Case Study: Swisslog achieves centralized open-source control and visibility across customized software versions with Mend (WhiteSource)

How WhiteSource Helps Swisslog Manage the Customized Versions of Their Solutions

Swisslog, a KUKA company with 2,500 employees, designs and delivers automation solutions for hospitals, warehouses and distribution centers worldwide. Because their centrally developed standard software is repeatedly customized by local teams for each implementation, Swisslog struggled to maintain consistency and to track new open source components introduced in many different software versions across the globe.

Swisslog deployed WhiteSource by installing its plugin in all build tools, defining company-wide policies for licenses, security and updates, and enforcing those policies across every customized version. Integrated into the build process and surfaced in an intuitive dashboard, WhiteSource now gives Swisslog automated, up-to-date inventories and global policy enforcement so they have full visibility and control of open source usage across all versions in minutes.

Swisslog

Yvan Perrenoud

Software & Controls Quality Manager