CMC Materials, Inc., headquartered in Aurora, Illinois, is a leading global supplier of consumable materials, primarily to semiconductor manufacturers. The company’s products play a critical role in the production of advanced semiconductor devices, helping to enable the manufacture of smaller, faster and more complex devices by its customers. CMC Materials, Inc. is also a leading provider of performance materials to pipeline operators. The company’s mission is to create value by delivering high-performing and innovative solutions that solve its customers’ challenges. The company has approximately 2,100 employees globally.
CMC’s reliance on outdated B2B technology to communicate with supply chain vendors and trading partners resulted in operational complexity and rising maintenance costs. In order to optimize its technology infrastructure to support business growth, the client needed to migrate Oracle Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) to the Cloud to leverage advanced features and enhance organizational stability and performance.
CMC’s primary objectives for this engagement were to:
We have worked with AST for the last 6 years when they helped us with the original Oracle SOA Suite implementation, and have continued to enhance, upgrade, and support the product since then.
IT Director, CMC MaterialsAST assembled a dedicated Architecture Review Board (ARB) to determine the appropriate steps and project plan to align with CMC’s business requirements and objectives. With a plan in place, AST’s expert SOA team, seasoned in advanced technologies and cloud migrations, successfully upgraded and migrated CMC’s on-premise SOA to Oracle SOA Cloud on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Gen2.
The client began realizing the following benefits soon after cloud migration:
AST’s expertise with SOA Cloud Service has led to improved vendor and trading partnership communication, increased efficiency with faster response to business requirements, and decreased costs.
