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Agenda. What are we facing ? What is Adam ? More with WWW Who uses it ? The future Q&A. CMYK Prints. Scanner. Web, monitor. Digital camera. Plotter. CD. Printer. Wire service. New transparency. Image file. Image file. 1, 2,. How it started!. Today!. Today/Tomorrow!.
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Agenda • What are we facing ? • What is Adam ? • More with WWW • Who uses it ? • The future • Q&A
CMYK Prints Scanner Web, monitor Digital camera Plotter CD Printer Wire service New transparency Image file Image file 1, 2,... How it started! Today! Today/Tomorrow!
Consequences: 40% of all files in a ”system” are duplicates 20% of all files can be re-used without modifications 30% of all files can be re-used with minor modifications 80 times per week the ”layouter” spents time in searching... 3 hours per week per person are waisted on file administration 3,5 hours per week per person are waisted on transferring files These numbers come from the GISTICS Media Asset Management Report dated 1999 ! Today, it is even worse !
WAP WEB/ e-business Prints PowerPoint Central Database Plotter Local Color-printer New physical originals Image file The solution: Scanner Digital camera CD Wire image Image file
Seen in processes: • Bring order out of chaos... • Automate processes... • Trace & log all activities... CONTROL YOUR DIGITAL SUPPLY CHAIN BUSINESS PROCESS CONTROL MEDIA MANAGEMENT ORDER OUT OF CHAOS PRODUCTION GRAPHIC PRODUCTIVITY TOOL
DTP Office ... Browser Middleware Middleware CRM ERP Integrate with the existing: No extra “tools & interfaces” for the users Front-end Back-end No additional programming No modifications in security
What is Adam ? • Asset Management System • Guided searches:
Language versions Basket: Used assets within Where used Direct download What is Adam ? • Asset Management System • Mosaic result (or list view)
What is Adam ? • Asset Management System • Collect assets in baskets to order in bulk (FTP, CD-ROM,...)
What is Adam ? • Asset Management System • Collect assets in baskets to edit meta data in bulk
What is Adam ? • Adam is also: • No limits on meta-data (no limits on n° of attributes, nor length of content)
Link to other assets What is Adam ? • Adam is also: • Special attributes e.g Link-attribute...
Auto-Link with other Databases on attribute-level What is Adam ? • Adam is also: • Special attributes e.g Query-attribute
Search for Jeep and brochure 2002 What is Adam ? • Adam is also: • Keyword searches on any word in the meta-data (also content of PDF, Quark, InDesign, Word, PPT,...)
Word Jeep was found in the content of this QXD-file What is Adam ? • Adam is also: • Keywords are matched against document content, making meta-data obsolete in some cases
What is Adam ? • Adam is also: • Automatic mirror of directory structures on servers and MIS-systems
What is Adam ? • Adam is also: • Workflow via status attributes, keeping the history of changes on this attribute
What is Adam ? • Adam is also: • Customer specific interfaces via SDK (software development kit)
Adam = More with WWW • Track & Trace Overviews via web-interfaces • Online document corrections/translations • Template driven document-building
More with WWW • Track & Trace Overviews via web-interface:
More with WWW • Online document corrections/translations
More with WWW • Online document corrections/translations
More with WWW • Online document corrections/translations
More with WWW • Online document corrections/translations
More with WWW • Online document corrections/translations
More with WWW • Online document corrections/translations
More with WWW • Online document corrections/translations
More with WWW • Automatic document-creation
More with WWW • Automatic document-creation
More with WWW • Automatic document-creation
More with WWW • Automatic document-creation
More with WWW • Automatic document-creation
More with WWW • Automatic document-creation
More with WWW • Automatic document-creation
More with WWW • Automatic document-creation
Who uses Adam ? Account Excecs Customers FileServer Adam DataBase DTP Multimedia Management Everyone in & outside the company !
Who uses Adam ? • AE’s • Job creation in MIS is communicated to Adam through JDF, after which Adam prepares the job on the file-server. • Quickly retrieve historical data: (eg using free-text query: Corolla and 3d and 1997) • Small corrections and translations in the native document via a web-browser, without any DTP-operators involved
Who uses Adam ? • Customers: • Get the right image in the right resolution and fileformat
Who uses Adam ? • DTP • Full text or “guided search” • 1-click DTP-operations from the database (also status workflow) • Auto-pagination for catalogs (see QT-movie)
Who uses Adam ? • Multimedia • Get the images in the right resolution and file format, through “predefined choices”
Perfecte IDA • Management • Follow-up activity via Track&Trace • Get all kinds of reports and logging
The future... • Microsoft Office Plug-ins • Office-users can access the adam-environment from within Word, Powerpoint, Excel, Mail, etc. The chosen asset is inserted with 1-click. No more copy/paste between apps. • RSS-feeds • RSS or Real Simple Syndication, keeps you up-to-date with any changes in the database. • Single Sign On / Virtual workplace • Support of Active Directory and WebDav: only 1 login in the “domain”. • DRM (Digital Rights Management)
Who is behind Adam? • AlfaPrint N.V. • N.V. funding capital of 150.000 Euros • Team of 10, 7 on the payroll, 3 free-lancers • 2 Civil engineers • 3 Industrial engineers • Adam is the only product, so 100% focus • Financially very healthy company • Adam is now 4 years in the market and is “mature” • Exhaustive reference list with “big” names
Price indications? • Adam basic-system • Standard interface ± 50.000 € • Users, depending on profileand numbers ± 20.000 € • Extra Modules • InDesign connector (catalogues) ± 30.000 € • Document builder (Stihl) ± 20.000 € + users • QXP Document Editor (Koramic) ± 35.000 € + users • Workflow Tracking ± 30.000 € + setup • Prices for indication use only. Cheapest system ever sold was 25.000 €, Most expensive ever sold was+ 300.000