Conventional office apps don’t help a lot. They’re one-user, one-format applications - fine for producing solo documents in a single format.
But if your workflow involves multiple authors and reviewers and distribution in multiple formats, you may soon find that these applications are working against you, creating bottlenecks and inefficiencies.
Shared planning spaces keep everyone on the same page and allow progress to be monitored at a glance.
Eidosmedia enterprise CMS platforms have transformed the operations of organizations in areas from global banking and media to logistics and the US public sector.
| Standard working | Smart working | |
|---|---|---|
| Planning and coordinating | ||
| Planning and coordinating | Teamwork involves messaging and phoning. Monitoring of progress, ditto. | Team members work in a shared planning space and receive tasks and materials automatically. Progress is visible in real time. |
| Serial vs. parallel working | ||
| Serial vs. parallel working | Multi-user editing clumsy and unpredictable. | Several users can work on the same componentized document - cutting time-to-delivery |
| Reusing materials | ||
| Reusing materials | Involves cutting and pasting and duplicate copies – problems of aligning versions. | New documents can re-use parts of existing documents. Every component is aligned and up-to-date |
| Inserting images and other media | ||
| Inserting images and other media | Media needs tweaking to fit formats. | Media reformats automatically in every location and output channel. |
| Multichannel delivery | ||
| Multichannel delivery | Multiple output destinations mean manual repurposing | All documents are multi-channel ready from initial creation and publish with one click |
A global ratings agency uses a staff of 1700 analysts and coordinators located in 19 different countries to produce around 4000 items of financial research each month.
Reports are distributed in digital formats via the organization’s websites and mobile apps, as well as in PDF format for printing , mailing and download.
In its home market of Germany Deutsche Post delivers postal and banking services through a network of 15,000 post office 'corners' in partner retail premises.
The headquarters in Bonn uses an EidosMedia platform to deliver a range of content from magazines and bulletins to online training courses and manuals.
Formatting and scheduling are handled automatically allowing headquarters staff to concentrate on the strategic management of the network.