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Transcontinental Standardizes on MassTransit for Digital File Delivery

Posted on: Monday, 23 January 2006, 09:00 CST

Group Logic, developer of best-selling network workflow software products, today announced that Transcontinental Inc., one of the largest printers in North America, is standardizing on MassTransit to support digital file transfers across all of the company's 60 printing plants. MassTransit is enabling Transcontinental to improve its manufacturing platform and will play a key role in the company's Evolution 2010 business project, one of whose initiatives is to expand and enhance value-added services.

"MassTransit provides Transcontinental with secure, enterprise-class file transfer capabilities, allowing our business units and printing plants to easily share files and quickly respond to last-minute customer requests," said Nicky Milner, vice president, Premedia Group for Transcontinental Inc. "This flexibility enables our business-unit leaders to better manage and anticipate our customers' needs and help them effectively establish and build loyal client bases."

Transcontinental is integrating MassTransit into its pre-existing Premedia workflows to automate file transfers and streamline processes, resulting in increased operating efficiencies for its production facilities. By automating delivery directly to plant sites, the plants are no longer required to wait to download files through FTP. This improved efficiency and flexibility enables Transcontinental to quickly respond to customer requests and improve overall customer service.

MassTransit is the only enterprise software solution proven to transform digital file transfers into strategic business processes, providing users with the flexibility to transfer their high-volume, mission-critical digital files. With MassTransit, Transcontinental can now support its customers' high volume of file transfers, from regular Web file transfers to automatically transferring files back and forth to clients within a workflow, to running remote proofing devices at customer sites.

Under its Horizon 2005 business project, Transcontinental launched The Digital Workshop toolset and MassTransit was used as the key application for improving Transcontinental's file transfer infrastructure and Premedia production workflows for this launch.

"Moving forward, Value-Added Services continue to be a primary development area for Transcontinental, and we expect to see Group Logic as a key vendor partner in assisting us in that area," stated Milner. "We will continue our expansion and deployment of MassTransit as we develop other integration projects, in order to blend the Digital Workshop offering into a comprehensive suite of tools and services designed to make it easier for our clients to do business with us."

Since MassTransit manages all aspects of the file transfer process, it ensures accountability and visibility throughout the process, alerting Transcontinental in real time if it experiences any transfer issues. With MassTransit's e-mail notifications, each of Transcontinental's 60 printing plants knows exactly when a file is transferred or a transmission error occurs, eliminating uncertainty and removing roadblocks that previously might have resulted in production delays.

About Transcontinental

The largest printer in Canada and seventh in North America, Transcontinental is also Canada's leading consumer magazine publisher and second largest community newspaper publisher. Transcontinental distinguishes itself by creating strategic partnerships that integrate the company into its customers' value chain, notably through its unique newspaper printing outsourcing model and its value-added services. From mass to highly personalized marketing, the company offers its clients integrated solutions which also include a diverse digital platform and a door-to-door distribution network of advertising material. Transcontinental is a company whose values, including respect, innovation and integrity, are central to its operation.

Transcontinental (TSX: TCL.SV.A, TCL.MV.B) has more than 14,000 employees in Canada, the United States and Mexico, and reported revenues of C$2.2 billion (US$1.9 billion) in 2005.

About Group Logic

Group Logic, Inc., develops wide area network (WAN) and local area network (LAN) workflow solutions that increase speed and create efficiencies for file transfers, file and print services, and remote proofing procedures. The company's solutions include internationally renowned products, customization and integration services, and in-depth product training to maximize return on investment.

Group Logic offers two complementary product lines:

-- MassTransit Product Line: Enterprise software solution proven to transform digital file transfers into strategic business processes. MassTransit increases productivity and empowers users to manage all aspects of the file transfer process by simplifying the exchange of digital files, ensuring accountability and providing visibility into the entire process.

-- ExtremeZ-IP Product Line: Mac OS X compatible File Server and stand-alone Print Server products that use TCP/IP protocol to dramatically improve stability between Macintosh clients and Microsoft Windows 2003/2000/NT servers. Print Accounting Add-On software increases control over enterprise-wide printing, through accounting and job tracking functionality.

Group Logic's products are installed in over 1,000 organizations worldwide, including leading publishers, creative services and packaging operations of major corporations, printing and prepress service providers, advertising and design agencies, government and educational institutions. Approximately 40,000 professionals in the print media and related industries use Group Logic's products.

For more information, visit Group Logic on the web at www.grouplogic.com. Group Logic can also be reached at 800.476.8781 / 703.528.1555.

Source: Business Wire

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