Educational publisher Pearson, US, and IBS, Sweden, have signed an agreement for the installation of the latter's publishing and book distribution solution, IBS Bookmaster, in four European countries. IBS is a leading provider of business systems for specific industries such as publishing and book distribution, pharmaceutical distribution, electronics, paper and the automotive industry.
Pearson first installed IBS Bookmaster, a software solution designed specifically for publishers and book distributors, in Australia in 1991. Based on its positive experiences from their relationship with IBS in Asia, Australasia and Africa, the company has decided to expand the installation of the software to include four additional locations in Europe. This includes Benelux, Spain and Poland. The planned installation includes software, services and hardware with a total value of Euro 4.5 million.
Currently, the software is in use at Pearson's publishing and book distribution operations in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, India and South Africa, with Korea and Taiwan scheduled to go live in 2008 and Japan in 2009. Overall, 260 concurrent users will use IBS Bookmaster, which covers everything from editorial and book production, to distribution, warehouse management, e-commerce, business intelligence and royalties.
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