#modernization

Any info. out there on TIS modernization projects? Some are under review or shortly going on hold, what does that mean for the future direction of TIS?

Whirlpool Corporation announced 288 job cuts. These layoffs affect its Amana, Iowa, manufacturing facility. The company states this is part of a multi-year modernization plan. Second-shift production will cease effective July 5. A law firm is investigating potential federal worker notification violations.

Amana, Iowa

https://www.moodyonthemarket.com/whirlpool-corp-announces-layoffs-at-amana-plant/

Nearly 300 people shown the door. This is definitely not all, considering that layoffs are supposed to be part of modernization plan announced a few months ago. I'm betting they'll "modernize" even more people out of their jobs before they consider it over. Sad days in Amana.

Since we’re soft focused on speeding things up, how about knocking a hole between the two garages so that people can enter the building faster. It would also be safer for those taking the street after 6pm.

I'm on GT.. we're a supporting function, cost center, I get it, we're going to be targeted for cuts. But airmi makes the actual product, don't they?

No growth company divests from producing its producing its actual main product. No amount of 'modernization' is going to make up for lost capacity from manpower, as I see it.

From the COO's updated bio on the website:

"During this period of significant change, he was instrumental in modernizing the company’s operating model—most notably by securing strategic partnerships focused on technology modernization and AI-driven code conversion. These initiatives more than doubled Sabre’s engineering workforce, increased development velocity, and delivered greater efficiency and value to customers.'

You can't make it up.

(Well, apparently you can.)

AI’s ability to replace work traditionally done by
human consultants threatens parts of IBM’s
business model.
Sounds like it will help accelerate and increase RAs which is right in-line with IBM's business model.

https://www.techradar.com/pro/modernizing-a-cobol-system-once-required-armies-of-consultants-spending-years-mapping-workflows-ai-changes-this-anthropic-says-ai-could-help-keep-cobol-running-for-a-long-time-to-come-but-ibm-wont-be-happy

Cutting nearly 350 jobs at its Amana manufacturing plant, impacting more than a quarter of the roughly 1,500 people who work there. The company says the move is tied to a multi-year modernization effort aimed at reshaping and diversifying operations at the facility.

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2026/02/17/whirlpool-amana-layoffs-iowa/88722796007/

Whirlpool Corp. announced layoffs at its Amana manufacturing plant. Nearly 350 workers will be affected by these job cuts. This represents over a quarter of the facility's approximately 1,500 employees. The company stated this is part of a multi-year modernization plan. This plan aims to transform and diversify the plant's operations.

https://cbs2iowa.com/news/local/whirlpool-to-cut-nearly-400-jobs-at-amana-affecting-more-than-a-quarter-of-plant-staff

So is JC’s message Maverick pushing forward with training in Feb and going live in May?

Now we all know our executives are extremely incompetent, everyone knows that.
An underrated part of how incompetent they are, is the “modernization” effort to transition from on prem to being Microsoft’s bi--h on Azure’s pricing leash.
Now you see, Jensen Huang, Meta, innovative companies, buying and building these data centers,
We sold our house in 2009 after the crash, people won’t think about it now, but data centers are only increasing in value, and we sold at rock bottom as always.

Commonwealth Bank, Australia's largest bank and in fact the largest company, has successfully migrated their core banking system off the mainframe onto SAP S/4 Hana on an AWS cloud system. They expect to retire their mainframe in 18 months, and it's now only processing credit card transactions.
If Comm Bank can successfully retire their mainframe, then anyone can do it. The argument for keeping the mainframe has always been it's crucial for high transaction high security environments, but this proves that is not the case.
It's only a matter of time before other FSI companies, and governments, follow the same path.