STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has launched Klopotek's PPM (Product Planning and Management) system for the first group of their Science and Technology book titles in the US, the UK, and India. Klopotek PPM replaced the existing software systems with a centralised database solution integrating the classical publishing business with innovative business models in the areas of electronic products and content delivery.
Once the global rollout of PPM has been completed, a total of 1,000 users around the globe will be working with Klopotek's centralised database solution that integrates XML technology with Klopotek's extensive experience as the preferred software provider to the publishing industry. This combined business and technology model has been designed to support Elsevier's complex and unique business processes worldwide.
Elsevier's Electronic Warehouse, a central archival storage system for all electronic production content, is now seamlessly connected to PPM. PPM delivers all required metadata from title management and production to the Electronic Warehouse and receives status and update information from Elsevier's suppliers. As a result, PPM and the Electronic Warehouse function as the technical backbone of Elsevier's automated global supplier communication.
PPM is now Elsevier's title database for more than 40 different kinds of promotion material created by using Klopotek's XML catalog tool, as well as for the automated ONIX XML product export feeds that are delivered to more than 50 external recipients worldwide. Comprehensive information will ensure data and product integrity and reduce duplication of efforts through central development and control.
Additional rollouts of PPM are planned to be completed by June 2009 in order to accomplish the global rollout for all Science & Technology and Health Science book titles published by Elsevier.
