Case Study Outperform

Outperform Solutions develops software for the food and agri-business (among others) to support Sales and  Operations Planning.

The ingenious application “Outperform Planning” predicts the sales numbers per product and per customer group based on sales history and additional data. With this data Sales & Operations teams can collaborate better and the supply and demand chain is optimized. The application is used worldwide and already helped many organizations with arranging the supply chain (cost) efficiently.

Previously, Outperform Solutions installed the software on customers’ own server environment. Uneco de Meester (CCO at Outerperform Solutions) says;

‘’In our market it is very common for companies to see their line of business application as their self-managed solution or, at least they’ve arranged how the software is installed. This means that every customer has its own software version. Making updates is therefore a time-consuming task.

Fortunately, our customers developed interest in SaaS solutions. This was the time for us to switch to a web application. Together with a colleague we participated in the workshop Azure Fundamentals for software companies. During this workshop, the teacher Wesley Haakman showed us the possibilities of Microsoft Azure. This was very educational, so we decided to start a partnership with Intercept. ‘’

The Solution

We started with a design session. What are the wishes? How does the application work and behave? And how could we realize these wishes within Microsoft Azure? Based on this, we developed an Azure architecture with building blocks and the associated costs.

Because new techniques were to be used, the application code had to be partly modified. For this reason, we have spread the cloud migration over a longer period, step by step. And this payed off well!

Outperform is currently using Intercept Managed Services. Uneco de Meester explains; ‘’We purchase Microsoft services from Intercept as our Cloud Solution Provider, and for a better price. But intercept mainly adds knowledge. Especially for our issues with upscaling, security and governance and advice about the environment.

‘’ We are currently working on a new application to serve a wider target group. Through cloud technology we can make this application available to thousands of different companies. This is a major project where Intercept plays an active role in the field of technology and governance. We also see the ideal partner in Intercept for managing our infrastructure. ‘’