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From 20-Year Legacy Code to Cloud-Native: How One FMCG Giant Transformed 16 COBOL Applications in 12 Months

Executive Summary 

A leading FMCG company migrated 16 legacy COBOL mainframe applications to modern cloud-native architecture — eliminating mainframe costs while enabling real-time retail operations.

At a Glance 

  • 16 Legacy Applications
  • 5TB Data Volume
  • 20+ year-old System
Why They Needed to Change
  • Skyrocketing Broadcom/mainframe licensing costs
  • Batch-only processing causing inventory & reporting delays
  • Complex SAP integrations with almost no documentation

Results Achieved

  • 35% Cost Reduction
  • 40% Faster Code Delivery
  • 50% Dev Time Saved
  • Zero Downtime Migration

“The biggest challenge was modernizing 20+ year old COBOL systems while maintaining business continuity.” — Avkash Chauhan, SVP AI & Digital Engineering

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