MISSION CONTROL FOR MARKETING
Organise allsorts!
Resourcebase has award-winning performance as the hub of your activities - letting you store, manage, find and share all the digital assets that help marketing professionals work faster and smarter.Designed by marketing people, the online Resourcebase system offers:• Feature-rich image library• Asset store for design, web and print• Interactive project/campaign control• Advanced proof tracking• Brand-controlled web-to-print and a host of other marketing tools.
Resourcebase has award-winning performance as the hub of your activities - letting you store, manage, find and share all the digital assets that help marketing professionals work faster and smarter.
Designed by marketing people, the online Resourcebase system offers:
• Feature-rich image library
• Asset store for design, web and print
• Interactive project/campaign control
• Advanced proof tracking
• Brand-controlled web-to-print
and a host of other marketing tools.
Award-winning performance
Feature-rich image library with on-demand formats and editing
Interactive projects with scheduling and task-based tools
Class-leading web2print artwork on demand
Tracked proofing management system
Clients
Major corporates like Akzo Nobel, Chevron, Corus, Best Western, Capita, Laing O'Rourke and smaller asset-rich marketing operations use Resourcebase to defeat digital anarchy! Size doesn't matter - it's the amount of assets and your need to share and control them that makes Resourcebase an essential tool.
Why buy Resourcebase
DAM products exist at all levels from photo libraries to fully integrated pre-press systems.
Resourcebase sits in the centre - designed to do all the things marketing most people want to do.
Designed, maintained and supported by marketing people not programmersInexpensive, transparent pricing - no licences, plugs-ins, modules or hidden extrasHighly intuitive with a shallow learning curve
Market-leading template system for easy artwork-on-demandLots of clever built-in functions for proofing, sharing files, editing photos, finding logos...B2B marketing magazine ranked us topQuick launch for new sites
What does it cost?
Resourcebase pricing has no hidden extras and is easy to budget for. No plug-ins, modules or licences.Just a single set-up fee and a low monthly charge. And lots of return on investment!
Resourcebase pricing has no hidden extras and is easy to budget for. No plug-ins, modules or licences.
Just a single set-up fee and a low monthly charge. And lots of return on investment!
We offer a managed set-up service to ensure Resourcebase is mapped accurately onto your organisation, typically a one-off fee of £2,900.
Resourcebasee costs from £320/month for the system, including hosting on class-leading replicated servers. We provide larger systems and customised functions as required.
Our advanced web-to-print templator system (artwork-on-demand) does cost extra but offers exceptional return on investment. Ask us for details.
Return on investment
According to leading industry research, the average media user manages over 7,000 files distributed over a variety of storage mediums. The average creative person looks for a media file 83 times a week and fails to find it 35% of the time. Their research shows that digital asset management solutions will drop that figure to 5%. Digital asset management saves not just time, but money. Research indicates that the ROI on DAM is between 8:1 to 14:1.
We have an ROI calculator that can help you assess the impact in your organisation. Ask us for a copy.
And for artwork-on-demand, we believe Resourcebase Templator has the best ROI in the business due to the extremely low costs of creating new templates.
About us
Orchard Resourcebase is a small company founded in 1995, dedicated to technology-for-marketing solutions and our background is in B2B agency design and delivery in internet, display and print environments for large corporates. It was from this base that we discovered the need for tekkie solutions for marketing asset management issues and Resourcebase was born in 2000.Resourcebase is our core strategic activity and we also develop specialised web applications for other marketing functions such as proofing, file transfer and publishng. We're a marketing support business first and foremost - and not an IT company!
Orchard Resourcebase is a small company founded in 1995, dedicated to technology-for-marketing solutions and our background is in B2B agency design and delivery in internet, display and print environments for large corporates. It was from this base that we discovered the need for tekkie solutions for marketing asset management issues and Resourcebase was born in 2000.
Resourcebase is our core strategic activity and we also develop specialised web applications for other marketing functions such as proofing, file transfer and publishng. We're a marketing support business first and foremost - and not an IT company!
Video demonstrations
Throughout this website there are various demonstration videos of key sections.For the general overview video that's about 6 minutes long, please click the TV icon hereThe other videos are in the following sections: (and they are grouped together on our contact page)• Projects • Proofing • Templates
Throughout this website there are various demonstration videos of key sections.
For the general overview video that's about 6 minutes long, please click the TV icon here
The other videos are in the following sections: (and they are grouped together on our contact page)
• Projects • Proofing • Templates
Leading professional publication B2B marketing has evaluated the top DAM systems
Leading professional publication
B2B marketing has evaluated the top
DAM systems
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Advanced web2print
PDF artwork is
transformed into
flexible templates
in minutes.
Give users
flexibility with
on-brand
control.
Feature-rich marketing asset management
Resourcebase is a complete marketing solution with a range of integrated workflow features. You can store, search and send almost anything digital - from images to artwork. The clever part is what you can do with them next...
Resourcebase is a complete marketing solution with a range of integrated workflow features.
You can store, search and send almost anything digital - from images to artwork. The clever part is what you can do with them next...
Organise all sorts!
Resourcebase stores anything and everything digital - logos, artwork, brochures, presentations, movies, stationery, templates, images, drawings, etc.
Visual database - most file formats can be processed for previews to help you navigate the collections.
Customised structure - design your database with variable fields for different sectors or divisions in your organisation - it works the way your organisation works.
Click the tabs below for more details...
Image library
A fully featured image library with advanced preview and conversion routines - constantly updated for the latest formats available to you on demand.Manage rights and permissions - with a flexible 'gatekeeper' function for logging use and permissions.Image editor - crop, rotate, re-colour and manipulate images online for instant desktop use.Re-purpose - automatic conversion of images into various file formats and resolutionsNotes - add notes, captions and attributions - or attach more detailed 'associated' files
A fully featured image library with advanced preview and conversion routines - constantly updated for the latest formats available to you on demand.
Manage rights and permissions - with a flexible 'gatekeeper' function for logging use and permissions.
Image editor - crop, rotate, re-colour and manipulate images online for instant desktop use.
Re-purpose - automatic conversion of images into various file formats and resolutions
Notes - add notes, captions and attributions - or attach more detailed 'associated' files
Job bags
Job bags are a powerful way of collecting your assets so that you can share and send them.
And we can add lots of clever functions to jobs bags so that you can broadcast them, turn them into slideshows, perform global changes, even create documents from them.
For more complex, flexible performance - see our project page...
Fast, flexible searching
Resourcebase offers fast, flexible searching user keywords and categories - including user-defined filters and specialised narrow-search facilities.
Advanced features allow searching by date and selected parameters.
To make it even easier, we have specialised search tools such as our popular logo finder and our keyword assistant to help you tag files more productively.
Advanced control
Access control - variable permission levels for internal and external users with additional functions for private and confidential areas.
Asset control - control files at asset level with a flexible 'gatekeeper' function - ideal for controlling
rights-managed images and company-confidential files.
Version control - advanced features to control assets, including quarantine and auto-redundancy.
Full reporting - track the behaviour of all users and the performance of all assets.
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An integrated project centre
at the heart of your workflow
The Project Centre is the core of Resourcebase for many users - a hub of marketing work-in-progress which shares information, collates assets and communicates with everyone involved. Ideal for events, print projects, advertising, direct marketing campaigns and press packs.
The Project Centre is the core of Resourcebase for many users - a hub of marketing work-in-progress which shares information, collates assets and communicates with everyone involved.
Ideal for events, print projects, advertising, direct marketing campaigns and press packs.
Customised project management
One of our customers said the first two things they switched on in the morning before coffee was Outlook and Resourcebase (OK, we came second to Microsoft!).
The Project centre works at the core of your marketing operations, designed to capture and disseminate information about all your various marketing activities - tailored to your specific style and workflows.
Projects can collect central assets and information and be added to from your local desktop for
maximum flexibility.
Typical uses
Projects are anything you need them to be - but some common collections that make Projects are:
• Print projects• Advertising campaigns• Direct mail campaigns• Exhibitions and conferences• Training activites
• Print projects
• Advertising campaigns
• Direct mail campaigns
• Exhibitions and conferences
• Training activites
A print project may collate artwork with images, copy options, translations and print specifications whereas an event project might gather venue details, staff rotas, PowerPoint shows and invitation details. Your advertising project may be all about variable artwork and media lists.Projects are totally tailored to your needs.
A print project may collate artwork with images, copy options, translations and print specifications whereas an event project might gather venue details, staff rotas, PowerPoint shows and invitation details. Your advertising project may be all about variable artwork and media lists.
Projects are totally tailored to your needs.
Flexible design
You design the forms that create each type of project - ensuring the essential data your organisation needs is collected for that type of project. Projects can have interactive whiteboards for quick collaboration as well as calendars, to-do lists and tasks, and mini contact databases.
Projects have defined teams of participants and you decide who can amend and add to projects- or if the project is completely private for a selected group.
And they can be highly customised for extra features you may need - see the 'Custom' tab below...
Calendars and tasks
Active calendars show exactly what is going on and when. Just click on a highlighted date to see a range of acvities that are happening that day.
Tasks + reminders can be set with 'to-do' lists for actions with nomiated owners and timed alerts than remind participants what needs to be done.
Links and contacts - you can build a list of links and contact files for each project for key contacts and suppliers that are involved so that everyone can communicate with one another quickly.
Custom versions
We can do some clever things with the Project Centre to deliver customised functions. Some examples:
• A page tracking facility for complex print projects
• A message board chat facility for real-time collaboration
• A photoshoot facility to review and rank the latest photographs
• A quotation system which creates printable PDFs for customers in real-time
• A performance monitoring display that shows performance to target to each use when they log-in
It's whatever you need it to be...
Video demonstration
For a short video demonstration of the Project centre, please click on this icon...or ask us for a personal online desktop demonstration.
For a short video demonstration of the Project centre, please click on this icon...
or ask us for a personal online desktop demonstration.
Web2Print with major
market-leading features
Artwork-on-demand
Resourcebase Templator is one of the market's best artwork templating tools - using advanced PDF technology to make any artwork or documentation easily editable online by unskilled users. Brand control and artwork approval can be closely managed.
Ideal for providing local content and contact info for adverts, flyers, posters, invitations and business stationeryTotal control - define which users can edit selected text and approved imagesEmbedded brand guidelines ensure the correct use of font type, weight and size, colours and image optionsApproval system with watermarked options to control end-user artworkClass-leading capability to handle complex cut-outs, transparencies and shadows in variable imageryUltra-fast artwork tagging - e.g. an advert with six variable text fields and two image swaps can be tagged in less then five minutes and ready for users to editMulti-tagging- repeated fields like phone numbers or logos can be edited many times by just one click.
Our templator system has one of the lowest operating costs available - template creation and upload is so quick and easy that ROI can be phenonmenal.Ask us for a demonstration or click the video icon below for a quick look.
Our templator system has one of the lowest operating costs available - template creation and upload is so quick and easy that ROI can be phenonmenal.
Ask us for a demonstration or click the video icon below for a quick look.
Advanced proof management and tracking
Manage complex proofing workflows between colleagues, partners and agencies with detailed monitoring and tracking functions. Handle complex projects between large proofing groups across various organisations.
Manage complex proofing workflows between colleagues, partners and agencies with detailed monitoring and tracking functions.
Handle complex projects between large proofing groups across various organisations.
Proof management without compromise
The proof tracking tool on Resourcebase is widely used and popular with organisations who have to control large numbers of proofs across a diverse group of editors.
Proof Tracker handles annotated PDF and 'tracked' Word files and controls their review and editing on a strict book-in / book-out basis to avoid overlapping comments.
Full traceability and history is available - proofs at any stage or version can be downloaded for inspection and user behaviour throughout every cycle is logged.
Click the tabs below for additional information...
Special features
• Advanced approval - define approval requirements and auto-approve proofs which comply• Ordered proofing - define strict sequences of editor and peer review• User groups - define user groups and distinguish between editors, reviewers and project leaders• Optimised PDF proofing - Resourcebase facilitates the use of Acrobat's mark-up and commenting tools• Alerts - automated messages to alert participants to the posting of updated proofs
• Advanced approval - define approval requirements and auto-approve proofs which comply
• Ordered proofing - define strict sequences of editor and peer review
• User groups - define user groups and distinguish between editors, reviewers and project leaders
• Optimised PDF proofing - Resourcebase facilitates the use of Acrobat's mark-up and commenting tools
• Alerts - automated messages to alert participants to the posting of updated proofs
For a short video demonstration of Proof Tracker, please click on this icon...or ask us for a personal online desktop demonstration.
For a short video demonstration of Proof Tracker, please click on this icon...
Brand centres, job control,
case studies, page planners...
Resourcebase is flexible to take on more tasks for your organisation.We have a range of additional functions that we can add to your system, such as an interactive brand guide or a case study system.Or we can customise a special tool for a particular requirement your business has.
Resourcebase is flexible to take on more tasks for your organisation.
We have a range of additional functions that we can add to your system, such as an interactive brand guide or a case study system.
Or we can customise a special tool for a particular requirement your business has.
Brand centres
The interactive Brand Guide feature of Resourcebase has been created in response to the demand from brand managers to have the style guidelines in the same place as their assets and templates.
As well as presenting brand guidelines, the system allows users to download active templates and artwork files, colour palette files, logos, boilerplate texts and message trees and examples of 'best practice' alongside each category of your brand.
And an online Brand Guide is a fraction of the cost of the traditional book - and more useful - and infinitely easier to update across your organisation.
Case study systems
The need to create material for case studies, tenders, specification sheets and submissions is common to many large marketing organisations and Resourcebase can maintain a custom database of case studies.and similar documents.Resourcebase can use the database to turn this information into 'physical' output such as PDF documents and HTML pages for use in email, print and other documentation.
The need to create material for case studies, tenders, specification sheets and submissions is common to many large marketing organisations and Resourcebase can maintain a custom database of case studies.
and similar documents.
Resourcebase can use the database to turn this information into 'physical' output such as PDF documents and HTML pages for use in email, print and other documentation.
Customised projects embedded in Resourcebase
Because we've written the Resourcebase code from the ground up, we're able to respond to highly customised requests for marketing functions that are particular to an organisation's needs. Here's some current examples...
Quotation system for mobile customer serviceA 'performance-to-target' dashboard for field sales peopleA logo tree that asks questions to deliver users with the correct, on-brand logo
A page planner that tracks contributions to newsletters from contributorsA 'photoshoot' system that allows users to upload site shots for review by marketersTemplate approval with compliance tools
Editor's Choice - B2B marketing
Leading professional publication B2B marketing has evaluated the top DAM systems "designed to help gain the most from your marketing collateral".
The report's key conclusions:
"The feature-to-price equation of Resourcebase was astonishing."
"For a small investment you can have a world-class image database with a clean and intuitive interface."
"We found the layout of every page to be well designed and offers fast access to each asset on the system."
"It offers a bespoke system that doesn't force your business to conform to a rigid set of data management criteria."
"We especially liked the proof tracker function that allows workgroups to effortlessly proof new collateral. This feature alone makes Resourcebase stand out in this market."
"An all-round DAM that packs in so many features wrapped in a superb interface, Resourcebase was a worthy winner".
Dave Howell shortlisted the four top systems and put them through an extensive evaluation criteria covering: features, implementation, versatility, usability and value for money
We can send you a copy of the full report from B2B marketing to help your own evaluation of the options. Please click the link below.
Please ask for a copy via our contact page,
"For a small investment you can have a
world-class image database with a clean and intuitive interface."
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Please email for a demo or further details or call:Marc Stephensondirect line +44 (0)1845 573242; or David Spragg direct line +44 (0)1845 573241
Please email for a demo or further details or call:
Marc Stephenson
direct line +44 (0)1845 573242; or
David Spragg
direct line +44 (0)1845 573241
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Orchard Resourcebase Limited
9 Chapel Street, Thirsk YO7 1LU, UK
T +44 (0) 1845 527766
F +44 (0) 1845 527744
www.orchardresourcebase.com
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