Case Study: Flexi-Coil doubles VAX performance with Stromasys Charon-VAX

Flexi-Coil cuts ERP report time from 42 minutes to 7 with Stromasys

Flexi-Coil, a leading farm machinery manufacturer, faced severe operational challenges due to its reliance on an aging and unreliable VAX 4000 server. The system caused extreme processing delays, including a 30-hour weekend batch run, and represented a single point of failure that risked production halts. To resolve these issues, they turned to vendor Stromasys for a solution using its Charon-VAX emulation software.

The solution from Stromasys involved creating a perfect replica of the VAX environment on a modern server, requiring no changes to Flexi-Coil's critical ERP applications. The results were immediate and significant: an ERP report that took 42 minutes was reduced to 7 minutes, and a key batch job dropped from 10 hours to 2.5 hours. This effectively doubled system performance while eliminating the hardware risk and associated production delays.

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