Allen Lund Company (“ALC”) is a national third-party transportation broker with nationwide offices and over 500 employees. ALC works with shippers and carriers nationwide to arrange for dry and flatbed freight.
Project Details
ALC was utilizing extended support (Database and applications) from Oracle on hardware supplied by a third-party vendor. They were running into challenges as they were utilizing de-supported versions, so they came to Vigilant to upgrade Oracle EBS to the latest version and migrate their platforms to Oracle Enterprise Linux. This included retrofitting their customizations to be compatible with the new EBS version and also to adhere to online patching standards.
Why Vigilant
Service Provided
Database upgrade – 9.2.0.8 to 12.1
EBS application upgrade – 11.5.0.2 to 12.2.8
Platform migration – Solaris 10 to OEL 7.x
Procurement of ODA for Production
Install, configure, and upgrade ODA for UAT
Benefits
- EBS application upgrade: Financial modules (Payables, Receivables, General Ledger, Cash Management) and 200+ customizations
- Now on supported versions of database and application: No more maintenance of older versions of database and application
- More powerful production hardware
