Wolseley’s Migration to Apigee-X for
Scalable API Management
Client Overview
Wolseley Group is a leading specialist provider of plumbing, heating, cooling, and utility products for trade customers. Operating under several renowned brands, they have around 650 branches nationwide, three centres of excellence in the utility sector, support centres in Warwick and Ripon, and four distribution centres. Wolseley comprises several business units and brands, each specializing in their respective sectors. They are one of the most comprehensive specialist providers, offering the widest range of services to trade, direct, and contract customers in the UK and Ireland.
Business Objective
As Wolseley continues to grow and digitise its business processes, they sought to optimise their API management to enhance scalability, security, and customer experience. They wanted to prepare their API Gateway architecture for future needs to streamline partner and customer onboarding along with adopting effective API monetisation strategies. Also, they required a seamless migration to Apigee X. All these objectives were aligned with their ultimate goal of digital transformation to enhance customer and partner experience.
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Migration
Challenges
Scalable Architecture Need
Designing a future-proof API Gateway to support growth.
Environment Complexity
Implementing scalable production and non-production environments.
Security & Governance
Defining secure authentication, API lifecycle management, and monetisation strategies.
Onboarding Bottlenecks
Streamlining partner and customer onboarding processes.
Migrate from Apigee Edge to Apigee X effortlessly while maintaining full operational continuity.
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Future State API Gateway Architecture
NeosAlpha provided a scalable architecture using Apigee-X to support Wolseley’s expanding needs. This included defining production and non-production environments, optimised for scaling, and compliant with best practices. Non-functional requirements (e.g., performance, reliability, and security) were carefully documented and aligned with Wolseley’s goals.
Security and API Lifecycle Management
We established a robust API security and management framework, covering secure authentication and authorization, best practices for monitoring, operations, and maintenance, while also defining key API lifecycle management processes, roles, and tooling to ensure Wolseley’s teams can efficiently manage and sustain the platform.
Customer and Partner Onboarding
To enhance Wolseley’s customer and partner experience, we’ve worked with Wolseley Business Analysts and developed a seamless onboarding process using the Apigee developer portal. This ensured that partners and customers could easily access, develop, and integrate with Wolseley’s APIs.
API Monetization Strategy
NeosAlpha worked closely with Wolseley to define a roadmap for API monetization, providing strategies for introducing volume-based, transaction-based, or revenue-sharing models for partners.
Results
Future-Ready Gateway
A scalable and future-ready API Gateway that supports Wolseley’s growth ambitions.
Enhanced Security
Improved API security with a tailored authentication approach.
Efficient Lifecycle Management
Streamlined API lifecycle management, enabling faster development, onboarding, and ongoing support.
Monetization Roadmap
A roadmap for API monetization and API adoption amongst partners.
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