Case Study: Vanderlande achieves 95% workforce adoption and a single source of truth with Atlassian Confluence

Vanderlande is growing fast and staying sane with Confluence

Vanderlande, a Netherlands‑based high-tech company that builds airport baggage systems and warehouse automation (processing 3.2 billion bags yearly, with 3,500 employees in 24 countries), faced growing internal knowledge silos as it expanded. Leadership wanted to preserve openness and innovation by ensuring colleagues around the globe stayed up to date and shared institutional knowledge rather than working in separate business and geographic silos.

Vanderlande rolled out Confluence as an internal “Vikipedia,” consolidating scattered wikis, Lotus Notes and SharePoint content into a single, always‑available source of truth with a customized homepage, designated moderators and support from early adopters and leadership. Using plugins like Comala Workflows and Viewtracker, the platform now reaches 3,400 unique users (95% of the workforce), has grown from 1,800 to 8,800+ pages, and helps employees find information faster and contribute knowledge company‑wide.

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