Case study · Logistics & Transportation

Ecosystem rehabilitation and DevOps governance for a global logistics operator

Summary

ForceFolks executed a full Salesforce ecosystem rescue for a global logistics provider — refactoring excessive technical debt, unoptimized Apex, and broken Lightning Web Components. A modern declarative Flow framework and Copado CI/CD governance restored stability and release velocity.

Key takeaways

  • A full org rescue — 14k lines of Apex refactored to Flow, with Copado CI/CD governance restored.
  • Salesforce products: Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Salesforce Platform.
  • Measured results: 4x deployment velocity; 75% fewer support tickets; 400K orphan records resolved.
  • Delivered as a managed delivery pod over 5 months.
Engagement snapshot

At a glance

Salesforce org rescue + DevOps for logistics — engagement snapshot
AttributeDetail
IndustryLogistics & Transportation
Company sizeEnterprise — $600M revenue, 2,400 employees
Salesforce productsSales Cloud, Service Cloud, Salesforce Platform
Services providedSalesforce Org Rescue, Code Auditing, DevOps Strategy, Architecture Consulting
Systems integratedCopado, GitHub, Jira Agile, legacy custom telemetry APIs
Delivery modelElite Technical Architecture & Remediation Pod
Team1 Technical Director, 2 Senior Core Developers, 1 Certified Salesforce DevOps Architect, 1 Lead QA Automation Engineer
Timeline5-month remediation sprint
4xdeployment velocity
75%fewer support tickets
400Korphan records resolved
100%production test coverage
Architecture & data flow

How ForceFolks built it

Every ForceFolks engagement runs the same architectural lens — ingest, ground, orchestrate, and write back to systems of record.

  1. Static analysis scanned the codebase for circular loops and un-indexed queries.
  2. 14,000 lines of redundant Apex were deprecated and replaced with optimized Flows.
  3. Broken, untested Lightning Web Components were refactored into reusable UI elements.
  4. A GitHub branching strategy and Copado CI/CD were configured for automated unit testing.
  5. Sandbox governance segregated Dev, Scratch, Integration, UAT, and Production environments.
  6. Monitoring scripts now alert admins to runtime exceptions and governor-limit breaches.
Outcomes

Measured results

  • Satisfaction: internal user-satisfaction up 68% as crashes and UI freezes were eliminated.
  • Data fidelity: validation and dedupe rules rebuilt, resolving 400,000 orphan records.
  • Velocity: deployment velocity up 4x — from monthly releases to weekly sprints.
  • Cost: Salesforce-bug support overhead down 75% within 60 days.
  • Time-to-value: critical-process stability recovered within 45 days.
  • Quality: 100% test-coverage compliance across all production modules.
FAQ

Frequently asked questions

How do you fix a Salesforce org buried in Apex technical debt?

ForceFolks ran static analysis, deprecated 14,000 lines of redundant Apex, replaced it with optimized Flows, and rebuilt validation rules under governance. See Salesforce rescue.

Can Copado CI/CD improve Salesforce release velocity?

For this logistics operator, GitHub branching plus Copado automated testing moved releases from monthly to weekly — a 4x velocity gain — and cut bug-related support overhead 75%.

How long does a Salesforce org rescue and remediation take?

Core process stability was recovered within 45 days, and the full remediation sprint ran five months, ending at 100% production test coverage.

Want results like this for your Logistics & Transportation program?

Tell us where you are and where you need to be. ForceFolks scopes a senior, architecture-led engagement — fixed-scope project, managed delivery pod, or staff augmentation — mapped to your outcome.