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Standard components

Vanderlande is currently looking at how they can make the transition from engineer-to-order to configure-to-order. For this, the company wants to make smarter use of the standard components of the software for baggage handling systems as a way of reducing customisation. “Centric helps us define standard IT products we can deploy across our various customers and platforms. The plan is that we will soon have components for network, database, and software deployment, for example.

Container project

Towards the end of our conversation, René mentions the microservices platform that Vanderlande is developing together with Centric. “This platform comprises complex software with a lot of logic. The platform was built in concert with Centric Nederland and Lithuania.” Under the hood of this platform you find various new cloud technologies based on (among others) Docker and Kubernetes. “Bringing the cloud components together smartly and making them work together was key. The architects at Centric have provided us with excellent assistance. In the future we want to, increasingly, run on cloud platforms, for example directly on Azure or AWS. There is a good chance that we will approach Centric for this as well.”