SAP NETWEAVER MDM. Info Update Product Content Management/ Print and Publishing

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1 This document contains intended strategies, developments and/or functionality and is not intended to be binding upon SAP to any particular course of business, product strategy and/or development. Please note that this document is subject to change and may be changed by SAP at any time without notice. SAP NETWEAVER MDM Info Update Product Content Management/ Print and Publishing SAP AG 2007, SAP NetWeaver MDM RCPM/Print - Info Update / 1

2 The RPCM Solution Including Publication and Print Cycle Web Print Benefits at a glance Cost saving Time saving Single source of truth Error-free, assured quality from the start Automated product layouts at highest level of consistency across all content Maximum re-usability Multiple publication channels High-quality end-to-end process with maximum reusability Data source Consolidation and product-based layout definition Layout Finalization OCI Publication SAP AG 2007, SAP NetWeaver MDM RCPM/Print - Info Update / 2

3 Attracting Today s Market The rich product-content management approach appears to be revolutionary to today s production processes. But it is not about replacing established network channels, it s about attracting the market and involving production experts in a controlled, streamlined and quality-driven publication and print cycle. Page-oriented print publishing market today Cost intensive Time consuming Great vulnerability to error Late error detection Only static, non-traceable quality checks Very little re-usability with high risk of error MDM-RPCM reconciliation strategy MDM Publisher Combine product orientation with page orientation (... and make DTP publishers feel at home) Product-oriented MDM-RPCM approach Cost saving Time saving Single source of truth Error-free, assured quality from the start Automated product layouts at highest level of consistency across all content Maximum re-usability SAP AG 2007, SAP NetWeaver MDM RCPM/Print - Info Update / 3

4 New Component: MDM Publisher MDM Publisher brings product orientation down to page level, which dramatically increases market acceptance. The MDM Publisher speaks the customer s language (page-orientation). Key Features Determine exact family ordering on pages, spreads and within publication before handing over to DTP Ensure correct positioning of family objects in relation to page, spread and/or other families Paginate document before handing over to DTP Publish content to DTP by spread, page or publication Allow exact geometry and x/y object positioning/sizing Enable DTP compatible keyboard shortcuts to accelerate production Provide special character style tagging SAP AG 2007, SAP NetWeaver MDM RCPM/Print - Info Update / 4

5 RPCM/Print Publishing Current Enhancements RPCM/Print Publishing Enhancements as of SP04 MDM 5.5 SP04 Enhance MDM Publisher usage Multilingual catalog publication (single catalogue in several languages) Overall performance optimization (enhanced background and front-end usability) Snapshot reconciliation to distinguish notion of publication vs. underlying catalog data Automate production of publications Templates for graphical layout of a presentation Auto-pagination (with optimum presentation layout according to page) This document contains intended strategies, developments and/or functionality and is not intended to be binding upon SAP to any particular course of business, product strategy and/or development. Please note that this document is subject to change and may be changed by SAP at any time without notice. SAP AG 2007, SAP NetWeaver MDM RCPM/Print - Info Update / 5

6 RPCM/Print Publishing Current Enhancements RPCM/Print Publishing Enhancements as of SP05 Automate production of publications Improved templates Layout production tools - Rulers/Guides Enhance MDM Publisher usage/operation Multi-user concurrency - Locking/Check in/out Stability and performance optimization Snapshot reorganization and UI improvements Enhance Image Management/Usage Batch custom variant load/replace Image searching UI improvements Unique Name Field Improve image size display in MDM Publisher/DTP Optimize document updating Batch refresh for multiple DTP documents Data update indicator - change reporting Enhance text editing capabilities Font/Type corrections Record Set Publishing Create single item publication nodes Set item ordering and table layout at root node MDM 5.5 SP05 This document contains intended strategies, developments and/or functionality and is not intended to be binding upon SAP to any particular course of business, product strategy and/or development. Please note that this document is subject to change and may be changed by SAP at any time without notice. SAP AG 2007, SAP NetWeaver MDM RCPM/Print - Info Update / 6