Ahold Delhaize USA

C4E Enterprise Adoption in collaboration with MuleSoft

Challenge:
RBS faced the challenge of adopting a unified integration platform. The lack of uniform standards, transformation guidelines, and mature DevOps practices created hurdles but also offered opportunities to improve efficiency and drive innovation further.

Approach:
In collaboration with MuleSoft, we developed the Centre for Enablement (C4E) to facilitate organization-wide adoption and enable self-service capabilities. We introduced architectural principles, implemented technology and software standards, established a DevOps framework for automation, and promoted knowledge sharing and collaboration through a Community of Practice.

Result:
MuleSoft became the preferred platform within the organization. Federation distributed control and responsibilities across entities, business units, and data domains, while maintaining a degree of central coordination. New processes and automation enhanced efficiency, self-service through user-friendly templates and automations made teams more agile, standardization increased consistency, and the DevOps framework accelerated time-to-market.

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Challenge

  • Significant obstacles in adopting a unified integration platform
  • Lack of standards for project documentation and integrations
  • Absence of transformation guidelines
  • Immature understanding of DevOps principles
  • Lack of standardized processes, resulting in inefficiencies and inconsistencies
  • Hindered innovation within the organization

Approach

  • Establishment of the Centre for Enablement (C4E) in collaboration with MuleSoft
  • C4E became a centralized hub for best practices, standards, and reusable assets in integration and DevOps.
  • Developed and implemented new architectural policies and standards.
  • Introduced self-service capabilities for the business.
  • Aligned existing and new processes with architectural principles.
  • Implemented technology and software standards.
  • Established a DevOps framework with extensive automation.
  • Introduced a standard data catalog.
  • Defined standard integration patterns and decision trees.
  • Set up a Community of Practice to foster collaboration.

Results

  • MuleSoft fully adopted as the preferred integration platform across the entire enterprise organization.
  • New processes and advanced automation introduced, improving operational efficiency.
  • Decentralized business development teams empowered through self-service.
  • Agility and innovation within the organization enhanced.
  • Standardization increased consistency across projects.
  • DevOps framework improved efficiency and reduced time-to-market.

Team

SPECTR Integration:

  • Jiten Manghwani
  • Sneha Nautiyal
  • Rafi Mohamed
  • Piyush Singh
  • Sriganesh Karuppannan
  • Rubin Simons
  • Freek Alleman
  • David Beerman
  • Diederik de Lange
  • Erwin van den Bunder

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