Astra: the MRP went to the cloud,
whole.
Astra Tool & Instrument manufactures for medical OEM builders out of Hawthorne, NY — a shop where the MRP system is the business. They had zero cloud experience and a system that couldn’t stay on-prem forever. The approach: build a testing site first, prove every function, troubleshoot with real users, then migrate the data and go live. “They were very responsive and accommodating, guiding us through the landscape we had no experience in.”
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An on-prem MRP running a medical OEM shop, and zero in-house cloud experience to move it.
For a manufacturer serving medical OEM builders, the MRP isn’t a tool — it’s the production line’s memory. Moving it to the cloud meant betting live operations on a landscape the team had, in the owner’s words, “no experience in.” The migration had to be proven before it happened.
- 1On-prem ceilingThe MRP couldn't stay on local iron — resilience and access both capped.
- 2Zero cloud experienceNo in-house map for the landscape they were entering.
- 3Migration risk on live opsA failed cutover stops a medical OEM supplier's floor.
- 4Every function must survivePartial functionality after migration is the same as none.
Tested in parallel, migrated once, live for good.
Prove it, then move it. A cloud testing site stood up first, every function checked against the on-prem original, users troubleshooting in the test environment until it held — and only then the final data migration and live cutover. The owner’s summary of the team: “the never give up attitude.”
- Cloud environment for the MRP system — stood up alongside, not on top of, live operations
- Testing site with full functionality validation and user-level troubleshooting before any cutover
- Final data migration overseen end-to-end · live cutover with all functions confirmed working
Under the hood. Built on: Cloud migration, MRP, Test-first cutover, Data migration. Parallel-environment migration: cloud testing site validated function-by-function against the on-prem MRP, user troubleshooting run in test, then a single overseen data migration and live cutover. No big-bang risk on a medical OEM supply chain.
A landscape they’d never entered — crossed without stopping the floor.
"The software is up and running and all functions are working" · 5.0 across every category.