"STA of the Cargo" uses virtual data center Croc

The company of STA of the Cargo, the logistic operator organizing transportations and rendering services of safe custody places a warehouse control system in a cloud of CROC. Use of cloud resources allows STA of the Cargo not to invest considerable means in IT infrastructure in the conditions of the dynamic growth of business of the customer and uncertainty of economy.

The company of STA of the Cargo works at the market since 2011, business of the company develops dynamically: in 5 years the diversified service portfolio for retail chain stores, the companies in the field of telecommunications, car makers, producers of autocomponents and other industries is created; the staff is increased by 12 times; offices in 9 cities of Russia are opened.

One of the key solutions proposed by STA of the Cargo is the system of automated management of warehouses of own development — WMS (Warehouse Management System) Matrona. A system allows to manage effectively supply chains and trade inventories, it is correct to keep account of the commodity movement, to automate warehouse processes, to communicate with the accounting systems of clients in real time and many other things. This system is one of the leading business tools when forming competitive advantages of STA of the Cargo.

The system of WMS "Matrona" critical for business, the customer unrolled based on resources of a cloud of CROC to receive guaranteed high level of service at insignificant one-time investments unlike creation of own IT infrastructure.

Young business is dynamic and is not always predictable. Not always it is clear what limit of investments on IT in the short-term and medium term should be. Using a cloud risks excessive or, on the contrary, insufficient costs for infrastructure are leveled. Cloud infrastructure not only allows us if it is necessary, quickly to increase the number of new users in a warehouse management system at business expansion but also to reduce resource consumption during crisis without loss of quality that is extremely important at cost optimization Cachquet Philipp, head of IT department of STA of the Cargo

In the long term the company of STA of the Cargo considers transition to hybrid option, and is going to place less critical services at the available own capacities to optimize costs for IT, and work of critical services, including a warehouse management system, still to perform in a cloud of CROC.