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Connacht Tribune Group order End to End solutions from IPA Systems Ltd.
 
The Connacht Tribune Group, based in Galway
since 1909, publishers of the Connacht Tribune, City Tribune and The
Connacht Sentinel, have placed orders for a full end-to-end system from
IPA Systems Ltd.
The front-end order comprised of an 11-seat Sales.WORKS_Lite system
for advert order entry. Sales.WORKS_Lite has evolved from the highly
successful Sales.WORKS advertising booking system and after stringent
investigation proved to provide all the requirements of the Connacht
Tribune Group at a highly competitive cost. A bi-directional interface
to the Input accounts system will also be provided in a joint project
with Trojan Ltd of Boyle, Co. Roscommon.
MEIs AdForce and PageDirector CLS, supplied and installed by IPA will
be used for RoP and Classified pagination. Using the IPA QuarkXtension
FlowWORKS, plans created in AdForce will be automatically separated
into individual Quark pages to be worked on by the production and editorial
departments. As booked RoP advertising is completed it will automatically
be tracked into the planned position. View.WORKS will be used by production
and editorial management to monitor the progress of page production.
The 30-seat Edit.WORKS system will provide the workflow for Production
staff, Editors, Sub-Editors and Reporters. Edit.WORKS provides the ideal
solution for the automation of the collaborative work-group operation
that already exists between the departments, and will streamline the
current operation.
IPA's PrintExpress production workflow system is being installed in
the pre-press area to handle the RIPping, pairing and output of pages.
To conclude the production cycle Connacht are installing a Panther FasTRAK
with Autoloader, it will be the first installation of the 65mw Violet
Diode machine and will be imaging Fuji Brilla Violet LP-NV polymer plates.
Operations Manager for the Tribune Group, Mr Declan McGuire said "the
main objective of the IPA installation was to provide software solutions
to reduce duplication of tasks, automate and streamline workflow to
increase accuracy and create extra time to devote to creative and innovative
newspaper design. IPA afforded us the opportunity to install a one-stop
shop, end-to-end system, which will coincide with the installation of
our new colour printing unit which gives us an extra 24 pages of colour
per week."
IPA are delighted to be able to supply systems to the Connacht Tribune
Group to add to the ever growing list of satisfied customers in Ireland,
including the Sunday Tribune, Wexford People Group, The Clare Champion,
The Irish Independent, Sunday World, The Kerryman, Irish Examiner and
The Andersontown News.
For
more information please contact: sales@ipasystems.co.uk
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