Salesforce efficiency with Elements.cloud

IBM reduces Apex code by 20% with Elements.cloud

The customer, IBM, faced the challenge of efficiently assessing complex, established Salesforce orgs for their clients. These "brownfield" implementations required lengthy manual discovery processes to understand technical debt and reduce customization. The vendor, Elements.cloud, provided its platform to streamline this org analysis.

The solution from Elements.cloud gave IBM an automated "X-ray view" of client orgs, drastically reducing discovery from weeks to hours. The platform identified unused custom objects and excessive code, allowing IBM to remove them. This resulted in a measurable impact, including a 20% reduction in Apex code and the removal of 20-21 unused custom objects for one client, increasing efficiency and reducing technical debt.

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