Why Process Management ES

		Increase customer response rates and loyalty with personalized communications.
		Decrease time and costs associated with high-volume print operations.
		Reduce mailing costs by collecting and grouping print jobs for more efficient processing.
		Deliver secure, multichannel output according to user profiles and preferences.
		Use in conjunction with other LiveCycle ES solution components to build end-to-end business processes within and beyond the firewall.
		Standardize on a single document design tool, LiveCycle Designer ES, that spans interactive, on-demand, and high-volume document applications.
		Decrease your staff training and support burden by leveraging industry-standard development tools

Key capabilities

• Streamline template creation with LiveCycle Designer ES

  • Award-winning LiveCycle Designer ES provides intuitive graphical design capabilities that make it easy to create and deploy templates without deep technical knowledge. To ease development efforts in complex enterprise operations, LiveCycle Designer ES allows development teams to work collaboratively, using intuitive tools to create and preview templates, bind XML or ASCII data to back-end systems, and lay out templates that dynamically adjust when merged with data. This helps ensure that documents accommodate the merged data content and volume by including or excluding design elements, growing to create space for data, and paginating automatically. LiveCycle Designer ES also simplifies the creation and maintenance of large collections of templates or template fragments, storing them until they are ready to be packaged and delivered for production. Fragments are reusable components such as a logo or address blocks used on multiple templates.

• Deliver high-volume document composition in a wide range of formats

  • LiveCycle Production Print ES includes a high-performance document composition engine that easily extends across multiple servers to help ensure high availability and enterprise scalability. Because of its unique architecture, LiveCycle Production Print ES lets you deliver complex jobs involving multiple output types simultaneously — without reprocessing jobs. For example, a bank statement can be rendered in AFP format for high-speed printing and simultaneously rendered as a PDF/A file for archiving. Commonly used form letters can be generated once and attached to other jobs during runtime.
    
    Ideal for data centers, LiveCycle Production Print ES serves as a centralized hub, with the ability to input and output a broad range of formats to serve the needs of multiple departments across your company. The software is also able to consume preformatted documents, such as AFP or PDF files, and convert them to any of the following output formats:

    Production-ready print formats: AFP, IJPDS, PostScript®and PCL

    Electronic output: PDF, PDF/A for archiving, as well as CSV, HTML, XML, TIFF, JPEG, BMP, GIF, PNG, and RTF

    Label formats: Zebra, Printronix, Intermec, and TEC

    
    

• Collect and group documents with the postprocessing repository

  • LiveCycle Production Print ES allows you to perform jobs synchronously or asynchronously, providing high-speed processing for simple jobs or using its postprocessing repository to collect multiple jobs over time and then group them for the most cost-effective and efficient delivery. Here are just a few examples of what can be done:
    
    

    Collect documents over time, and then sort by postal codes at runtime to take advantage of bulk postage rates.

    Collect multiple account statements going to the same household into a single envelope or package.

    Combine an ad hoc customer communication with a regularly scheduled invoice or statement, sending both together in the same envelope at bulk rates to save money.

    For enterprises with distributed locations, centralize content production independent of where and when the actual content is produced.

    For enterprises with multiple print locations, redirect jobs to the print center closest to the customer to speed delivery.

    Using the postprocessing repository, you can maximize your throughput of both simple and complex jobs, shortening delivery time and reducing print delivery costs dramatically.

• Optimize finishing for mailroom efficiencies

  • LiveCycle Production Print ES provides numerous options for the finishing phase. Based on the criteria you select for sorting and grouping documents in the postprocessing repository, you can automate the printing of special marks that communicate finishing information to operators and mailroom machines such as folders, inserters, and envelopers. Such marks include OMR codes that specify rules for enveloping, barcodes for identifying mail pieces, and text labels to provide instructions for manual handling. For example, all documents not exceeding four pages are sent to one machine, and documents up to ten pages are sent to a different machine that can handle larger envelope sizes, while everything else is processed manually. You can also manage the logic for including preprinted inserts, such as leaflets or advertising brochures, in a mailing. In order to optimize postage, a decision on whether or not to include an insert can be based on the final weight of the mail piece.

• Extend with other LiveCycle ES solution components to deliver best-of-breed electronic processes

  • Effective multichannel communications demand more than simple delivery of electronic files. Because LiveCycle Production Print ES shares the same template design tool as other LiveCycle ES solution components, you can easily take advantage of the rich electronic document processing capabilities that have earned LiveCycle ES its leadership position.
    
    "Forrester evaluated eight business process management suite (BPMS) suppliers best suited and most experienced for document-intensive processes across approximately 150 criteria....Adobe leads withexceptional developmental tools for rich Internet applications (RIAs) and vision for customer engagement."
    
    —The Forrester Wave: Business Process Management For Document Processes, Q3 2007, July 2007
    
    LiveCycle Production Print ES is part of a complete LiveCycle ES business solution, making it easy to integrate with other solution components. For example:
    
    

    Use Adobe LiveCycle Rights Management ES software to create audit trails or dynamically change document policies even after they have been distributed outside the firewall, including access control, revocation, and revision control.

    Use Adobe LiveCycle Digital Signatures ES software along with products from leading security vendors to issue certified documents that can be validated by anyone using free Adobe Reader® software or to generate document packages that are ready to be signed.

    Use Adobe LiveCycle Process Management ES software to orchestrate processes that involve human interaction inside or outside of the firewall.

    Use Adobe LiveCycle Forms ES software to create guided interactive experiences such as online application forms or correspondence generation using ubiquitous clients such as Adobe Reader, Adobe Flash® Player, or web browsers.

    Use Adobe LiveCycle Reader Extensions ES software to enable customers or partners to fill out, sign, and save PDF forms using Adobe Reader.

    Use Adobe LiveCycle PDF Generator ES software to convert office documents into Adobe PDF or PDF/A files or to assemble customized PDF packages that include tables of contents, page numbering, hyperlinks, and more.

    LiveCycle Production Print ES combined with other solution components makes LiveCycle ES the only enterprise communication suite on the market today that lets you build end-to-end business processes that extend within and beyond the firewall. With LiveCycle ES, you can create the perfect blend of personalized print and electronic communications and build engaging experiences that increase customer response rates, improve customer satisfaction, and deliver to the bottom line.