Bentley Motors, the prestige automaker that is part of the VW group, today announced that the empolis Content Lifecycle Suite (e:CLS) has been selected as the platform for the new Bentley authoring environment, called Bentley Authoring System (BAS).
BAS will be used to manage all technical information that Bentley distribute to their 155 worldwide dealers, including training information and service information.
Bentley selected e:CLS after a 10 month evaluation period of 12 different Component Content Management Systems. e:CLS was selected due to the high level of out-of-the-box functionality, which will enable a very short roll-out time and enable Bentley to get return on their investment quicker.
Mike Morris, Head of After Sales for Bentley, said "We chose e:CLS because it fits right into our existing IT landscape, enabling us to get up and running with the system very quickly. At the same time, e:CLS also offers us the chance to scale up and out in terms of additional content sets and departments inside of Bentley over the coming years as more and more of our content moves to XML".
empolis’ sister company, arvato services, are responsible for implementing the BAS system at Bentley, and integrating BAS with the existing after sales systems within the VW group.
Ulli Kreidner, Department Head at arvato services, said "arvato services are pleased to have been selected to implement the BAS system at Bentley. arvato services are a key supplier of IT skills to VW, and the BAS project will strengthen the VW and arvato relationship further".
Find further information in the press release.
