DIALOG – the central production control station

Success on the newspaper market depends increasingly on whether production processes can be made more efficient. Reliability, quality and a high degree of automation are the basis for all such considerations. DIALOG provides all the required tools. The complete production system incorporates page planning, production tracking and production control, ad production, preflight checks, logo management, ad make-up as well as XML interfaces for importing and exporting articles and ads.

DIALOG – with its integrated product planning and production control features – is the central production control station. Together with DIALOG Editor and DIALOG Advertising, it provides the ideal foundation for universal and comprehensive newspaper production. The depth of integration of DIALOG ensures an optimised and transparent workflow throughout every stage of production. This means there is no need for complex interfaces and expensive auxiliary systems.

Fully integrated operation, production tracking that updates automatically and colour checking are the prerequisites for a successfully running production control station. Dynamic deadline management also provides visual and up-to-the-minute support for on-time production and page exposure.

Printing and exposing can be carried out in the background via a server process and released pages are thereby exposed automatically. If problems arise, system activities are generated for a predefined user or a user group.

The integrated message system facilitates communication during production. Messages can be sent quickly and easily to DIALOG users at any time. In addition, it is also possible to see which staff members can currently be contacted via the system.