Sapore Brasil S.A. Implements New Storage Solution to Process Transactional Data 30 Times Faster
 
 

Sapore Brasil S.A. Implements New Storage Solution to Process Transactional Data 30 Times Faster

  • Oracle Customer:  Sapore Brasil S.A.
    Location:  Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
    Industry:  Retail
    Employees:  15,000
    Annual Revenue:  $500 Million to $1 Billion

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Sapore Brasil S.A. is a Brazilian company that runs corporate restaurants located within large companies. Sapore operates more than 1,000 restaurants, works with 15,000 vendors, and is responsible for serving 850,000 meals daily. The company needed a data processing solution that provided 100% availability and could handle a 30% increase in annual sales growth. Sapore leveraged Oracle Exadata Database Machine solutions to achieve a 30-fold increase in transactional data processing speed, helping the company generate detailed management reports in as little as 30 seconds.

 
 

 
 

Challenges

A word from Sapore Brasil S.A.

  • Oracle Exadata Database Machine enabled us to process our transactional data 30 times faster, and increase storage space and IT performance to meet needs for the next three years, helping us maintain a 30% annual growth in the quantity of meals we serve." – Welsio Eufrazio Martins, Chief Information Officer, Sapore Brasil S.A.

  • Ensure 100%, simultaneous system availability for the company headquarters, branches, and more than 1,000 corporate restaurants throughout Brazil, eliminating the need for users to take turns for system access
  • Gain scalability to store 600 GB of data and monitor a 30% annual growth in the number of meals served and the corresponding increase in data volume
  • Improve IT environment performance to process transactional data more quickly and increase employee productivity

Solutions

Oracle Product and Services

  • Worked with Oracle Consulting and Oracle Partner OTG to migrate two Dell servers to Oracle’s Exadata Database Machine X2-2 HC Quarter Rack in 40 days to enable the company to offer full-time simultaneous access for 1,100 users at its headquarters, branches, and restaurants to enterprise resource planning (ERP) and core business systems—such as buying and logistics, receipt and issuance of receipts, and planning and menu engineering
  • Obtained adequate storage to handle company sales growth and the resulting increase in transaction data projected for the next three years
  • Reduced time needed to close accounts to five business days, something that previously took more than nine days, including weekends and many overtime hours
  • Achieved a 30-fold increase transactional data processing to meet deadlines and goals
  • Eliminated IT environment management disruptions—such as problem-solving delays and diverging discourse—by concentrating on a single storage solution manufacturer
  • Obtained management reports in 30 seconds—a process that previously took two to three hours
  • Processed the receipt and issuance of receipts in three minutes—a process that was previously completed only during early-morning hours because it disrupted the company’s IT performance for four hours

Partner

Sapore worked with Oracle partner OTG to migrate two Dell servers to Oracle’s Exadata Database Machine X2-2 HC Quarter Rack.  The implementation was completed in 40 days, enabling Sapore to offer full-time simultaneous ERP access for 1,100 users.