PlanSystem4 was designed from the outset to boost productivity, save time and increase profitability for magazine and catalog publishers, as well as the creative services that feed them. The latest, fourth-generation, is modulair and scaleable, with advanced capabilities for planning, production control and cross media digital workflow. It streamlines processes, manages assets and optimizes resources by enabling communication and collaboration between everybody in the production workflow.
With PlanSystem4 it is easy to:
This functionality is provided by three intuitive software modules – Edition Planning, Production Control and Workflow – supported by a host of backgrounds tools and automated routines for day-to-day administration and interconnectivity.
In addition, PlanSystem Services forms the heart of the system – a software core, built on 20 years of operational experience, which ensures optimum working efficiency for the entire workflow community.Total flexibility
Total flexibility
PlanSystem4 is totally open and incorporates universal interfaces, which allows integration with standard desktop applications, such as those from Adobe®, Quark®, Microsoft® and others.
This flexibility allows you, for example, to work with both InDesign® and QuarkXPress® pages in one edition and also to migrate your production from older copy editing and page layout applications when new capabilities are required.Proven Technology
Proven Technology
PlanSystem4 has already made a difference to endless magazine publishers, catalog retailers and communications companies. Feedback from nearly 350 installations is constantly reviewed to shape the capabilities of future products and ensure their suitability for companies with from 5 to a couple of 1000 seats.
Gwen Wylie - Hachette Filipacchi Media
"PlanSystem has been very well received by the editorial groups. Once people see it, they get it, and they get excited about it."
Laura Capasso – Reader’s Digest
"We always get the ‘personal touch’ from the Van Gennep team as well as comprehensive training and ongoing support."
Ben Petersen – Programmabladen AKN
"What is more Van Gennep’s ability to evolve the system together with our ICT department has made it a truly customized solution."
"We have enjoyed a very happy marriage with PlanSystem since 2001, and are still enjoying the system's benefits - the time saved and the elimination of costly mistakes have been invaluable to our business."
Oliver Wagener – Bauer Verlagsgruppe
"We needed to replace or upgrade QPS. For the price of a domestic system, we were able to get a global one."
Raimo Moysa - Reader’s Digest
"Since installation of PlanSystem, tracking the status of magazines is now much easier."
"It's been a good partnership from the beginning."
"Our company ethos is ‘creativity over technology’ and PlanSystem certainly helps us stay true to this."
"PlanSystem supports the entire production chain and injects bottom-line efficiencies into the process, from capturing the initial idea for an article to sending final print-ready PDF’s to the printer."
"Van Gennep was very flexible and responsive to our needs, which included integration with our other systems."
"With PlanSystem’s PlanMaker Hachette Filipacchi has experienced massive timesavings."
"We wanted something that allowed us to be collaborative without having to be in the same physical location."
"Van Gennep’s close working relationship with our industry has provided all the answers for AKN."
