Case Study: Mazda achieves 4x developer productivity and millions in legacy-migration savings with OutSystems

Mazda Powers Legacy Migration with OutSystems to Save Millions

Mazda faced a looming “2025 digital cliff” when the Java framework it had relied on reached end-of-life, leaving roughly 500 legacy systems to migrate at an anticipated multi‑million‑dollar cost. To avoid a massive redevelopment effort and speed delivery of modern, mobile‑friendly apps, Mazda adopted OutSystems in 2018 to transform its application development approach.

Mazda built an OutSystems Center of Excellence and standards-driven development factory to ensure repeatable, high‑quality delivery. The visual, full‑stack platform increased developer productivity (about 4×), let simple apps be delivered up to 5× faster and complex apps ~2× faster, reduced platform‑related bugs, and enabled mobile support—resulting in accelerated migration, happier users, and expected legacy‑migration savings of roughly two‑thirds to three‑quarters (millions of dollars).

Mazda

Seiichi Shinagawa

Technical Leader IT Department