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Country of origin: Austria
Summary
An Austrian SME offers an integrated service for the construction industry covering every step of the process, e.g. article data maintenance, additional product information at the point of sale, multi-lingual product classification, automatically serviced online systems, automated production of print, and online catalogues, electronic bill and data interchange. This service offers semantic web functionalities and natural full text search. The company seeks license and joint venture partners.
Full description
Based on an innovative, multi-lingual product catalogue system, the Austrian SME provides an extensive host of services to its clients. The service provided (ranging from data centre to technological services) handles the complete information flow associated with sales and distribution for intercompany and/or end customer oriented distribution processes.
Moreover the services supplied by the SME cover the complete information processes of the distribution chain for construction products from the original manufacturer, resellers and architects, to building professionals and customers.
The SME provides information and services mainly via its internet-based sector portal for the construction industry and has become market leader in Austria.
The company has been working on the product since 1998, has done lots of R&D work within nationally funded projects, and has established an integrated website as well as complete multimedia support for small and large companies of the building sector, e.g. the Austrian HAGEBAU group. The web-based entrance portal relies on the market-leading database for industrial building products. With this information and with the help of several technologies the Austrian SME can provide retailers article database maintenance, complete distribution and application-oriented product data and services for the whole assortment forming process of retailers, e.g. production of printed catalogues, DVD's or complete b2b / b2c e-commerce systems.
The main advantage of the system is due to the simple fact that all data processes are based on just one single database. So any company in the network and hence all users of the construction industry information platform will benefit from the latest accurate technical information and will not miss out on even the smallest changes.
This results in minimal processing overhead and the time to market for new product information (media like sales CD, websites, printed catalogues, ERP, etc.) can be shortened substantially.
In addition the catalogue system offers semantic web functionalities and natural full text search. These advanced features have been worked on for many years and were realised as part of ongoing research projects with a semantic institute of an Austrian university. Structural information, sector ontology, and cross-referencing of terms combine to make a logical, multi-lingual system that is open to further advancements.
The SME successfully launched its product and service on the Austrian market and has become market leader. It is now ready to offer exclusive licences especially for Eastern Europe (Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Poland) and for Italy, Germany and Switzerland. The licensees would receive a complete ready-to-use package (data base background, translated supporting documentation and software). The product offers technical and organisational advantages compared to other systems. Potential partners are required to establish the technology within the building and construction sector in their countries and to establish full service in their home markets. Further technology improvements, new developments and comprehensive computer centre services are provided from Austria.
All customers of the sector-specific website are multilaterally connected resulting in easy communication between hundreds of partners, not just in your country but in all Central and Eastern European countries.
The system can be easily adapted to any other country according to requirements. Due to the multi-lingual industry ontology and other clever features, a newly translated version can be quickly and easily realised.
Innovative Aspects
- Specific information and service tool for the construction industry based on latest technological solutions.
- Integrated and clever features ease the production of media based on available information, e.g. sales CDs, websites, printed catalogues and ERP.
- Multi-lingual application.
- Integration with different IT systems of individual partners possible.
- Multilateral connectivity to national/international partners and transnational distribution support.
- Ready-to-use tools, maintenance and necessary information translated.
The unique selling proposition of the product:
- Innovative product integrating all services necessary for the distribution process in one solution concept.
- One single database for all processes and partners.
Partner expertise sought:
- Type of partner sought:
Interested SMEs must have strong connections within the building industry as well as with retail companies/building centres. The potential partner should be accepted by the relevant parties and should offer in-depth market knowledge of the building and construction sector.
It is not a pre-requisite for the partner to be an IT-specialist, rather to be connected with the construction sector, e.g. to be an appropriate company from the media sector.
- Specific area of activity of the partner:
Working within the market to develop a building and construction network based on the technology offered. One exclusive licensee each country is sought.
- Task to be performed by the partner sought:
The partner should develop the information and service platform in their home countries by establishing commercial contacts to the building product industry and to retail companies and should manage the organisational services. Technical services are provided from Austria.
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