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Innovations in Cross-Media PublishingAn
Implementation Case Study From the Manufacturing
Sector
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Intro

• Dana VanDen Heuvel Director, Sales Technology
  Web Operations, KI Companies
• 700M contract furniture manufacturing company
• Unique Go-To-Market model (Distribution)
• Previously re-purposing and re-creating content
• Case Study of the COPA Concept adoption process

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Agenda

• What are we trying to accomplish?
• Whats The Message?
• Producers Consumers Apps
• The Great Migration
• Migration Vehicles
• Value Added

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Objectives!
Make or save money

• Single version of the truth
• Minimize 2x and 3x work on same content
• Consistent branding message
• Serve distinct core market segments
• Serve unique user groups
• Customers End Users
• Sales Force Internal

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Barriers to Accomplishment

• People 85
• Management buy-in
• Resistance to change
• Perceptions of ownership
• Buy-in to cause
• Technology 15
• Buy it, build on it, implement/execute

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The Message - Content

• Marketing Copy
• Brochures
• Website
• Price Lists
• Partner Catalogs
• CAD Symbols
• 3 formats
• Unique user apps
• Engineering Documents
• Environmental Data
• Manufacturing Specs
• Product Specifications

• Imagery
• Stock photos
• One-off renderings
• Custom Products
• Pricing Data
• Project Mgmt Data
• Leads/Customer Intel

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Macro View
Appliances/Applications
Creators
Consumers
PRINT MEDIA
Vendors
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Micro View
Creators
Consumers
Content
Design
Manufacturing
Content
Marketing
Sales Reps
Content
E-Library(CAD)
Architects
Create many, publish somewhere
PRINT MEDIA
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The Facts of Life

• There will always be disparate data sources
• There will always be unique content databases
• Implementation is one thing Adoption is another
• Bodies and bureaucracy are not options
• ROI is not an iceberg issue

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The Great Migration

• Mission, objectives, cause
• Cross-functional proj. team everyone has
  deliverables
• Preponderance of customer need
• Communication

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The Great Migration 2
CRM
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Spec PricingCAD
DesignStudio
Quark (all print!)
Consumers
Design
Website, brochures, RFP
Manual Process
Web
MrktgImages
Object Publisher
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The Great Migration 3
CRM
Design
CADMrktgSpecImagesPricingWeb
Any App
Web Services(IBM Web Sphere)(Microsoft)
Consumers
Vendors
Object Publisher
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Value Added

• Headcount reallocation
• Focus on incremental value add
• Time for innovation
• B2B top 100 websites
• Low WIZMO/WIZMI factor
• Customers and Field Sales

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Lessons Learned

• More than a business case
• 85 people, 15 technology
• Consider all customer touch points
• Manage laterally, and vertically
• Were still learning!

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Innovations in Cross-Media PublishingAn
Implementation Case Study From the Manufacturing
Sector