Team Augmentation for German Manufacturing Company
We have partnered with Henkel through a team augmentation model, providing experienced software engineers to support the development and continuous evolution of an integrated steering and reporting platform.
- Services: Team Augmentation
- Technologies: Angular, Node, Azure
- Industry: Manufacturing
- Location: Düsseldorf, Germany
Overview
Henkel is a global company with a 150-year history and leading positions in both industrial and consumer markets. Headquartered in Düsseldorf, Germany, the company operates worldwide through two major business units: Adhesive Technologies and Consumer Brands. Its portfolio includes internationally recognized brands such as Loctite, Persil, Schwarzkopf, Pritt, and Pattex.
With around 50,000 employees worldwide and operations spanning more than 75 countries, Henkel manages a highly complex and international business environment. Its products and technologies serve both consumers and industrial customers across a wide range of markets and industries.
Innovation, sustainability, and digitalization play an important role in Henkel's long-term strategy. As a large global organization, the company continuously invests in digital capabilities and modern technology to support its operations, improve decision-making, and create more efficient ways for teams to collaborate across markets and business functions.
Challenge
Developing an integrated steering and reporting platform within a global organization like Henkel requires more than additional development capacity. The platform needed to bring together complex business requirements, data, and reporting workflows into a reliable solution that could support stakeholders across the organization.
With an established internal team and an evolving product roadmap, Henkel needed additional engineering expertise to accelerate development while maintaining the quality and consistency expected from an enterprise-grade application. Rather than building a separate external team, the goal was to augment the existing organization with experienced engineers who could integrate directly into their development processes and contribute from within the team.
Finding the right people was therefore essential. Engineers needed strong Angular and Node.js expertise, but technical skills alone were not enough. They also had to navigate a complex enterprise environment, communicate effectively with technical and business stakeholders, understand evolving requirements, and take ownership of their work.
At the same time, the engagement needed to remain flexible, allowing the development capacity to grow alongside the platform and its changing priorities without compromising team stability or accumulated product knowledge.
Our Solution
We approached the engagement through a flexible team augmentation model, starting with a single engineer who joined Henkel's existing development team. This initial phase allowed us to understand the platform, technical environment, development processes, and collaboration model before expanding our involvement.
As the project evolved and additional development capacity was required, we gradually scaled the team from one to four engineers. Each new team member was selected based on the specific needs of the project, with a strong focus on Angular and Node.js expertise, as well as the communication, collaboration, and ownership skills required to work effectively within a large enterprise organization.
Rather than operating as a separate outsourced team, our engineers work directly alongside Henkel's internal specialists and other project stakeholders. They participate in the existing development processes, contribute to technical discussions and decisions, and take responsibility for delivering and maintaining functionality across the integrated steering and reporting platform.
This gradual approach has enabled Henkel to increase development capacity while preserving team continuity and product knowledge. The team augmentation model also provides the flexibility to adapt the engineering setup as project priorities evolve, while giving Henkel access to experienced specialists who are already familiar with the platform, its architecture, and its business context.
Results
Over three years of collaboration, the engagement has developed into a stable, long-term partnership, providing Henkel with additional engineering capacity and specialized Angular and Node.js expertise for its integrated steering and reporting platform.
The team augmentation model has enabled Henkel to scale development capacity according to project needs while maintaining continuity and accumulated product knowledge. With engineers fully integrated into the existing development environment, collaboration happens directly within Henkel's established processes, reducing the overhead typically associated with managing an external development team.
The growth from one to four engineers reflects both the evolving needs of the platform and the trust established throughout the partnership. Today, our specialists continue to take ownership of key areas of development, contribute to technical decisions, and support the continuous improvement of the platform.
As the product and business requirements continue to evolve, the established team provides Henkel with the flexibility to address new priorities without repeatedly rebuilding technical knowledge or onboarding new development partners. This continuity creates a strong foundation for the platform's ongoing development and long-term evolution.
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