WebCenter Customer Spotlight: Marvel
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Author: Peter Reiser - Social Business Evangelist, Oracle WebCenter
Solution SummaryMarvel Entertainment, LLC (Marvel) is one of the world's most prominent character-based
entertainment companies, built on a proven library of over 8,000
characters featured in a variety of media over seventy years.
The customer wanted to optimize their brand licensing process, so Marvel worked with Oracle WebCenter partner Fishbowl Solutions and implemented a centralized Content Hub based on Oracle WebCenter Content.
The 100% web based secure Intranet/Partner Extranet solution is now
managing the entire life cycle of the brand licensing process.
Marvel and their brand licensees have now complete visibility of brand license operations including the history of approval request and related content.
Company OverviewMarvel Entertainment, LLC (Marvel) a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney
Company, is one of the world's most prominent character-based
entertainment companies, built on a proven library of over 8,000
characters featured in a variety of media over seventy years. Marvel
utilizes its character franchises in entertainment, licensing and
publishing.
Sample characters: - Spider-Man - Iron Man - Captain America - X-MEN - Thor - Avengers - And a host of others
Business ChallengesMarvel wanted to optimize their brand licensing process for their characters and had following business requirements :
Facilitating content worldwide
Scalable and flexible infrastructure to manage multiple content types and huge file sizes
Optimize the licensing process workflow trough automatic notifications, tracking reviews, issuing approvals, etc.
Solution DeployedMarvel worked with Oracle WebCenter partner Fishbowl Solutions and implemented a centralized Content Hub based on Oracle WebCenter Content. The 100% web based secure Intranet/Partner Extranet solution is now managing the entire life cycle of the brand licensing process.
The internal users can now manage all digital assets related to a character trough proper categorization of all items, workflow based review and approval of branding styles and a powerful search and retrieval service. The licensees of Marvel brands can now online develop and submit concepts and prototypes which are reviewed and approved using a collaborative process.
Business ResultMarvel and their brand licensees have now complete visibility of brand license operations including the history of approval request and related content.
The character brand related content is now in the right place, at the
right time at the user's fingertips with highly improved quality.
Additional Information
Marvel Open World Presentation
Oracle WebCenter Content
