PlanSystem3
Unprecedented Function Integration
PlanSystem3 is a unique and proven planning, collaborative workflow and process management system for magazine publishers, catalogers, ad agencies and others in the communications industry. Developed with your needs in mind, this third generation system enables communication among multiple departments to reliably facilitate enterprise-wide collaboration – boosting productivity, timesavings and profitability.
Using PlanSystem3, you can:
- Know the status of every job on every page in every edition in real time, 24/7
- Share and manage content across geography and multiple departments, including marketing, advertising, editorial, production and prepress
- Improve deadline accountability and avoid costly overtime charges
- Support a globally dispersed workforce with remote viewing and approvals capability, as well as synchronizing efforts of multiple locations
Unparalleled Flexibility
PlanSystem3 offers a level of flexibility previously unattainable in the media and communications industries. It’s open and universal to easily integrate with your standard desktop applications, including Adobe® InDesign®, InCopy®, QuarkXPress®, QuarkCopyDesk®, Microsoft® Word® and others. With PlanSystem3, you can work with both InDesign® and QuarkXPress® pages in one edition, allowing you to painlessly transition from previous systems – ranging from page layout and copy editing applications all the way to enterprise-wide workflow management systems.
Core Capabilities
- Workflow management
- Schedule, assignment, resource management
- Editorial environment control
- Visual presentation of ad/edit space ratios
- Easy integration with varying desktop applications
- Leveraging of point applications
- Extended query functionality
- Version control and history
- Strong reporting capabilities
- Flat planning for editorial/production
Proven Technology
PlanSystem3 has been successfully deployed worldwide at more than 160 magazines, catalogs and other communications companies, with users ranging from less than 10 to more than 530 connections.
