Vista

Vista Computer Services, a division of Publishing Technology

Clients: 110+ publishers
Target Market: Sales $10M & up, USD
Languages: English, French
Web: www.vistacomp.com

Summary:

Vista is a leading ERP solution for medium to large book publishers. Their solution handles sales, inventory, marketing, ecommerce, royalties, production management, subscriptions and much more.

“VISTA supports publishers of all types in all sectors– trade, educational, professional, reference and academic– on 4 continents and in 14 countries. Customers range in size from small, privately held publishers with revenues of a few million up to many of the largest publicly quoted publishing companies in the world….

VISTA solutions have been adopted by hundreds of publishing organizations including eight of the ten largest worldwide publishers. Collectively, this key set of industry leaders has publishing revenues of almost $35 billion, representing over 40% of worldwide publishing industry wealth.

Bertelsmann - Groupe Lagardère SCA - News Corporation - Pearson - Reed Elsevier - The Thomson Corporation - Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck - Wolters Kluwer”

What sets apart Vista from its primary competitors; IBS Bookmaster and Klopotek, are two key features;

First, Vista is customizable. Whereas IBS Bookmaster and Klopotek pride themselves on utilizing standardized software Vista is more open to modify the software to meet the needs of individual book publishers.

Second, Vista is currently; as of June 2008, the leader in ecommerce and digital publishing. Large multinational organizations such as the BBC, OECD and the World Bank have selected Vista solutions to manage their digital publishing iniatives. Vista offers publishers a full menu of ecommerce options that includes turnkey website service; including design, hosting, converting products to digital format, digital warehouse, search engine optimization, and much more.

Vendor Information:

VISTA’s author2reader™ enterprise-wide applications framework is designed to meet the unique demands of the publishing industry at all stages of the publishing process.

The author2reader framework provides a modular approach that allows VISTA to assemble software components that meet the needs of individual publishers from a standard set of applications. The applications are supported by an array of specialized services, from implementation to consulting to applications hosting.

The author2reader framework centers on four key principles:

  1. A single product database, which consolidates and standardizes the information flow within the enterprise and the supply chain.
  2. A single customer database, which provides an authoritative source of customer information for data mining and can be accessed internally and by customers over the web.
  3. Appropriate third-party solutions that recognize the need to combine best-in-class solutions with VISTA world-class publishing applications.
  4. A publishing-specific information layer for comprehensive analysis and reporting across the enterprise.

author2reader components include:

  • Customer Care
  • Distribution
  • E-Commerce
  • Editorial
  • Financials
  • Fulfillment
  • Information Commerce Software
  • Product Information Management
  • Production Management
  • Publishing Intelligence
  • Rights and Royalties