The Challenge & Business Impact
SUE stepped in with a clear plan: build a CI/CD pipeline to take the complexity out of the equation. This pipeline was designed to automate the creation and integration of new Execution Environments – container images used to execute Ansible Playbooks. With this solution in place, new versions of Ansible and updated collections could be easily integrated.
Once built, the updated Execution Environments were automatically added to the Ansible Automation Hub, making them instantly available within the Ansible Automation Platform. This approach not only simplified operations but also reduced the likelihood of errors, creating a more reliable and efficient workflow.
Facts and figures
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Ansible Automation Platform & Hub implemented
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GitLab CI/CD Pipeline developed
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More operational efficiency and reliability
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Faster deployment of resources
"With the automated CI/CD pipeline developed by SUE, we can spend more time on innovations rather than managing a sprawl of automations across the teams."

Results & Business Value
Rijk Zwaan successfully implemented the Ansible Automation Platform and Ansible Automation Hub, creating an end-to-end automation solution for configuring systems, deploying software, and orchestrating workflows. SUE’s tailored CI/CD pipeline ensured that custom Execution Environments were built to meet Rijk Zwaan’s unique requirements and then seamlessly pushed to the Ansible Automation Hub and made available in Ansible Automation Platform. This standardizes their automation efforts by lowering complexity and reducing the risk of drift between development and production.
By implementing Ansible Automation Platform, Rijk Zwaan is now able to build, secure, and implement automation and code that can be reused and shared across business units. With Ansible Automation Platform, Rijk Zwaan achieved consistency in automating processes across their organization. This boosts productivity and reduces the time-to-completion for their new automation projects.

About the company
Rijk Zwaan is a family-owned fruit and vegetable breeding company, headquartered in De Lier, the Netherlands. With over 1,800 high-quality varieties for more than 30 crops, Rijk Zwaan provides high-quality seeds to growers in over 100 countries through 30 locally operating subsidiaries and numerous distributors.
With around 3,900 employees globally, our culture emphasises teamwork, excellent business ethics, and innovation. We invest approximately 30% of our annual turnover in R&D to develop future-proof varieties that meet climate and market demands. At Rijk Zwaan, we believe in putting people first. To us, this is the sustainable way forward.


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