2. Firmenich – key figures
2
1895
Founding year
3.7
Billion CHF
Revenues
#1
Privately Owned
Perfume & Taste
Company
#1
in
Fine Fragrance
#1
in
Ingredients
370
Million CHF
Invested in
R&D
3,100+
Patents
63
Countries
Nobel Prize
1939
40%
Female Senior
Leadership
3. Context
• Low integration
• Data duplication /
synchronization
• Few existing API, “newbie”
• No control on interfaces
Current
Situation
• Service Oriented Architecture
• Central team for Integration
• Expose data
• API-ation of the IT industry
• Manage interfaces with tooling
Drivers
4. Context
• Low integration
• Data duplication /
synchronization
• Few existing API, “newbie”
• No control on interfaces
Current
Situation
• Service Oriented Architecture
• Central team for Integration
• Expose data
• “API-zation” of the IT industry
• Manage interfaces with tooling
Drivers
5. Project lifecycle
• 3 months
• 3 bidders selected
(Webmethods, Apigee,
Axway)
• PoC
• Demo
RFP Process
• Solution capability :
architecture oriented
• Commercial relationship
• Quality of the answer – fit to
purpose
• Cost
• Local supplier
Selection
(winning)
criteria
• 6 months
• 4 phases
• Involvement of security and
architecture team
Project
8. Outcomes
API platform with API
developed during the
pilot phase
API organization :
people, processes,
governance, KPI
Integration pattern
clearly defined and
shared
Better perception of
integration
architecture
Better
synchronization
between security,
integration and
architecture team