Jun 02, 2010 For the Australian marketing, distribution and sales organization for consumer magazines and professional reviews, News Direct Distribution (NDD), a complete ERP (enterprise resource planning) system was realized as a TYPO3 enterprise solution.

1. Special functions for business use:
Case study: News Direct-TYPO3
Relaunch with ERP Connecion
TYPO3 for Australia’s leading magazine distributor
Together with MassMedia Studios, AOE media has realized an enterprise solu-
tion, which combines ordering, invoicing, reporting and a connection to the cur-
rent ERP system. Thanks to the seamless blending of these two systems, the
entire management and processing of the News Direct Distribution’s product
distribution now runs on TYPO3.
Challenge
The News Direct Distribution re-launch project confronted the developers at
AOE media with some interesting challenges: a concept had to be technically
implemented that could manage and organize the orders, returns, invoicing and
deliveries of a host of magazine titles to roughly 9.000 associated outlets with-
out a hitch. NDD offers a choice of about 1,500 titles from 250 publishers to
newsagents, shops and kiosks.
• Specially adapted Frontend for the clear display of all current and
previous orders on an account;
• Return of defective or outdated product as well as re-ordering can all
be automatically handled by the system;
• Call-up of invoices and delivery notes from the “Redmap” DMS via a
custom-developed AP interface extension.
2009 Copyright by AOE media GmbH.
Our client, News Direct Distri-
bution, is entirely satisfied with
their new TYPO3 Enterprise Web
Content Management System.
In collaboration with the avail-
able system, this AOE media-
realized solution has resulted
in a genuine,complete product
management package under
TYPO3 operation.
Elmar Platzer,
Chief Operating Officer
MassMedia Studios Pty Ltd.

2. Solution
This intelligent enterprise solution, including website, was made possible
thanks to a large number of custom-programmed TYPO3 extensions. No less
than 3 separate systems had to be seamlessly integrated with one another:
the enterprise resource planning System “APPX”, the document management
system, “Redmap”, as well as the reporting solution “Crystal Reports”. This
means that the entire sales, marketing, ordering, storage record, disposition
and distribution of the many titles in stock now run through the APPX-Server.
The ERP server’s databank also synchronizes with the TYPO3 server’s MySQL
databank. These databanks are connected with one another and accessed via
specially adapted extensions. All data sets: magazine titles, client information,
follow-up orders and new orders, as well as the display of defective stock; are
available on both the TYPO3 databank and the ERP. Storage comparisons to
facilitate orders, re-orders or return of stock from customers are taken care
of during overnight automatic synchronization of the data sets on both servers.
All orders can now be independently activated by the relevant newsagent
or shop. The previously unreliable business and contact model via tele-
phone has been superseded by a fully automated, easy-to-use and secure
TYPO3 system. This enables not only a vastly improved client service but
also results in significant cost reductions.
News Direct
MAgazines
are our
business.
About NDD:
News Direct Distribution is
Australia’s leading marketing,
distribution and sales organiza-
tion for the consumer magazine
sector. NDD is a member of the
Print Media Group (IPMG) and
works out of Alexandria.
AOE media is the world market leader for TYPO3 Enterprise Web CMS
solutions. With several hundred client references, including Bertels-
mann, Cisco Systems, congstar/Telekom and VMware and more than
200 custom-developed TYPO3 extensions to its credit, AOE media
boasts an impressive list of completed projects. For further informa-
tion: www.aoemedia.com.
AOE media GmbH
Borsigstr. 3
65205 Wiesbaden
Germany
Tel.: +49 (0) 6122 70 70 7-0
Fax: +49 (0) 6122 70 70 7-199
Web: www.aoemedia.com
E-mail: postbox@aoemedia.com
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