Ensuring Reliable Vehicle and Industrial Inspection Systems with Keysight Eggplant
Case Studies
DEKRA Automobil GmbH is a global leader in testing, inspection, and certification, operating mission-critical digital systems that support tens of thousands of vehicle and industrial inspections every day. These systems underpin a significant share of DEKRA’s revenue and must remain reliable despite frequent software releases, operating system upgrades, and third-party updates. Faced with the end-of-life of its existing test automation tool and an imminent migration to Windows 11, DEKRA was required to fully replace its automation framework within a single year—without compromising quality or business continuity.
To meet this challenge, DEKRA adopted Keysight Eggplant as a technology-agnostic test automation platform capable of validating complex end-to-end workflows across desktop, web, and API-based applications. With support from Keysight’s Guided Adoption programme, the automation team rebuilt its entire test suite using a modular, reusable architecture. The resulting solution now includes 174 automated test cases covering approximately 90% of critical paths, executed in parallel across multiple systems under test and supporting two simultaneous release cycles.
The introduction of Eggplant significantly reduced ongoing test maintenance effort, improved collaboration within the automation team, and delivered stable, repeatable regression coverage for a high-risk production environment where system downtime can result in substantial financial and reputational damage. Looking ahead, DEKRA plans to expand its automation coverage further, automate new vehicle inspection solutions, and introduce Eggplant User Performance Monitoring to enhance visibility into system performance.