Case Studies
Case Studies
Customer stories across catalog production, product information management, automated publishing and digital publishing. These are just a few examples — many more companies beyond those featured here rely on Profield products.
Customer Stories
Each article covers the challenge, approach and outcomes behind the implementation.
StoryTRUSCO NAKAYAMA CORPORATION
Transforming product search with a digital catalog connected to rich item data
SimplePage expanded a page-turning digital catalog into a practical purchasing-support channel with item numbers, comparison tools and richer product information.
StoryPLUS CORPORATION
Catalog production for six concurrent media with remote-work-ready workflows
Catalog XCMS connected product databases, proofing and DTP reflection so PLUS could support six concurrent media and a shift to fully digital production.
StoryKADOKAWA CORPORATION
Improving production-data review with AI-assisted proofreading
Designal helped reduce the burden of manual proofreading and difference checks while lowering the risk of overlooked changes.
StoryMonotaRO Co., Ltd.
Improving catalog quality through big-data linkage and a 35 percent shorter schedule
The workflow moved away from Excel and paper-centered communication toward product-data-driven production, reducing production time.
StoryASKUL Corporation
A production workflow that improves catalog and web listing information together
The workflow improved catalog efficiency and web data quality without forcing major changes to the existing production environment.
StoryTRUSCO NAKAYAMA CORPORATION
Systematizing production for a 471,000-item, 17,000-page catalog
The project supported stable quality for a large catalog while standardizing editing work and increasing in-house control.
StoryYukoyuko Holdings Inc.
Integrating image management and automated layout for travel magazines
Travel XCMS made image trimming and complex rate-table creation available through web screens, reducing dependence on DTP specialists.
StoryDoshin Access Co., Ltd.
A Web-to-Print foundation for the PiXls newspaper text-ad system
The system integrated production environments across offices and enabled shared content and consistent service quality.
Newspaper advertisement production
StoryOita Godo Shimbun
Web-to-Print production for the Bunbun newspaper advertising system
The environment enabled newspaper page data production from browser input without relying on specialized DTP operations.
StorySankei Living Shimbun Inc.
Revoroute for regional media advertising production
The case systematized regional media production based on advertising workflows and production-floor needs.
StoryThe Asahi Shimbun Company
Automated newspaper page composition with News Plaza and ProDIX
The workflow organized newspaper production information and reflected it accurately into pages.
StoryPSY-fa Co., Ltd.
A web-submission solution for flexible free-magazine ad production
The automated layout environment made it easier to respond to new media designs and launch new media quickly.
StoryAlaya Corporation
Reducing manual errors in multilingual manual replacement work
Shorter repetitive work and higher accuracy strengthened the company’s solution proposal capabilities.
StorySakudo Printing Co., Ltd.
Automated publishing with bidirectional product database linkage
The system connected product databases and catalog layouts bidirectionally, building a foundation for future production efficiency.
StoryRyoin Co., Ltd.
An automated layout workflow supporting quality and efficiency in production
By incorporating ProDIX into the production flow, the company connected databases and page production for more stable operations.
Production and printing
StoryNEC Media Products, Ltd.
Reducing effort and standardizing quality in NEC PC manual production
Shorter table-production work and XML-based information reuse supported one-source, multi-use production.
Manual production
StoryKosaido Co., Ltd.
A practical automated publishing base for commercial catalog production
ProDIX and ProXCreator strengthened the link between databases and page production while preparing for web expansion.
StoryThe Chemical Daily Co., Ltd.
Database-centered automated publishing for specialized publications
The workflow centrally manages specialized publication data and creates a foundation for information delivery beyond print.
StoryKADOKAWA CORPORATION / BOOK WALKER Co., Ltd.
Large-scale content management for e-book distribution
XCMS connected book content and metadata in real time, creating a distribution management base that can evolve with changing requirements.
StoryNewton Press Inc.
Bringing Newton science magazine to an iPad digital edition
The project produced iPad-ready digital publications and content distribution management from a DTP production base.
Storyant PUBLISHING Inc.
Turning Akihabara culture magazine Otapoke into an e-book app
The team released an e-book title with movies and pop-up interactions without depending on custom app development.
Publishing and editing
StoryNeo Core Co., Ltd.
A jazz liner-notes e-book with portrait and landscape reading modes
The e-book switches between vertical and horizontal typesetting depending on device orientation, improving readability.
Digital content production
StoryFine Co., Ltd.
Turning a company profile into an interactive sales tool
The interactive content let customers experience service features on the spot using existing brochure data.
StorySun Bijutsu Printing Co., Ltd.
Releasing Lifestyle U.S.A. again as an iPad edition
ProBridgeDesigner helped turn accumulated print content into a digital publishing experience.
StoryLunatic Co., Ltd.
Publishing multiple titles for iPad in a short period
Technical books and guidebooks were expanded into e-publishing content with future multi-platform business development in mind.
Printing and e-publishing
StoryRhino Inc.
Releasing web magazine HOUYHNHNM as an iPad special edition
Fashion content was produced as an electronic magazine with video and 3D expression without custom application development.
