Case Study: Sanoma achieves 30% reduction in operational costs and 2-month ROI with Mendix

Sanoma Differentiates its Business Operations with the Mendix Platform

Sanoma, one of Europe’s largest magazine publishers with 80+ titles, faced a fragmented, largely manual planning and production process involving editors, marketers, vendors, printers and distributors. Heavy reliance on Excel and manual order conversion into external partner catalogues created errors, inefficiencies and limited visibility across the production chain.

Implementation partner Magnus built a Magazine Production Portal on the Mendix platform to centralize communication, automate order/configuration translation, model complex business rules and integrate with Sanoma’s SAP system. The portal streamlined planning, forecasting and logistics, cut operational costs by 30% and delivered ROI in just eight weeks, while enabling ongoing enhancements like management reporting and planning modules.

Sanoma

Joost Prins

Director, Supply Chain