U.S. Sugar used a combination of the SAP Job Scheduler and various FTP applications' jobs to execute its data extracts and data processes. To run jobs reliably, the team needed to build ample padding into the schedule to allow the SAP jobs to finish before the file transfers started. Read More
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Job Scheduling Case Studies
Here are just some of the ways customers are leveraging JAMS to run jobs reliably and securely.
Maritz designs and operates employee recognition and reward programs, sales channel incentive programs, and customer loyalty programs. To execute thousands of daily file transfers and the batch processes necessary upon receipt required an application stack that spread across 3 separate applications. JAMS consolidated all scheduling and automation – both Windows and Linux jobs - into... Read More
Reinhart Foodservice used various processes to distribute financial information to its distribution centers, and to send sales data reports to assorted customers. The company had previously used OpenVMS scripts (DCL) to schedule each step of the business process. JAMS helped Reinhart's IT team bring each subprocess into highly structured sequences that are easily modified to... Read More
TGW (The Golf Warehouse) needed an efficient method to move orders from its ERP system to its warehouse system. This process uses an EDI to gather related data from the ERP database and transfer it (via SFTP) to cloud-based tools for a comprehensive customer experience. TGW uses JAMS to combine PowerShell, SQL*Plus, and Ecometry jobs... Read More
A U.S. government agency's infrastructure group was inundated with many menial tasks, and needed its complex processes to have "reliability of programming". With JAMS orchestrating each task, the agency has brought uniformity to the time and conditions under which processes execute. Read More
IU Health transfers files to vendors and leverages SQLLDR to regularly upload data to databases. The institution needed reliable file transfer capabilities that both used SFTP and that could notify the IT team of job failures. By migrating to JAMS, IU health has met its file transfer security requirements and streamlined its troubleshooting procedures. Read More
Jewelers Mutual provides comprehensive repair and replacement insurance policies for jewelry. The company runs a series of critical jobs against its insurance suite and orchestrates data loads into its analytics platform and data warehouse every night. Read More
A hospitality company had been using SQL Agent and Windows Task Scheduler to move loyalty points between their database and partner networks. The system was difficult to maintain and didn't provide visibility into the current status of jobs, since the jobs were stored in different systems. Read More
Amedisys's billing, payroll, and accounting processes required several sequences of jobs to regularly generate invoices, export electronic claims, and export information to journal entries. The jobs were managed by a custom-built scheduler that lacked advanced functionality, and that still required manual processes to complete every step. Read More
Securities America collects daily market data from a variety of sources, processes it in several databases, then distributes customized reports to its customers. Behind the scenes, more than 10,000 jobs are run to transfer files securely, encrypt/decrypt files, and generate reports. The IT team had to manage an abundance of servers to run individual tasks,... Read More