Quark Publishing for Enterprise Documentation (SaaS)
by Quark
Automate the production of highly regulated and complex documents faster while remaining compliant.
Quark Publishing Platform (QPP) NextGen helps enterprises automate the production of their highly regulated or complex documentation, so they can approve and publish it faster, and stay compliant. Quark’s AI-powered software transforms processes and workflows in global industries that are challenged by these content issues, including life sciences, financial services, manufacturing, and government and public sector, at every stage of the enterprise content lifecycle.
From structured content authoring and collaboration to assembly, reuse, publishing, and analysis, organizations can modernize their content ecosystems, drive digital transformation, ensure regulatory compliance, and accelerate customer satisfaction and revenue growth.
Key Benefits/Results
- Simplified Content Creation: Empower Subject-Matter Experts (SMEs) to author structured content with auto-generated XML metadata using tools like Word or a browser, eliminating specialized training.
- Effortless Structured Components: Create technical, schema-agnostic content with little to no XML/DITA expertise using Quark Smart Content.
- Reusable Content: Build modular content (e.g., legal disclaimers) that’s easy to customize for specific needs, ensuring accuracy and consistency.
- Time & Cost Savings: Reduce production time and costs by eliminating duplicate content and automating repetitive tasks across workflows.
- Collaborative Efficiency: Enable secure, role-based collaboration with stakeholders through a single source-of-truth repository (CCMS).
- Component-Level Reviews: Review and approve content at the component level, ensuring automatic updates across the CCMS, saving time and reducing manual work.
- Consistent Branding & Compliance: Maintain uniformity in messaging, branding, and compliance across all documents and channels.
- Improved Content Performance: Leverage built-in content intelligence for better content strategy and self-service access to key content components.
Common Use Cases
Quark Publishing Platform NextGen automates the production of many different types of document. Each use case is typically the automation and production of a document type that has a level of complexity or is subject to regulatory approval. The following are examples of the many document types where Quark has provided automation.
- Standard Operating Procedures
- Product Data Sheets,
- Technical Data Sheets
- Financial Research and Investment Reports
- Product Labels
- Pharmaceutical Reports and Submissions
- Regulations, Codes and Standards
- Legal and Legislative Documents
- Regulatory Submissions
- Customer Communications
- Research Reports
- Training Manuals
- Product Catalogs
Key Differentiators
- Single vendor solution incorporating authoring tools, component repository, publishing engine, workflow management and content analytics in one platform.
- Choice of web-based or MS Word authoring tools. The Microsoft Word option allows authors to write structured content without XML training.
- Integration into the Microsoft ecosystem for content and workflows using Office 365, Teams, Azure OpenAI, Data Factory, Fabric and Power Automate.
- Powerful analytics capabilities, QPP NextGen analyzes content production and consumption metrics, improving content strategy, content execution, and optimizing workflows for content updates, revisions, or retirements.
- As a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) application, it reduces infrastructure complexity, lowers costs, and accelerates time-to-value, with flexible deployment options for single-tenant SaaS, multi-tenant SaaS, or private cloud.