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Paris is a well-proven Variable Data Publishing (VDP) solution which is employed by thousands of organisations across more than 50 countries. It was designed to help organisations improve the way they send business, transactional and marketing communications to their customers, partners and suppliers. Paris is a solution that allows organisations to turn data into powerful revenue generating and/or cost saving activities.

Extending the functionality and integrating with virtually any host system/application (e.g. ERP, CRM, SCM, Financial systems, HRM, Mainframe, Unix, & ISV applications), Paris is a windows-based application that takes data from these applications and converts it into dynamic, professional looking electronic documents which can then be intelligently distributed based on various conditions (e.g. emailed, printed, faxed, archived, or any combination). Additionally, with fully automated workflow, Paris allows organisations to automate the entire communication process resulting in quicker design, distribution, and response times of key business and transaction documents.

Organisations invest a lot of time, effort and cost developing and managing key business process and the applications that support these processes. Unfortunately, many organisations forget to focus on the quality and process of how these systems and processes generate and disseminate key business documents and communications to their customers, suppliers, and partners (e.g. invoices, PO’s, statements, marketing campaigns, letters, etc). As a result, many organisations send out poor looking communications in inefficient and ineffective ways to their customers, suppliers, and partners. This can lead to issues such as long order-to-cash and procure-to-pay cycles, high operational costs, lost revenue possibilities, and a potentially damaging effect on company image due to poor looking business documents and communications.

Paris was therefore designed to address this issue by offering a complimentary solution which integrates with existing processes and applications and revolutionises the way organisations communicate with their customers, suppliers and partners.

The collective term in the industry for what the Paris solution does is Variable Data Publishing (VDP). In simple terms, VDP is the creation of personalised communications by merging data imported from a host system or database into pre-designed forms, which is then published via a range of cross-media options (email, fax, archive, print, web).

> Transactional documents - e.g. invoices, statements, PO's, results, applications, shipping dockets, policies, results, claims, etc
> Trans-promotional communications - using transaction documents to send targeted, relevant and personalised marketing and advertising campaigns
> Personalised marketing campaigns - personalised and targeted direct mail, postcards, coupons, flyers
> Miscellaneous variable data applications - labels, pricelists, barcodes, packing slips, business cards, personalised books, etc.

> Sell more products/services by sending targeted marketing messages based on customer's purchasing patterns
> Respond to market changes quickly and efficiently
> Generate advertising revenue by charging suppliers to advertise on transaction documents (invoices, PO's, statement, etc.)
> Reduce order-to-cash and procure-to-pay cycles by reducing lead and response times of transaction documents

> Automate key business processes
> Remove legacy printing devices and associated costs (maintenance, pre-printed stationery, peripherals, etc)

- Leverage existing IT infrastructure and investment
- Improve company image - send professional looking communications in efficient and effective ways
- Comply to regulatory requirements of transactional documents (e.g. archival of documents)
- Drive customer, partner, and supplier satisfaction by sending relevent information in relevant ways

Being platform agnostic and inter-operable with almost every IT application, Paris is a great solution for any vertical market, small or large sized organisation, or low-to-high volumes of output and complexity. Paris has been installed into almost every type of vertical market through the world, including (but not limited to):

> Finance and Insurance
> Telecommunications
> Media and Publishing
> Retail and Manufacturing
> Public sector (government, health, education)
> Service Bureaus

The other benefit of Paris is it drives value to all audiences within an organisation. A CFO or finance manager for example, would gain considerable value from the improvements Paris can offer in financial management such as order-to-cash and procure-to-pay cycles. The IT department now have a simple, yet robust solution where they can significantly extend the value of IT applications and infrastructure. The other audience who are demanding solutions like Paris are sales and marketing managers. Marketing managers are constantly looking at ways to develop more sophisticated marketing campaigns which to drive better response rates and lead generation. Paris delivers this level of sophistication, and more!

Paris Business are XLPrint's latest (5th) generation VDP technology. XLPrint F5 technology is the underlying technology driving these solutions. Focusing on sophistication with simplicity, this product set offers a toolset for customers to build powerful variable data appliatons. The main characteristics of the products include:

> Platform agnostic - compatible with any back-end system
> Double Byte technology for working with, and printing in any language
> Multi-language interface (GUI) support
> Simple to use - template driven application
> Familiar Designer with PDF import capabilities
> Supports all common data sources - flat files (raw data), CSV, ODBC connectivity
> Full Automation and Workflow (Paris Business only)
> Electronic output - email, fax, archive/web
> Dynamic Output with Conditional logic - depending on data, different documents/ pages delivered in different ways, to different people.
> Optimised output for volume printing
> Suitable for all VDP applications

> Platform agnostic - compatible with any back-end systems
> XLPrint's production-class VDP solution
> Added input capabilities - Xerox LCDS
> Full Automation and Workflow
> Electronic output - email, fax, archive/web
> Sophisticated dynamic output with conditional logic and processing
> Optimised output high volume printing
> Suitable for high end and/or sophisticated VDP requirements

Paris is a sophisticated, robust, yet simple to use and a cost effective solution allowing organisations to extend the value of thier back-end systems and processes to reduce operational costs, improve revenue streams and cash flow, and improve customer, partner, and supplier satisfaction.

Paris would be an ideal solution for so many customer requirements. From adhoc variable data requirement ( such as labels and coupons), through to sophisticated trans-promotional applications being printed in the millions, the Paris suite of products is an ideal for all.

If you are based in the Asia Pacific region and would like too receive more information about XLPrint's offerings, please contact:

XLPrint Asia Pacific
Suite 103/ 220 Pacific Highway,
Crows Nest, NSW,
Australia, 2065