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Case Study                                                                                                               Smart
                                                                                                                       Publishing




                                      Publications ensured
                                      The Allianz Group selected WoodWing’s Enterprise
                                      publishing system to produce its annual reports - and
Customer
Allianz Group, München.               managed to increase efficiency while achieving significant
Challenge                             cost savings at the same time.
An extremely high number of review
cycles resulted in very complex,
time-consuming and expensive          Market leader in Germany                         First SE company
production of quarterly and annual    The Allianz Group is one of the leading global   The reliability, service and expertise of Allianz
reports. This process should          service providers in the fields of insurance,    is based on continuous commitment of its
be significantly streamlined and      banking and asset management. It is one of       more than 180.000 employees. Over the
optimized.                            the largest asset managers in the world, man-    2007 fiscal year, the Allianz Group attained a
                                      aging 765 billion euros worth of investments.    total turnover of around 102 billion euros.
Solution                              The company serves more than 80 million          In 2006, Allianz SE, the holding company,
A versatile editorial system with a   customers in about 70 countries worldwide.       became the first company in the DAX and
good price-quality ratio, which can   Allianz has maintained its market leadership     the Dow Jones EURO STOXX 50 Index to
be implemented quickly.               in the German insurance business.                adopt the legal form of a Societas Europaea,
                                                                                       which is a new European legal form for stock
Products                                                                               corporations.
WoodWing Enterprise publishing
system

Business benefits
≡≡ Reduced workflow complexity
≡≡ Faster document turnaround time
≡≡ Fewer errors
≡≡ No duplication
≡≡ Speedy implementation

Partners involved
A&F Computersysteme AG, Sursee,
Switzerland
www.a-f.ch




                                      Allianz Group annual report:
                                      The company evaluated three editorial systems and selected WoodWing.



                                      “We managed to clearly reduce workflow complexity, and compared with
                                      the former procedure, we achieved significant cost savings.”

                                      Bettina Stoob, Group Management Reporting at Allianz in München
Test of three systems                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        After a three-month extensive evaluation
                                    Because Allianz is listed on the stock                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       phase, the decision was made to integrate
                                    exchange, it has to adhere to extensive                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      WoodWing’s Enterprise publishing system.
                                    reporting requirements. The Allianz Group has                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Bettina Stoob: “Compared with the other
                                    to publish quarterly and annual reports, and                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 systems, the solution satisfied most of our
                                    Allianz SE must publish its annual company                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   demands.”
                                    report and much more.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Competent partner support
                                    The Allianz team did not make a decision                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Because the project could be started just
                                    quickly. They painstakingly tested three sys-                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                prior to the next report production, little
                                    tems, which were selected in large part based                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                time was available for the conversion. This
Bettina Stoob                       on discussions with users who were already                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   is exactly the kind of situation in which an
Group Management Reporting,         utilizing these solutions.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   experienced and strong partner makes all the
Allianz                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Geschäftsbericht Allianz Gruppe 2007          Allianz Aktie
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 difference.
                                    Allianz Aktie

“We have realized a faster, less                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Bettina Stoob remembers: “Because our sys-
                                    – Auch die Allianz Aktie litt 2007 unter der negativen Stimmung gegenüber Finanzwerten                                                                       Trotz des Dämpfers 2007 war die längerfristige Wertent-                             Dividendensumme und Dividende je Aktie
                                                                                                                                                                                                 wicklung unserer Aktie attraktiv. In den letzten drei Jahren
                                      und notierte am 31. Dezember 2007 mit 147,95 Euro 4,4 Prozent im Minus. Allerdings                                                                         verbesserte sich der Kurs im Schnitt um jährlich 14,9 Pro-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     3 000                                                                         5,50    6,0

                                      fiel der Kursverlust unseres Papiers deutlich geringer aus als der unserer wichtigsten                                                                     zent; in den letzten fünf Jahren stieg der Wert der Allianz                                                                                                       2 476


                                      Wettbewerber. Wir sehen darin ein Anzeichen dafür, dass unsere operativen Erfolge                                                                          Aktie durchschnittlich um 12,9 Prozent im Jahr. Unter der                           2 400                                                                                 4,8




                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 tem integrator, A&F Computersysteme, sup-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          3,80




error-prone and more structured
                                                                                                                                                                                                 Internetadresse www.allianz.com/aktie bieten wir Ihnen
                                      wahrgenommen und zumindest teilweise honoriert wurden.                                                                                                     einen Aktienrechner an, mit dem Sie die Performance Ihres                           1 800                                                                1 642            3,6

                                    – Wir schlagen vor, die Dividende deutlich auf 5,50 Euro heraufzusetzen.                                                                                     persönlichen Investments berechnen können.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   2,00
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     1 200                                                                                 2,4
                                                                                                                                                                                                 Performance der Allianz Aktie im Vergleich                                                                     1,50   1,50   1,50   1,50
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            1,75
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   811




                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 ported us perfectly, the conversion phase
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       1,25                                 674




workflow, for a reasonable cost.”
                                                                                                                                                                                                 durchschnittliche Jahresperformance in %                                                      1,12                                  551
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     600                               364    374                                          1,2
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        307     367
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               275
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    XX

                                    US-Immobilienkrise stoppt                                       Analystenempfehlungen
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        1 Jahr
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         2007
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   3 Jahre
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 2005–2007
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               5 Jahre
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             2003–2007
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          10 Jahre
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         1998–2007   0        1998     1999    2000    2001   2002   2003   2004   2005   2006     2007    0
                                                                                                    zum 29. Februar 2008 in %
                                    Aufwärtstrend                                                                                                                                                Allianz (ohne
                                                                                                                                                                                                 Dividenden)                             – 4,4        14,9        12,9       – 3,3           Dividendensumme in Mio �




                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 went well – although, of course, we had a
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Dividende je Aktie in �
                                                                                                                                                                                                 Allianz (mit
                                    Der Wertverlust der Allianz Aktie betrug im Berichtsjahr        Verkaufen: 5                                                                                 Dividenden)                             – 2,2        17,1        15,1       – 2,2
                                                                                                                                                                                                 DAX                                     22,3         23,8        22,8         6,7
                                    4,4 Prozent. Sie schnitt damit deutlich besser ab als der für
                                                                                                                                                                                                 Dow Jones EURO
                                    uns wichtigste Vergleichsmaßstab Dow Jones EURO STOXX
                                    Insurance (–10,0 Prozent). In diesen Index gehen die Kurse
                                                                                                    Halten: 21                                                                     Kaufen: 74
                                                                                                                                                                                                 STOXX 50
                                                                                                                                                                                                 Dow Jones EURO
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           6,8        14,2        13,0         5,7
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Marktkapitalisierung und
                                    der bedeutendsten Versicherungsunternehmen im Euro-                                                                                                          STOXX Insurance                        – 10,0        11,3        11,5         1,7
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Nachhaltigkeit


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 nervous moment or two. A&F was there to
                                    raum ein. Dagegen entwickelten sich branchenübergreifen-                                                                                                     Quelle: Thomson Financial Datastream
                                    de Indizes sichtbar besser. Der Dow Jones EURO STOXX 50                                                                                                                                                                                          Die Marktkapitalisierung der Allianz Gruppe hielt sich trotz
                                    stieg um 6,8 Prozent und der DAX gar um 22,3 Prozent. Vor                                                                                                                                                                                        des Kursrückgangs annähernd konstant bei 66,6 Milliarden
                                    allem die US-Hypothekenkrise hat dazu geführt, dass In-         Quelle: Bloomberg                                                                                                                                                                Euro, weil wir im Zuge der Übernahme der AGF-Minderhei-
                                    vestoren Abstand zu Finanzwerten hielten. Diese generelle                                                                                                    Deutlich höhere Dividende                                                           tenanteile knapp 17 Millionen neue Allianz Aktien (mehr zu




                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 help, even late at night or during weekends.
                                    Haltung zog auch unser Papier in Mitleidenschaft. Nach-                                                                                                                                                                                          dieser Transaktion auf Seite 104 dieses Geschäftsberichts)
                                                                                                    Kursentwicklung der Allianz Aktie versus Dow Jones
                                    dem der Wert der Allianz Aktie zur Jahresmitte fast 180 Euro    EURO STOXX 50 und Dow Jones EURO STOXX Insurance                                             Wir wollen unsere Aktionäre am Unternehmenserfolg teil-                             emittierten. Damit zählt die Allianz weiterhin zu den am
                                    erklommen hatte, fiel der Kurs im Verlauf des zweiten Halb-     bezogen auf den Allianz Kurs in €                                                            haben lassen und schlagen deshalb der Hauptversamm-                                 höchsten bewerteten Finanzdienstleistungsunternehmen
                                    jahres im Zuge der Krise in den USA zusehends ab. Unge-                                                                                                      lung vor, die Dividende um 44,7 Prozent auf 5,50 Euro (2006:                        Europas. Unsere Aktie ist in allen wichtigen Indizes enthal-
                                                                                                    200
                                    achtet dieser enttäuschenden Kursentwicklung bewerteten                                                                                                      3,80 Euro) heraufzusetzen. Damit fällt das Dividendenplus,                          ten und wurde im Berichtsjahr in den Dow Jones Global
                                    die meisten der von Bloomberg befragten Analysten die                                                                                                        wie schon im Vorjahr, deutlich höher aus als die Steigerung                         Titans Index aufgenommen, in dem nur zwei weitere Versi-




                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 We always felt we received competent and
                                    Allianz Aktie unverändert positiv. Rund 74 Prozent empfah-      180                                                                                          des Jahresüberschusses. Die Dividendenrendite per Jahres-                           cherungsunternehmen zu finden sind.
                                    len sie Ende Februar 2008 zum Kauf.                                                                                                                          ende 2007 steigt auf 3,7 Prozent und die Ausschüttungsquo-
                                                                                                    160
                                                                                                                                                                                                 te auf 31 Prozent. Im September 2007 wurde die Allianz                              Unser Papier geht auch in die Nachhaltigkeitsindizes „FTSE-
                                                                                                                                                                                                 Aktie in den DivDAX der 15 dividendenstärksten DAX-Werte                            4-Good“, „Climate Disclosure Leadership“ und „Dow Jones
                                                                                                                                                                                                 aufgenommen.                                                                        Sustainability“ ein. Innerhalb des Letzteren war die Allianz,




                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 customer-oriented advice.”
                                                                                                    140
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     wie schon im Vorjahr, die Nummer 1 weltweit unter den
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Versicherern bei der Nachhaltigkeit. Das Sustainable Busi-
                                                                                                    120
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     ness Institute der European Business School schätzt, dass
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     sich der Anteil jener Allianz Aktien, die von nachhaltig ori-
                                                                                                    100      Jan    Feb   Mrz     Apr    Mai    Jun    Jul   Aug    Sep    Okt    Nov    Dez                                                                                         entierten Investoren gehalten werden, in den Jahren 2004
                                                                                                          Allianz
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     bis 2006 von 1,4 Prozent auf 3,0 Prozent annähernd verdop-
                                                                                                          Dow Jones EURO STOXX 50                                                                                                                                                    pelt hat. 117 auf Nachhaltigkeit ausgerichtete europäische
                                                                                                          Dow Jones EURO STOXX Insurance                                                                                                                                             Publikumsfonds halten Allianz Aktien. Damit ist unser
                                                                                                    Quelle: Thomson Financial Datastream                                                                                                                                             Papier die beliebteste deutsche Aktie bei den europäischen
                                                                                                    Aktuelle Informationen zum Kursverlauf finden Sie im Internet unter www.allianz.com/aktie.                                                                                       Nachhaltigkeitsinvestments.



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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 High acceptance
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 The biggest changes concerned the work-
                                    Little time was available for the conversion to                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              flow, says Stoob. The process had to be
                                    the new workflow:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            established and the staffers had to be con-
                                    Thanks to the excellent assistance of the sys-                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               vinced and trained. In the end, everyone got
                                    tem integrator, everything went smoothly.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    used to it very quickly. The staff had been
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 plagued with an outdated and cumbersome
                                    Complex production process                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   process for too long, so acceptance of the
                                    According to Bettina Stoob of Allianz Group                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  new system was high from the beginning.
                                    Management Reporting, all media materials
                                    had been produced in the usual way, in coop-                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Bettina Stoob draws an overwhelmingly posi-
                                    eration with an agency. Allianz created the                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  tive conclusion: “We save waiting time, thus
                                    content using Microsoft Office applications,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 realizing a significantly faster turnaround time
                                    and the agency initially used QuarkXPress                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    for our documents. And we managed to clear-
                                    and later Adobe InDesign for the layout.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     ly reduce workflow complexity. It is faster,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 less error-prone and far better structured.”
                                    The workflow of financial report authoring and                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Compared with their previous procedure,
                                    production is complex and time-consuming -                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   they achieved considerable cost savings with
                                    many contributors from various departments                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   a reasonable investment. Bettina Stoob: “We
                                    work together under extreme pressure. In                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     are in control of the process and avoid unnec-
                                    addition, the number of review and correction                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                essary duplication.”
                                    cycles is usually massive.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Thanks to these positive experiences, more
                                    Three-month evaluation                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       colleagues and departments will get access
                                    That is why the company decided to introduce                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 to the publishing system in the near future.
                                    an editorial system to optimize the process.
                                    The objectives were obvious - save time and
                                    money, and increase quality and flexibility.
                                    And, of course, the system had to meet high
                                    security requirements.




                www.woodwing.com

                                    Although every effort has been made to include the most up-to-date
                                    and correct information, no rights can be derived from this brochure.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         © 2010 WoodWing Software

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WoodWing White Paper - Allianz

  • 1. Case Study Smart Publishing Publications ensured The Allianz Group selected WoodWing’s Enterprise publishing system to produce its annual reports - and Customer Allianz Group, München. managed to increase efficiency while achieving significant Challenge cost savings at the same time. An extremely high number of review cycles resulted in very complex, time-consuming and expensive Market leader in Germany First SE company production of quarterly and annual The Allianz Group is one of the leading global The reliability, service and expertise of Allianz reports. This process should service providers in the fields of insurance, is based on continuous commitment of its be significantly streamlined and banking and asset management. It is one of more than 180.000 employees. Over the optimized. the largest asset managers in the world, man- 2007 fiscal year, the Allianz Group attained a aging 765 billion euros worth of investments. total turnover of around 102 billion euros. Solution The company serves more than 80 million In 2006, Allianz SE, the holding company, A versatile editorial system with a customers in about 70 countries worldwide. became the first company in the DAX and good price-quality ratio, which can Allianz has maintained its market leadership the Dow Jones EURO STOXX 50 Index to be implemented quickly. in the German insurance business. adopt the legal form of a Societas Europaea, which is a new European legal form for stock Products corporations. WoodWing Enterprise publishing system Business benefits ≡≡ Reduced workflow complexity ≡≡ Faster document turnaround time ≡≡ Fewer errors ≡≡ No duplication ≡≡ Speedy implementation Partners involved A&F Computersysteme AG, Sursee, Switzerland www.a-f.ch Allianz Group annual report: The company evaluated three editorial systems and selected WoodWing. “We managed to clearly reduce workflow complexity, and compared with the former procedure, we achieved significant cost savings.” Bettina Stoob, Group Management Reporting at Allianz in München
  • 2. Test of three systems After a three-month extensive evaluation Because Allianz is listed on the stock phase, the decision was made to integrate exchange, it has to adhere to extensive WoodWing’s Enterprise publishing system. reporting requirements. The Allianz Group has Bettina Stoob: “Compared with the other to publish quarterly and annual reports, and systems, the solution satisfied most of our Allianz SE must publish its annual company demands.” report and much more. Competent partner support The Allianz team did not make a decision Because the project could be started just quickly. They painstakingly tested three sys- prior to the next report production, little tems, which were selected in large part based time was available for the conversion. This Bettina Stoob on discussions with users who were already is exactly the kind of situation in which an Group Management Reporting, utilizing these solutions. experienced and strong partner makes all the Allianz Geschäftsbericht Allianz Gruppe 2007 Allianz Aktie difference. Allianz Aktie “We have realized a faster, less Bettina Stoob remembers: “Because our sys- – Auch die Allianz Aktie litt 2007 unter der negativen Stimmung gegenüber Finanzwerten Trotz des Dämpfers 2007 war die längerfristige Wertent- Dividendensumme und Dividende je Aktie wicklung unserer Aktie attraktiv. In den letzten drei Jahren und notierte am 31. Dezember 2007 mit 147,95 Euro 4,4 Prozent im Minus. Allerdings verbesserte sich der Kurs im Schnitt um jährlich 14,9 Pro- 3 000 5,50 6,0 fiel der Kursverlust unseres Papiers deutlich geringer aus als der unserer wichtigsten zent; in den letzten fünf Jahren stieg der Wert der Allianz 2 476 Wettbewerber. Wir sehen darin ein Anzeichen dafür, dass unsere operativen Erfolge Aktie durchschnittlich um 12,9 Prozent im Jahr. Unter der 2 400 4,8 tem integrator, A&F Computersysteme, sup- 3,80 error-prone and more structured Internetadresse www.allianz.com/aktie bieten wir Ihnen wahrgenommen und zumindest teilweise honoriert wurden. einen Aktienrechner an, mit dem Sie die Performance Ihres 1 800 1 642 3,6 – Wir schlagen vor, die Dividende deutlich auf 5,50 Euro heraufzusetzen. persönlichen Investments berechnen können. 2,00 1 200 2,4 Performance der Allianz Aktie im Vergleich 1,50 1,50 1,50 1,50 1,75 811 ported us perfectly, the conversion phase 1,25 674 workflow, for a reasonable cost.” durchschnittliche Jahresperformance in % 1,12 551 600 364 374 1,2 307 367 275 XX US-Immobilienkrise stoppt Analystenempfehlungen 1 Jahr 2007 3 Jahre 2005–2007 5 Jahre 2003–2007 10 Jahre 1998–2007 0 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 0 zum 29. Februar 2008 in % Aufwärtstrend Allianz (ohne Dividenden) – 4,4 14,9 12,9 – 3,3 Dividendensumme in Mio � went well – although, of course, we had a Dividende je Aktie in � Allianz (mit Der Wertverlust der Allianz Aktie betrug im Berichtsjahr Verkaufen: 5 Dividenden) – 2,2 17,1 15,1 – 2,2 DAX 22,3 23,8 22,8 6,7 4,4 Prozent. Sie schnitt damit deutlich besser ab als der für Dow Jones EURO uns wichtigste Vergleichsmaßstab Dow Jones EURO STOXX Insurance (–10,0 Prozent). In diesen Index gehen die Kurse Halten: 21 Kaufen: 74 STOXX 50 Dow Jones EURO 6,8 14,2 13,0 5,7 Marktkapitalisierung und der bedeutendsten Versicherungsunternehmen im Euro- STOXX Insurance – 10,0 11,3 11,5 1,7 Nachhaltigkeit nervous moment or two. A&F was there to raum ein. Dagegen entwickelten sich branchenübergreifen- Quelle: Thomson Financial Datastream de Indizes sichtbar besser. Der Dow Jones EURO STOXX 50 Die Marktkapitalisierung der Allianz Gruppe hielt sich trotz stieg um 6,8 Prozent und der DAX gar um 22,3 Prozent. Vor des Kursrückgangs annähernd konstant bei 66,6 Milliarden allem die US-Hypothekenkrise hat dazu geführt, dass In- Quelle: Bloomberg Euro, weil wir im Zuge der Übernahme der AGF-Minderhei- vestoren Abstand zu Finanzwerten hielten. Diese generelle Deutlich höhere Dividende tenanteile knapp 17 Millionen neue Allianz Aktien (mehr zu help, even late at night or during weekends. Haltung zog auch unser Papier in Mitleidenschaft. Nach- dieser Transaktion auf Seite 104 dieses Geschäftsberichts) Kursentwicklung der Allianz Aktie versus Dow Jones dem der Wert der Allianz Aktie zur Jahresmitte fast 180 Euro EURO STOXX 50 und Dow Jones EURO STOXX Insurance Wir wollen unsere Aktionäre am Unternehmenserfolg teil- emittierten. Damit zählt die Allianz weiterhin zu den am erklommen hatte, fiel der Kurs im Verlauf des zweiten Halb- bezogen auf den Allianz Kurs in € haben lassen und schlagen deshalb der Hauptversamm- höchsten bewerteten Finanzdienstleistungsunternehmen jahres im Zuge der Krise in den USA zusehends ab. Unge- lung vor, die Dividende um 44,7 Prozent auf 5,50 Euro (2006: Europas. Unsere Aktie ist in allen wichtigen Indizes enthal- 200 achtet dieser enttäuschenden Kursentwicklung bewerteten 3,80 Euro) heraufzusetzen. Damit fällt das Dividendenplus, ten und wurde im Berichtsjahr in den Dow Jones Global die meisten der von Bloomberg befragten Analysten die wie schon im Vorjahr, deutlich höher aus als die Steigerung Titans Index aufgenommen, in dem nur zwei weitere Versi- We always felt we received competent and Allianz Aktie unverändert positiv. Rund 74 Prozent empfah- 180 des Jahresüberschusses. Die Dividendenrendite per Jahres- cherungsunternehmen zu finden sind. len sie Ende Februar 2008 zum Kauf. ende 2007 steigt auf 3,7 Prozent und die Ausschüttungsquo- 160 te auf 31 Prozent. Im September 2007 wurde die Allianz Unser Papier geht auch in die Nachhaltigkeitsindizes „FTSE- Aktie in den DivDAX der 15 dividendenstärksten DAX-Werte 4-Good“, „Climate Disclosure Leadership“ und „Dow Jones aufgenommen. Sustainability“ ein. Innerhalb des Letzteren war die Allianz, customer-oriented advice.” 140 wie schon im Vorjahr, die Nummer 1 weltweit unter den Versicherern bei der Nachhaltigkeit. Das Sustainable Busi- 120 ness Institute der European Business School schätzt, dass sich der Anteil jener Allianz Aktien, die von nachhaltig ori- 100 Jan Feb Mrz Apr Mai Jun Jul Aug Sep Okt Nov Dez entierten Investoren gehalten werden, in den Jahren 2004 Allianz bis 2006 von 1,4 Prozent auf 3,0 Prozent annähernd verdop- Dow Jones EURO STOXX 50 pelt hat. 117 auf Nachhaltigkeit ausgerichtete europäische Dow Jones EURO STOXX Insurance Publikumsfonds halten Allianz Aktien. Damit ist unser Quelle: Thomson Financial Datastream Papier die beliebteste deutsche Aktie bei den europäischen Aktuelle Informationen zum Kursverlauf finden Sie im Internet unter www.allianz.com/aktie. Nachhaltigkeitsinvestments. 28 29 High acceptance The biggest changes concerned the work- Little time was available for the conversion to flow, says Stoob. The process had to be the new workflow: established and the staffers had to be con- Thanks to the excellent assistance of the sys- vinced and trained. In the end, everyone got tem integrator, everything went smoothly. used to it very quickly. The staff had been plagued with an outdated and cumbersome Complex production process process for too long, so acceptance of the According to Bettina Stoob of Allianz Group new system was high from the beginning. Management Reporting, all media materials had been produced in the usual way, in coop- Bettina Stoob draws an overwhelmingly posi- eration with an agency. Allianz created the tive conclusion: “We save waiting time, thus content using Microsoft Office applications, realizing a significantly faster turnaround time and the agency initially used QuarkXPress for our documents. And we managed to clear- and later Adobe InDesign for the layout. ly reduce workflow complexity. It is faster, less error-prone and far better structured.” The workflow of financial report authoring and Compared with their previous procedure, production is complex and time-consuming - they achieved considerable cost savings with many contributors from various departments a reasonable investment. Bettina Stoob: “We work together under extreme pressure. In are in control of the process and avoid unnec- addition, the number of review and correction essary duplication.” cycles is usually massive. Thanks to these positive experiences, more Three-month evaluation colleagues and departments will get access That is why the company decided to introduce to the publishing system in the near future. an editorial system to optimize the process. The objectives were obvious - save time and money, and increase quality and flexibility. 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