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COLLABRIA ENHANCES LEADING E-COMMERCE SOLUTION; ADMINISTRATOR
ALLOWS USERS TO CREATE OWN CATALOGS
SAN MATEO, CA -- March 14, 2000 -- Collabria today announced further enhancements
to its leading eCommerce solution, PrintCommerce(tm). The first set of
features extends the functionality of PrintCommerce eCatalog(tm) with
inventory ordering, tracking and management. In addition, Collabria is
releasing PrintCommerce Administrator(tm), a system designed to dramatically
expand the scalability of the Collabria solution.
Collabria's service-based system was developed to address the following problems that typical corporate print buyers face:
- Coordinating a print project with multiple team members, agencies and suppliers;
- Automating the procurement of catalogued items;
- Customizing print documents for 1-on-1 marketing;
- Decentralizing print purchasing while maintaining control;
- And, ensuring the integrity of production-ready documents.
Collabria addresses these problems with the following features:
- An on-line project management and tracking system with centralized project specs, automatic milestone alerts and job archiving;
- A customizable catalog for proofing and reordering templated documents with static and variable data;
- The ability to change specific data items on-the-fly then distribute on demand;
- Automatic routing of approvals, inventory management and on-line billing;
- Built-in technology to create and pass on to your printer production-ready files.
Together, these features make up Collabria's Intelligent Print Workplace(tm),
a system designed to integrate all functions and players, returning tangible
cost savings throughout the total print process.
With the addition of Inventory Management, the PrintCommerce eCatalog
streamlines and reduces the overall cost of print items that are distributed
and reprinted from inventory. The new Inventory Management features provide:
- Universal desktop access to print inventory items;
- Proactive notification of inventories reaching minimum requirements;
- Setup of automatic reorder points to prevent stock-outs;
- Automatic generation of reprint orders, including customer approval management and delivery of production-ready files that eliminate prepress activities.
All of this can be achieved without the expense and time associated with traditional ERP or custom software solutions.
PrintCommerce Administrator enables Collabria Partners -- printers and print resellers
- to create and manage custom eCatalogs. It gives partners the control and flexibility they need to streamline PrintCommerce administrative processes. This includes:
- Creation of new customer eCatalogs;
- Adding, changing, or deleting products in existing eCatalogs;
- Managing eCatalogs on a day-to-day basis including pricing, cost center and supplier;
- Setting up and maintaining product inventory control;
- Defining and capturing print procurement business rules.
This entire solution is available from anywhere 24 hours/day, seven days/week via a standard browser.
"We are absolutely committed to constantly enhancing our leading e-Commerce system," said Jean Nassar, Collabria's Chief Marketing Officer. "The primary reason our customers rely on us vs. developing in-house solutions is because of our ability to consistently add value through new features."
Contact: Brigitte Heiser, Collabria, Inc. T: 650-306-0777. E: bheiser@collabria.com . Or: Craig Kevghas, Public Relations, CPR Marketing. T: 978-392-8990. pr@collabria.com