Swedish Manufacturer Plans A New Path Forward

December 2, 2020 Alex Woodie

The Swedish manufacturing company Dahrentrad knew its S/36-era production planning solution was getting a bit long in the tooth. The question was, what should the company do about it? Migration and modernization were weighed as the two primary options, but which was the better path?

A subsidiary of LWW Group, Dahrentrad specializes in producing copper and aluminum wiring used in electrical motors, pumps, transformers, and other industrial and automotive components. The 75-year-old company runs factories in Sweden, Germany, and Poland.

The company relied on an old but reliable business application that utilized 5250 greenscreen interfaces, according to Mats Lidström, …