McLane Slashes Test Time 94.5% & Doubles Feature Adoption with CloudTestr

Industry: Travel, Transportation, Hospitality & Logistics | Services: Digital Engineering Services, Digital Assurance

Client Overview

McLane Company, Inc. is a U.S. supply chain services provider specializing in grocery and foodservice distribution. Founded in 1894 and headquartered in Temple, Texas, McLane operates one of the largest private fleets and a vast distribution network, ensuring efficient and timely delivery of goods. They operate a large, complex distribution and logistics infrastructure, with significant technology dependencies across APIs, data systems, and software platforms.

The Challenge

Manual Testing Slowing Agility Across Integrated Systems

McLane faced significant challenges in maintaining seamless user experiences due to the complexity of integrated systems that relied on multiple APIs and databases. Additionally, they struggled to convert existing test scripts into a more maintainable and executable test automation regression suite. To optimize system performance and ensure reliability, the primary goal was to establish an automated regression suite for APIs.

Sutherland Solution

Implementing Cloudtestr for Continuous, High-coverage Testing

Sutherland performed a gap analysis, refactored McLane’s test assets, and rebuilt test suites for maintainability. We then introduced CloudTestr, a continuous quality automation platform, enabling automated test data management, full coverage across APIs and web apps, and integration into their CI/CD pipeline (via Bamboo) to automate regression, smoke, sanity, and database testing

The Outcome

Full Automation, Dramatically Faster Cycles, and Accelerated Adoption

Using the CloudTestr platform, Sutherland delivered tangible digital outcomes for McLane. By achieving 100% test coverage and defect-free releases, the platform ensured the integrity and reliability of every software update. The automation dramatically reduced the test execution time and effort by 94.5%, shrinking it from six hours to under fifteen minutes per run. This newfound speed and efficiency directly led to a twofold increase in feature adoption, which enabled McLane to deliver business value to its customers faster and with confidence. This transformation highlights how a strategic digital solution can drive measurable performance improvements and accelerate a company’s ability to innovate.