PSS Overview
 
 
What is the PSS Creation Tool?
 
JohnsonDiversey’s Product Sales Support Creation Tool is a user friendly, password protected, internet driven system designed to facilitate the production of quality brochure material without the need for external creative agencies or graphic studios.
 
JDPSS consists of a number of templates custom built for master editors covering different product portfolios or other documents.
 
It creates brochure artwork in Adobe Acrobat pdf file format in either A4 or US letter format.  These pdfs have been optimised to produce quality results which can be used for both internal (laser/desk jet or internal print department) or external (digital or litho) printing - particularly useful (and cost effective) if larger quantities are required (see printing).
 
What are the benefits of using this tool?
 
The tool is simple and quick to use – as it uses browser technology it’s already on your desktop!  Using preformatted templates means that without any desk top publishing skills, editors can create artwork within minutes just by typing and selecting items from simple drop down menu boxes.
 
No creative agencies - this saves money and as the results can be seen in minutes, this also saves time. Artwork is instantly available for printing. Plus once a pdf master has been created, it can be copied and localised easily - again without the involvement of creative or translation agencies.  
 
Why should you use it?
 
We are all trying to increase efficiency and reduce costs without sacrificing quality. When it comes to producing a number of sales support materials, this tool can help to achieve all three of these objectives by:
 
Lowering production costs
 
  • No need to use creative agencies for design work
  • No need to use creative agencies for initial typesetting
  • No need to use creative agencies to make those minor (but costly) word changes that can sometimes happen when the agency did not fully understand the copy that you supplied them or if addresses or tel numbers change.
  • No need to ask creative agencies to make a pdf for you so that you can share it with team members to get their comments – the finished result is a pdf.
 
Decreasing production time
 
  • Master / local editors control the speed of creation – artwork can be created in minutes
  • No need for iterative emails to and from agencies – proofing is done on line
  • Gaining automatic approval that each brochure conforms to Corporate Identity Standard.
  • Each template has been created by G.C.S. so that you can be assured that any output meets agreed global brand integrity standards.
  • Giving more print options – automatically.
  • A pdf can be made in either A4 or US letter format. They are optimized for either internal or external printing. You decide how and where to get it printed and if you want a color bleed to the edge or not.
  • Sharing best practice - Once an English master has been created, this can be used by other OpCos to produce their own localized versions.
  • No translation or creative agency costs are incurred – everything is done on line.
  • Once a non English speaking country has created their own localized version, this can be downloaded if needed by other countries.

 
 
Generated: 29/03/2006   |   Modified: 18/10/2006