Worthington Industries is a leading global diversified metals manufacturing company with 2016 fiscal year sales of $2.8 billion. The company employs approximately 10,000 people and operates over 80 facilities in 11 countries. The Columbus, Ohio-based company is North America’s premier steel processor and a leader in manufactured metal products.
Worthington implemented Oracle E-Business Suite and Oracle Business Intelligence—run and managed by Oracle Managed Cloud Services—consolidating financial management systems and processes across multiple manufacturing business lines, and boosting to improve system scalability, as the company continues to grow and expand through acquisitions. System availability was raised to 99.8%, which is critical for a 24/7 global manufacturing operation
Worthington leveraged Oracle Exadata Database Machine and Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud to support their data warehouse loads, which are now running 4x faster.
“Oracle Managed Cloud Services has been available for us around-the-clock, from providing engineered systems and new technology expertise to helping us through upgrades. OMCS partners with our IT team to get things done efficiently, so employees can stay focused on our critical business needs.”
— Matt Schlabig, CIO, Worthington Industries