Enterprise Software Modernization to Optimize Engineering Processes and Cloud Integration

The client’s existing engineering toolset has become complex, outdated, and reliant on obsolete technologies maintained by departing personnel. This has led to slow performance, high manual maintenance efforts, system dependencies that cause widespread outages, outdated security and authorization methods, cumbersome local data backup processes, and a dated user interface that hampers usability and onboarding. These issues increase operational costs and limit agility in adding new features or integrating with modern cloud services.

A global manufacturer specializing in heat exchange and heating & cooling systems, seeking to modernize legacy engineering software to improve efficiency, reduce costs, and enhance user experience.

• Replace and migrate legacy engineering software to a scalable cloud platform to ensure high availability and reduce downtime.
• Implement a modern, intuitive UI that minimizes user training time and improves calculation speed for heat exchange computations.
• Automate manual maintenance tasks to lower operational costs and reduce error rates.
• Integrate authentication and authorization with enterprise standards for improved security.
• Utilize cloud-native services for data backup, storage, and system monitoring to enhance data integrity and disaster recovery.
• Achieve a 27% reduction in software upkeep costs and improve overall system performance and stability.

• Migration of existing system components and business logic to a cloud platform (e.g., Azure Cloud).
• Development of an intuitive UI with current design standards, ensuring minimal changes to core UX workflows.
• Integration with enterprise authentication systems (e.g., Azure Active Directory).
• Connection to document management systems such as SharePoint for storing and managing project files and documentation.
• Automation of system stabilization and error handling processes.
• Provision of calculation results quickly and accurately, supporting decision-making processes.
• Establishment of continuous integration and deployment pipelines for reliable updates and releases.

• Enterprise authentication system (Azure AD)
• Document and file storage system (SharePoint)
• Monitoring and logging tools within Azure
• Business logic modules and calculation engines as cloud services

• System uptime: 99.9% availability
• Performance: Rapid calculation results with minimal latency
• Security: Compliance with enterprise security standards, including secure authentication and data encryption
• Scalability: Support for increasing user base and data volume with minimal re-engineering
• Maintainability: Modular architecture to allow easy updates and feature additions

The project aims to reduce software maintenance costs by approximately 27%, enhance system performance and stability, and streamline engineering workflows. These improvements will lead to faster decision-making, better resource allocation, increased system reliability, and increased agility in adding new features, ultimately strengthening the client's market position in heat exchange technology.