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Dürr Group's Infrastructure Integration with webMethods: A Case Study

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Technology Category	Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Middleware, SDKs & Libraries
Applicable Industries	Automotive Construction & Infrastructure
Applicable Functions	Human Resources Product Research & Development
Use Cases	Construction Management Leasing Finance Automation
Services	Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services System Integration
Challenge	The Dürr Group, a leading mechanical and plant engineering firm, faced several challenges in aligning its IT with its company-wide OneDürrGroup strategy. The company's consistent expansion and diverse customer base resulted in a complex IT infrastructure, characterized by different integration solutions and a hybrid application landscape. The company aimed to implement its OneDürrGroup strategy across all locations and divisions, which naturally impacted its own IT. The diverse range of solutions—on-premises, Integration-Platform-as-a-Service (iPaaS) and Software-as-a-Service—meant more cost and effort and required more expertise in different technologies, as well as a mass of redundant interfaces. The company believed that an integrated architecture could achieve significant streamlining in the HR landscape alone. Read More
About Customer	The Dürr Group is one of the world's leading mechanical and plant engineering firms with extensive expertise in automation and digitalization/Industry 4.0. Its products, systems and services enable highly efficient and resource-saving manufacturing processes in different industries. The Dürr Group consists of the three brands Dürr, Schenck and HOMAG, as well as five global divisions. It serves a variety of customers in different industries, including automotive manufacturers and suppliers, woodworking companies, machine manufacturers, chemical and pharmaceutical companies. The Dürr Group generated sales of €3.32 billion in 2020. Read More
Solution	To address these challenges, Dürr Group chose webMethods from Software AG as the leading integration platform, in addition to SAP PO and the Microsoft® Azure® Service Bus Integration. The webMethods solution not only simplifies complex problems and connects hybrid application landscapes, but it also builds a bridge between internal and external communication and can connect innovative services via an API portal. All new projects will be integrated through the platform, providing a fast and smooth basis for integration. The company also plans to gradually introduce APIs as the basis for new digital customer services. The integration team launched a workshop series to clarify specific questions about this challenge for all of the different divisions. The platform’s advantages became clear in project workshops—for example, when planning the new CRM solution’s target architecture. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration

Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Middleware, SDKs & Libraries

Applicable Industries

Automotive

Construction & Infrastructure

Applicable Functions

Human Resources

Product Research & Development

Use Cases

Construction Management

Leasing Finance Automation

Services

Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services

System Integration

Challenge

The Dürr Group, a leading mechanical and plant engineering firm, faced several challenges in aligning its IT with its company-wide OneDürrGroup strategy. The company's consistent expansion and diverse customer base resulted in a complex IT infrastructure, characterized by different integration solutions and a hybrid application landscape. The company aimed to implement its OneDürrGroup strategy across all locations and divisions, which naturally impacted its own IT. The diverse range of solutions—on-premises, Integration-Platform-as-a-Service (iPaaS) and Software-as-a-Service—meant more cost and effort and required more expertise in different technologies, as well as a mass of redundant interfaces. The company believed that an integrated architecture could achieve significant streamlining in the HR landscape alone.

About Customer

The Dürr Group is one of the world's leading mechanical and plant engineering firms with extensive expertise in automation and digitalization/Industry 4.0. Its products, systems and services enable highly efficient and resource-saving manufacturing processes in different industries. The Dürr Group consists of the three brands Dürr, Schenck and HOMAG, as well as five global divisions. It serves a variety of customers in different industries, including automotive manufacturers and suppliers, woodworking companies, machine manufacturers, chemical and pharmaceutical companies. The Dürr Group generated sales of €3.32 billion in 2020.

Solution

To address these challenges, Dürr Group chose webMethods from Software AG as the leading integration platform, in addition to SAP PO and the Microsoft® Azure® Service Bus Integration. The webMethods solution not only simplifies complex problems and connects hybrid application landscapes, but it also builds a bridge between internal and external communication and can connect innovative services via an API portal. All new projects will be integrated through the platform, providing a fast and smooth basis for integration. The company also plans to gradually introduce APIs as the basis for new digital customer services. The integration team launched a workshop series to clarify specific questions about this challenge for all of the different divisions. The platform’s advantages became clear in project workshops—for example, when planning the new CRM solution’s target architecture.

Impact #1	The implementation of webMethods has provided Dürr Group with an open and established integration platform that perfectly supplements cloud integration. It has also provided the company with flexibility with new licensing as a subscription. The platform is cutting-edge and open for connection with customer apps, and it conforms to security & compliance requirements. The company has also been able to deploy personnel resources more efficiently, with skilled developers available in the Indian labor market. The solution has also enabled the company to test the new architecture strategy and bring along the different areas of the company. The company is confident that the collaboration with Software AG will continue going in the right direction—namely toward centralized API management for the entire company.

Impact #1

The implementation of webMethods has provided Dürr Group with an open and established integration platform that perfectly supplements cloud integration. It has also provided the company with flexibility with new licensing as a subscription. The platform is cutting-edge and open for connection with customer apps, and it conforms to security & compliance requirements. The company has also been able to deploy personnel resources more efficiently, with skilled developers available in the Indian labor market. The solution has also enabled the company to test the new architecture strategy and bring along the different areas of the company. The company is confident that the collaboration with Software AG will continue going in the right direction—namely toward centralized API management for the entire company.

Benefit #1	The relevance of the integration can be derived from the 1,358 transactions currently logged each week.
Benefit #2	The solution serves approximately 100,000 customers worldwide with Salesforce®, the four SAP systems and several CRM applications.

Benefit #1

The relevance of the integration can be derived from the 1,358 transactions currently logged each week.

Benefit #2

The solution serves approximately 100,000 customers worldwide with Salesforce®, the four SAP systems and several CRM applications.

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