Objectif CHIC is a pilot project to control the distribution of newspapers and magazines through the news-stands distribution channel. The goal is using the existing technology to improve quality and competitiveness in the business process.The basic CHIC idea involves implementing the following 3 phases :a) Selecting about 150 news-stands in Italy and 40 in Greece,representative of total sales trends.b) Implementing a survey system to give the Publisher sold and return figures in real time, using the existing organisation and technology.c) Establishing a new relationship system between News- vendors, Distributors and Publishers.The survey system allows:1) Changing monthly data into daily data in real time2) Giving opportunity to add another daily data flow, from publisher to distributors and to news-vendors3) Anticipating modification in delivered copies, based on market feed-back.4) Moving toward the optimum quantity in delivered copies based on tool and Know -how.The New Relationship System is the most critical phase,but also the most important phase, for the success of the project.It is necessary to create a new approach between different kinds of players in the news-stands distribution chain.This new approach should be open and cooperative.In this new approach we can maximise improvement to our business process only if we consider it also from the point of view of the main suppliers and clients in our same business area.Main objectives are:- To implement a survey system to give sales and returns trends in real time.- To use the above data to optimise the print run and the distribution plan of the very next issue.- To develop a model which extends the results from our sampled news-stands to every area in which the sampled news-stands are located.- To use the above data to automate documents issued by news stands and local distributors and integrate their systems.Dissemination is the activity which allows CHIC Consortium to improve efficiency in its own business process from outside Programme(s) FP4-ESPRIT 4 - Specific research and technological development programme in the field of information technologies, 1994-1998 Thème(s) 7.1 - Business Best Practice Pilots Appel à propositions Data not available Régime de financement CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinateur Class Editori Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse Via Marco Burigozzo 5 20122 Milano Italie Voir sur la carte Coût total Aucune donnée Participants (4) Trier par ordre alphabétique Trier par contribution de l’UE Tout développer Tout réduire Ch.K. Tegopoulos Sa Grèce Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse Str. Minoos 10-16 11743 N. Kosmos Voir sur la carte Coût total Aucune donnée Coopers & Lybrand Italie Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse Via Vittor Pisani 19 20124 Milano Voir sur la carte Coût total Aucune donnée Epsilon Software S.A. Grèce Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse Syngrou Avenue 377 17564 Pal. Faliro Voir sur la carte Coût total Aucune donnée Falcon Informatica '90 Italie Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse Via Del Casale Solaro 119 00143 Roma Voir sur la carte Coût total Aucune donnée
