Client Success Story

Global Appliance Manufacturer Boosts Conversions by Simplifying Login with Single Sign-On

Discover how seamless and secure authentication enhanced user experience and enabled smarter commerce decisions.

Kitchen Appliances

Services

Platform Implementation
B2B Commerce
Managed Services
Experiences

Industry

Manufacturing

Subindustry

Applicance

Integrations

SAML 2.0; Active Directory; IBM Tivoli

Company

For more than a decade, this American home appliance brand has earned recognition among Fortune’s World’s Most Admired Companies. With a reputation built on trust and innovation, the company relies on a large internal workforce and partner ecosystem to serve millions of customers nationwide. As its digital presence expanded, so did the need to deliver a seamless experience, especially for employees, contractors, and B2B customers engaging across multiple touchpoints.

The Challenge

As a global leader in the appliance industry, the company set out on a multi-phase journey to modernize and future-proof its eCommerce operations. With fourteen brands under its umbrella, the program required careful planning to avoid disruption and ensure consistent user experiences across all brands.

The first priority was migrating from SAP Commerce Cloud v1 to v2 to create a scalable, flexible foundation for future growth. This involved transitioning a monolithic storefront to a more adaptable architecture, moving complex data across multiple systems and brands, and doing so without downtime or revenue loss. Business-critical operations, including active consumer subscriptions, needed to remain uninterrupted throughout the process.

Once the new platform was in place, the company turned its attention to improving access for its Friends & Family discount website—a key revenue channel for employees, contractors, and B2B customers. The existing multi-step login process caused frustration, abandoned sessions, and missed conversions. The goal was to deliver a secure, seamless authentication experience that unified internal and external users, reduced friction, and supported higher conversion rates.

The Solution

Multi-Phase Modernization

To address the company’s multi-phase modernization goals, Zaelab designed a sequential strategy that would first establish a strong technical foundation and then enhance the user experience. The initial focus was on implementing a flexible, future-ready commerce platform capable of supporting new business models and operational demands. With that foundation in place, the next step was to remove access barriers and create a seamless, secure authentication process for all user groups.

Phase 1 — Platform Modernization

Zaelab began by modernizing the company’s technical foundation through the implementation of SAP Commerce. Using test-driven development and advanced code quality tools, the team transitioned the monolithic storefront to a composable architecture. This shift provided the agility to adapt quickly to new requirements and even enabled innovative business models, such as processing IoT orders directly through the commerce platform.

To ensure a smooth transition, Zaelab engineered robust data consumption processes and carefully migrated business-critical operations, including active consumer subscriptions, without any revenue loss. The result was a scalable, future-ready commerce platform that set the stage for further digital enhancements.

Phase 2 — Single Sign-On (SSO) Implementation

With the platform in place, Zaelab next focused on streamlining access and improving user experience by implementing a SAML 2.0 Single Sign-On solution. This allowed employees, contractors, and B2B customers to authenticate via the company’s internal intranet and move seamlessly to designated commerce pages without re-entering credentials or losing session data. To accommodate all user types, the solution supported both SSO and traditional logins, ensuring secure, frictionless access for every audience.

Key Integrations

To simplify access and improve user experience across platforms, Zaelab integrated:

  • SAML 2.0 to enable Single Sign-On (SSO), allowing users to log in once through the company’s intranet and stay authenticated across designated commerce environments.
  • Active Directory as the system of record, ensuring secure and centralized user authentication across employee, contractor, and B2B customer groups.
  • IBM Tivoli to manage authentication and authorization policies within the broader enterprise infrastructure.

This integration stack delivered a frictionless and secure login experience, reduced drop-off at checkout, and unlocked deeper behavioral insights through trackable user sessions.

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The Result

✔ Faster, seamless logins across digital touchpoints

✔ Improved conversion rates through reduced friction

✔ Increased data visibility via session tracking and behavioral insights

✔ Accelerated time-to-value and zero downtime for over 2 million customers

✔ Enhanced user experience through customizable and secure authentication

Business Impact

By removing login barriers and enabling continuous sessions across platforms, the company delivers a frictionless buying experience for its internal teams and partner users. The new SSO framework reduced cart abandonment, increased login efficiency, and provided the foundation for richer customer insights through session tracking and data collection.

For businesses operating across multiple internal and partner channels, SSO is more than a convenience, it’s a strategic tool for accelerating conversions and understanding buyer behavior. With secure, trackable access in place, the company is now better equipped to make informed, data-driven decisions that enhance digital performance and customer satisfaction.

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