John Deere production plants in Mannheim, Bruchsal and Zweibrücken have completely committed to the CONTENS Content Management platform for their Intranets. The simple adaptability to their existing IT infrastructure as well as CONTENS’ appealing price performance ratio were persuasive factors for John Deere .
John Deere plants in Mannheim, Bruchsal and Zweibrücken have decided to adopt the CONTENS Content Management platform for their intranets. Despite a previous license with an American CMS provider, the IT administrators of the three John Deere plants in Germany decided in favor of CONTENS after reviewing CONTENS’ lower installation and running expenses compared to their previous intranet provider.
The John Deere IT department placed a lot of weight on CONTENS’ close connection with the document management system Windream, which organizes and manages internal documents over an easy-to-use DMS system. The newly integrated CONTENS interface now gives editors direct access to the DMS system with just a few clicks of the mouse, constantly keeping any revisions in mind. In comparison to other providers CONTENS sets up a connection to a DMS system quicker and easier, partly due to its foundation in the application language ColdFusion.
Frank Eigenmann, head of operations in Mannheim, explained that the added benefits for John Deere now allows the plant to “continue using previous applications and even integrate them into CONTENS. Needless to say, we will save costs.” Eigenmann particularly emphasized the editors’ readiness to accept CONTENS. "The training period was very short and, due to the system’s intuitiveness, our editors could get to work right away."
John Deere’s Application & Intranet team in Mannheim made the switch over to CONTENS in cooperation with the Mannheim-based IT service provider reboot.
08.12.2004, Alexander Friess, CONTENS Software GmbH
