Workload automation (WLA) tools are used by 43% of infrastructure and operations leaders to execute infrastructure operations.1 However, business leaders may not know about the full scope of workload automation capabilities and how they can function as enterprise jobs scheduling software.
Case studies demonstrate the range of capabilities of new technologies. We compiled WLA case studies along with their benefits for business leaders to identify their benefits and use cases.
And when you are ready to choose a WLA solution, you can check out the list of WLA tools along with their features.
WLA case studies
To demonstrate the broad applicability of automation, we explored real-world workload automation use cases across industries ranging from finance to retail. These examples highlight the diverse set of tasks that automation can optimize.
In particular, sectors with complex enterprise systems like SAP have seen substantial gains. Organizations integrating SAP workload automation tools report improvements in job scheduling, batch processing, and compliance tracking.
Updated at 11-26-2024
| Solution | Customer | Region | Industry | Use Case | Benefit Details | Short Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ActiveBatch | Vero Skatt | Europe | Finance | Batch Scheduling | -Vero Skatt uses ActiveBatch’s collection of over 30 alerts and alert objects to help streamline their operations. -The number of environments, each running workloads on separate resources, that Vero Skatt manages and monitors with ActiveBatch | -Improved compliance with internal and external audit and control requirements. -Large reductions in manual processes, troubleshooting, and custom scripting. |
| RunMyJobs | Coca-Cola HBC AG | Europe | Beverage bottling | Batch Scheduling | -Become enabled to manage about 9000 SAP users | Integrated SAP NetWeaver stack to ERP |
| RunMyJobs | Esprit | Germany | Wholesale fashion | Data Management | NA | Integrated SAP ERP with SAP ecosystem tools |
| RunMyJobs | French Connection | UK | Wholesale fashion | Data Management | NA | Integrated SAP ERP and SAP BW. |
| RunMyJobs | UBS | Global | Finance | Data Management | -Automated about 80% of the monthly entries in the global journal -External reporting time has also decreased from about 9 days to about 5 days at period closes. | Between SAP ERP, SAP BW, Oracle E-Business Suite, Apache Hadoop, Snowflake Data Warehouse, Tableau, and ServiceNow, platforms are integrated and data and file transfers are automated |
| Fortra's Jams | Amedisys | U.S. | Healthcare | Batch Scheduling | NA | Improved automated invoice processing |
| Stonebranch | Achema | Netherlands | Insurance | Batch Scheduling | -About 4 million file transfer jobs can be done every month -Increased the number of workflows per year to ~30,000. | -Integrated Azure, SAP, AIX, and other platforms -Reduced efforts in orchestration such as file transfer |
| Stonebranch | Bankia | Spain | Finance | Data Management | NA | Increased efficiency in file transfers |
| Fortra's Jams | Camden Asset Management | U.S. | Finance | Data Management | NA | Scheduled data transfer processes automatically |
| BMC Control-M | Carrefour | Global | Retail | Data Management | -About %11 increase in number of data transfers | Data exchange management for increased number of data exchanges due to Express stores |
| Stonebranch | Expedia | Global | Hospitality | Job Scheduling | Reduced onboarding times from one week to one day | WLA was used in HR for managed file transfers, user base requests management, employee onboarding |
| Stonebranch | ITERGO | Germany | IT | Job Scheduling | Reduced server downtimes during server maintenances almost to zero | SAP integration and job scheduling from a single platform |
| Fortra's Jams | IU Health | U.S. | Healthcare | Job Scheduling | NA | Job scheduling tool for file transfers troubleshooting upon failures in file transfers |
| BMC Control-M | KoçSistem | Turkey | IT | Server Management | -About 99% compliance to third party agents in server audits -Almost 0 security patches older than 30 days were missed. | Automated and scheduled server updates and maintenances such as updates to increase compliance and security |
| Stonebranch | Land's End | Global (U.S. origin) | Wholesale fashion | Compliance | ~31% reduction in z/OS CPU usage | Integrated platform to monitor RPA robots |
| BMC Control-M | Odea Bank | Turkey | Finance | Server Management | -Made 13 custom compliance rules and actions to fix them for Windows/Linux -Almost 0 security patches older than 30 days were missed. | Automated and scheduled server updates and maintenances |
| SMA Technologies OpCon | Oregon State Credit Union | U.S. | Finance | Server Management | Automated ~600 different jobs on ~110 different schedules. | Scheduled and automated server maintenance, like updates to improve compliance |
| SMA Technologies OpCon | Robinson Financial Credit Union | U.S. | Finance | Job Scheduling | Saved ~5 hours worktime of RPA technicians each day | Automated ways to process invoices and other related electronic documents |
| BMC Control-M | Rewe Digital | Europe | Retail | Data Management | - About 99% automated conversion rate in customer transactions - Achieved about 100% server uptime | Automated scheduling of data conversion processes and integration of SAP and other data technologies |
| Stonebranch | SECURA | U.S. | Insurance | Job Scheduling | NA | On a mainframe-based scheduler, batch jobs from open system servers are automated |
| BMC Control-M | Snam | Europe | Oil & Gas | Job Scheduling | -Reduced workflow errors by ~40% -Reduced business services time-to-market 20% | -Automated file transfers take place between SAP and other software environments -Services related to workflows are automated |
| SMA Technologies OpCon | Synergent | U.S. | Finance | Job Scheduling | About 75% increase in efficiency in electronic document processing procedures | Automated and planned electronic document processing procedures |
| Fortra's Jams | TGW.com | U.S. | Retail | Data Management | NA | Automated data integration between EDI and ERP data bases and their transfer to SFTP |
| Fortra's Jams | U.S. Sugar | U.S. | Agriculture | Data Management | NA | Automated ETL processes. |
| Stonebranch | United Supermarkets | U.S. | Retail | Data Management | -About 92% less manual review for automated processes -About 20% increase workflow processing | -Data pipelining, job and workload scheduling |
| Stonebranch | Vermont Information Processing | U.S. | Software | Data Management | -Run close to 300,000 jobs a day | -Decreased efforts in job running time and scheduling -Data Pipeline Automation, such as automating extract-transform-load (ETL) processes |
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