Essential Guide to Manufacturing Software Migration Best Practices

Manufacturing Industry Overview

Manufacturing companies rely on complex ecosystems of ERP, MES and plant-floor applications. Many of these systems were built 20-30 years ago using technologies like Delphi, VB6, .NET Framework, WinForms/WPF, PowerBuilder, Oracle Forms.

Such a system may have these issues:

outdated architectures break integrations
ERP data becomes hard to manage
inventory management slows down
outdated or duplicate records impact data quality
weak data security creates risk

Softacom helps manufacturers modernize safely. We upgrade applications to modern architectures and enable real-time data flows across operations. This helps manufacturing companies increase operational efficiency, reduce risks, and move toward data-driven operations.

How Softacom Helps

Manufacturing Software Migration and Re-engineering

Systems built on Delphi, VB6, .NET Framework, WinForms/WPF, PowerBuilder, Oracle Forms slow delivery and create operational risks.

Many integrators avoid working with them due to hidden dependencies and failure exposure.

Softacom helps with a successful manufacturing software migration – we untangle logic, replace outdated components and move to modern stacks.

System Modernization

ERP/SCADA/MES modules are often tightly coupled with outdated components. This slows down system changes.

Softacom helps modernize these applications, refactor architecture and update UI/UX. We use a structured migration project approach.

You get faster and more stable systems that supports IoT, AI and more.

System Maintenance

Industrial applications can be unstable and difficult to support. Companies often lack documentation and internal Delphi/VB6/.NET Framework/PowerBuilder expertise.

Softacom provides performance tuning, bug fixing, refactoring, and post-migration support. You get a stable system with reduced downtime and extended service life.

Software Consulting

Softacom provides in-depth system consulting, audits, architecture reviews, risk assessments, modernization roadmaps, and migration strategies. We identify bottlenecks, hidden dependencies, outdated components and the safest upgrade path from the current system to the new ERP system.

Custom Software Development

We develop custom software, new modules, modern UI components, integration layers, APIs, better data management and automation features that work seamlessly with both old and modernized environments. You get faster feature delivery and software that grows with the factory’s needs.

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AI-accelerated modernization: Cursor rules + LLM/RAG

We embed AI into the workflow. Softacom’s Cursor rules, built on 17 years of best practices, combined with LLMs, embeddings/RAG, and proven architectural patterns.

Get a sample rulepack + “.NET/Delphi Migration Patterns” (PDF)

Cursor rulepack, private RAG layer, 2–4 week pilot, migration playbooks

Speed
Risk control
Quality & Consistency
Security

[Code/ADR]
[Embeddings]
[RAG]
[CI/CD gates]

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How we work

01 step

General project planning

NDA signing
Preliminary project analysis

02 step

Business analysis

Analysis of the request, formulation and clarification of the requirements
Choice of the approach
Creation of a roadmap
- Timeframes
- Possible risks and easy to address them
- Main stages
Provision of approximate budget, tech stack, the composition of the team