Georg Thieme Publishing Group (Intranet)
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To improve the maintenance and management processes, Thieme Publishing Group relaunched their intranet platform using Infopark CMS Fiona. Greater flexibility enables the editorial staff to control the entire publication process more thoroughly. |
Thieme Publishing Group
Thieme Publishing Group is a major specialized media company in Germany focussing on medical publications. The group includes an association of publishers as well as a health care service provider and a media agency.
Relaunch of the Intranet
The publishing company runs an intranet since 2001. It is one of the employees’ favorite tools, which is impressively confirmed by approximately 20,000 page hits per month at that time. This was reason enough to optimize its attractiveness and to relaunch the intranet presence with Infopark CMS Fiona four years later.
Anne-Katrin Döbler, spokeswoman, gives the following reasons for the decision in favor of the new system: “The introduction of Infopark CMS Fiona enables the intranet editorial staff to create, modify, and submit content in an easy and uncomplicated way. Furthermore, every employee may now maintain her personal profile individually. This improves the topicality and the relevance of search results returned by the people search function which is part of our intranet.”
Convenient Functions on the Intranet
Infopark realized an entry page that includes latest news and information. The employees can subscribe to the news relevant to them individually. For this, an RSS feed for all press releases was integrated.
Additionally, Infopark has set up a single sign-on solution. This was a precondition the system had to fulfill since the employees were to have immediate access to the CMS after logging into their system.
The CMS comes with five languages for its user interface from which an editor can choose her preferred one in her personal settings.
The multi-language intranet presence is based on a unique corporate design. It also includes a printing style sheet (CSS) for printing only the main content of an intranet page.
Seek and You Shall Find
Based on their Search Cartridge, Infopark realized an extensive search function. Next to the full-text search, an employee search function was integrated into the intranet of Georg Thieme Publishing. This people search helps every employee to find their colleagues by personal details, telephone numbers, or fields of work. Personal data is organized and can be accessed in the form of compact profiles.
Marketplace on the Intranet
The integrated marketplace makes it possible for the employees to place classified advertisements on the intranet. Personal things can be sold, given away, or rent, ‘wanted items’ adverts can be published. “This area is very popular and is often used by our employees. This indicates that everyone is able to quickly and easily enter information into the CMS.”, Anne-Katrin Döbler explains.
