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Creating a data warehouse with custom order processing systems

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Customer Company Size
Large Corporate
Region
  • America
Country
  • United States
Product
  • IBM AS/400
  • CONNX DataSync
Tech Stack
  • SQL Server
  • OpenVMS
Implementation Scale
  • Enterprise-wide Deployment
Impact Metrics
  • Productivity Improvements
  • Digital Expertise
Technology Category
  • Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Data Management Platforms
Applicable Industries
  • Equipment & Machinery
Applicable Functions
  • Discrete Manufacturing
  • Business Operation
Use Cases
  • Supply Chain Visibility
  • Inventory Management
Services
  • System Integration
  • Data Science Services
About The Customer
Fabick Cat is a tractor dealer that specializes in the distribution of Caterpillar® equipment. The company’s product line consists of more than 300 machines, including articulated trucks, backhoe loaders, compactors, front shovels, hydraulic excavators, motor graders, paving equipment, and off-highway trucks. It also offers a wide range of rentals. The company was established in 1917 and maintains a facility in Fenton, Miss., U.S. Today, there are more than 1,100 employees including members of the Fabick family’s third, fourth, and fifth generations, working together under the active leadership of the founder’s great-grandson, Douglas Fabick, as CEO and Dealer Principal along with Jeré Fabick serving as President and co-Dealer Principal.
The Challenge
Fabick Cat, a tractor dealer specializing in the distribution of Caterpillar® equipment, faced a challenge when it acquired a second Caterpillar dealership. The newly acquired dealership had its own custom-written order processing system running on OpenVMS with RMS files, different from Fabick Cat's IBM® AS/400 based system. Fabick Cat wanted a solution to provide a data warehouse for both systems to ensure uniform reporting and analytics for both companies. The initial plan was to FTP files from the OpenVMS server and load them into SQL Server. However, the amount of data downloaded every day and the manual nature of this approach raised concerns.
The Solution
Fabick Cat decided to use CONNX DataSync, a micro-batch, low-latency Change Data Capture (CDC) solution that keeps data fresh and up-to-date without impacting the performance of data sources. DataSync enables companies to maintain data warehouses with minimal effort or system requirements, delivering near real-time data integration and continuous refreshes by incrementally updating only those records that have changed. With the database synchronization software, companies can schedule updates to optimize system performance based on individual needs. Depending on the demand, updates can be scheduled for lower-use periods, such as after normal business hours, or as frequently as every minute when more up-to-date data is needed.
Operational Impact
  • Fabick Cat was able to create a SQL Server® data warehouse.
  • The company was able to consolidate reporting across multiple business units with different data sources.
  • Files from Change Data Capture (CDC) were indexed to SQL Server.
Quantitative Benefit
  • DataSync is able to perform most syncs in seconds.
  • Only copying the changed data has not impacted the performance on the OpenVMS server for interactive users.

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