Overview

West Marine is the premier multi-channel retailer of boating and fishing supplies serving boaters online and with over 240 stores in the US. It’s an American company founded in 1968, based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida has more than 5000 employees. West Marine also runs Blue Future a non-profit organization.

Challenge

• West Marine had 7 Logical Partitions (LPARs) of legacy IBMi that needed hardware and software upgrades.

• There was a lack of skilled IBMi experts in-house who could help with upgrades.
• IBMi subject matter experts had to coordinate with both business and development teams during work hours.