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1. Kenton R. Coffman Division Vice President, Maritz Global Technology Services
2. AGENDA Introduction to Maritz Inc.
Technology: IT’s All Business
The Case for Content Management
Content Management Software
Gauss Integration
3. MARITZ Inc. Worldwide leaders in performance incentives, awards fulfillment, business travel, and custom marketing research.
4. About Maritz Inc. Privately held company, established 1894
Worldwide Headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri (Home of the RAMS!)
240 offices and locations worldwide
6000 employees
Annual sales of $1.3 billion
5. Maritz Performance Improvement Focus:
Achieving measurable business results, by helping improve the performance of a client’s sales and distribution partners, employees, and customers.
Services Include:
Learning systems
Loyalty marketing
Fulfillment services
7. Maritz Research Focus:
Delivering More Than Measurement® with a worldwide network of full-service marketing research, data collection, and analysis services.
Services Include:
Custom marketing research
Specialized automotive research
9. Maritz Travel Focus:
Being the best at delivering value to our clients on their global investment in travel and travel-related services.
Services Include:
Corporate travel management
Business meetings and special events
11. We Are E-xperienced! Developed and hosted 400+ client e-business sites
Extensive IT knowledge in fulfillment and operations practices
Certified web-based infrastructure
12. 28th overall - “most innovative tech users”
#1 in “Consulting and Business Services” category
Web Marketing Assoc.“Standard of Excellence” #13 eWeek’s Fast Track 500
I-Merchant Magazine Silver Award in B-to-B Soft Goods Category
St. Louis Business Award for “Most Informative Web Site” As I said previously, we have a long and successful history of implementing technology on our clients behalf…
In fact we were just recognized by PC Week’s “Fast Track” as a top innovator in IT to meet the challenges of e-business.As I said previously, we have a long and successful history of implementing technology on our clients behalf…
In fact we were just recognized by PC Week’s “Fast Track” as a top innovator in IT to meet the challenges of e-business.
13. Maritz Performance Improvement Company
14. Maritz Research Company
15. Maritz Travel Company
16. Video
17. Technology: IT’s All Business Improved & Standardized Client Project Proposals
Defines Project Scope
Site Map
Client Dependencies
Architectural Detail
User Environment Standards
Site Performance Specifications
23. Technology: IT’s All Business Improved Service Level Agreements
Level of Service vs. Profit
Understandable SLA vs. Legal
Focused on Monitoring, Response and Escalation
26. Technology: IT’s All Business Improved Project Change Management
Improved Tracking
Improved Notification
Improved Margins
29. The Case for CM 1996:
1 Internet and 1 intranet
2001:
19 Intranet sites
12 Corporate Internet site
400+ Client business/program sites
30. The Case for CM Situation #1 – Corporate Need:
Consolidate 12 corporate sites into single portal with 29 “views”
Provide “shared” resources internationally
Support “local control” of content under established design and brand rules
31. The Case for CM Situation #1 – Continued:
18,000 web pages
10,000 downloads available
32. The Case for CM Situation #2 – Client Services:
400+ Client web sites – live average 1 year
Development timeframe less than 8 weeks
Significant content changes 10 weeks post-deployment
Creative and “code” isolated via XML/XSL, java
Design and developers are co-located and perform tasks in parallel
Content authored with multiple tools and handled multiple times
33. Goals for CM Continue to improve client services, while decreasing cost
Improve “speed to market”
Improve collaboration and use of all resources – optimize!
Assure consistent, standard delivery
Expected cost savings… …translate to improved margins
34. Goals for CM Compatible with infrastructure
Compatible with internationalization
Open platform
Partnering
1 year ROI
35. Client Services Environment Client project teams
Internal and external “authors”
Web Development & Creative Web Design groups
Formal Web Quality Assurance group and environment
Corporate-owned hosting center
Intermedia Communications (ISP)
36. Gauss/Workflow Integration Content Authors
Maritz PM
Clients
FrontPage
37. Gauss/Workflow Integration Content Authors
Maritz PM
Clients
FrontPage
38. Gauss/Workflow Integration Content Authors
Maritz PM
Clients
FrontPage
39. Another Use of Gauss… Development and delivery of client proposals… via the web
Expect reduced cost and improved delivery
Will reuse of content via Maritz developed “site copy servlet”
Cost/labor to develop proposal becomes business cost… not IT cost!
40. Standard Proposal Template
41. Kenton R. Coffman Division Vice President, Maritz Global Technology Services