ns.publish

The product: You publish an annual and sustainability report. We have the perfect tool for this.

In contrast to the numerous CDM modules on the market, ns.publish is a genuine editorial system. Customised for the needs of accounting, controlling, communication and marketing. Experts describe it as the best European content management system for corporate reporting. We are the only solution on the market that offers customers global standard software in a single product. Our unique selling point is the integration of Adobe products with Microsoft Excel. The market-leading system from Switzerland is therefore literally regarded as the “Swiss Army Knife for corporate reporting” among IT tools as a corporate reporter. With ns.publish and the online reporting tool ns.wow, we offer our customers two user-friendly, easy-to-use, modular SaaS systems that cover every conceivable need for corporate reporting. Regardless of whether the focus is on print or online output. Or whether this is to be changed at a later date – we offer a 360-degree solution for all current or future needs and thus provide a high level of investment protection.

Special features: ns.publish also includes numerous specialised features. For example, first- class table automation. It guarantees an efficient and stable transfer of all figures from your consolidation software. Furthermore, the integrated tagging module. Independent auditors rated it as by far the best and most user-friendly product on the market. With ESEF/XBRL solution based on the single source of truth principle.

As simple as it is reliable.

Unique selling point versus CDM tools: No question! It is the fundamental decision par excellence. How do you want to work? With a “real editorial system” – as a large solution for the entire company. Or with “Corporate Disclosure Management Tools (CDM)” – as a small solution for the needs of the accounting department only. Don’t get us wrong. We see most Office-based systems on the market as a viable solution for finance and for simple text processing. However, they lack the ability to generate high-quality laid-out output. The quality level is and remains Word. However, the Office programmes were neither conceived nor programmed as publishing software. Word is simply a word processing system. No less, but also no more.

This is a problem for companies with sophisticated communication needs and corresponding publicity and design requirements. We are convinced that the massively increasing requirements in the ESG area will result in more rather than less need for explanations in the future. Not just in reporting, but overall.

Office-based systems are sufficient for companies for whom the quality level of Word is sufficient. In other words, work without external or internal graphic designers. However, if this is not enough, the graphics work inevitably results in a parallel process: an upstream process with the Office-based system. And a second “agency process”. Changes become complicated. Not to mention multilingualism or multi-channel reporting.

ns.publish and ns.wow, on the other hand, bundle all processes in a single system. With a single source of truth principle. All internal and external users work in a single system (collaborative platform, with corresponding assignment of rights).

The most important competitive advantages

ns.publish is much faster and more stable than Office applications.
What you see is (really) what you get. You always work in the binding, final design and can see the adjustments and changes made at any time.
All parties involved work together in the same system on a collaborative platform. External third-party providers such as translators or agencies can also be integrated.
The charts can be created in Adobe Illustrator, directly in InDesign, so that high quality standards can also be met. Optionally also in Excel with all the design restrictions of Excel.
All data is exchanged via or within ns.publish This means that all data is stored in a highly secure vault (multi-certified, highly securely encrypted private cloud solution with data storage in Switzerland), including for all external project partners.
Every user (if they have the appropriate rights) can generate PDFs and milestones themselves, check track changes and compare versions.
Automatic transfer of financial information directly from upstream systems, linking of key figures also in the text, audit trail, all automation takes place via Excel and therefore transparently in an environment that is familiar to you, in which you can
also make adjustments yourself at any time.

Certified Partner: So you have decided to save time, money and nerves with your corporate reporting. Then you’ve come to the right place. We at Mensalia are the exclusive “Certified Partner” for Austria for ns.publish. We have been setting the benchmarks in corporate reporting in Austria since the turn of the millennium. Even when it comes to sustainability, digitalisation and automation. And the necessary adaptations for a perfect production process. As a “Certified Partner”, we guarantee the highest level of expertise and implementation competence. We are responsible for sales, marketing, system set-up, training and production support.

Certified Agency: As a Certified Agency, Mensalia provides every conceivable agency service for your reporting on request. In particular editing, creation, design and production. Here, too, you benefit from our decades of experience.

Your most important advantages

Save time: Significantly reduce the time it takes to plan and produce your reports.
Increase automation: Use our supplementary modules for workflow optimisation.
Minimise effort: Work in parallel and collaboratively right up to the last change.
Reduce susceptibility to errors: Reduce the control effort to a minimum with maximum traceability.
Multichannel publishing: Publish your reports from one source in print and online.
Integrated XBRL generation: Generate easily with the single-source-of-truth approach.
Security: Multiple certified cyber security
Decades of experience: Mensalia guarantees the highest quality.

Core graphic

The intelligent solution for the optimised realisation of financial publications – print, online, mobile.

With modules developed in-house, ns.publish goes far beyond the capabilities of standard editorial systems. The creation of annual reports becomes efficient, comprehensible, secure and multi-channel capable.

Checklist for the selection of editorial systems

The most important decision-making factors for choosing the right publishing system: Ask the right questions when evaluating your publishing system and demonstrate your expertise. We have prepared relevant questions for you and structured them based on the core graphic of ns.publish.

① Publishing system

Does the provider have in-depth expertise in the field of financial and corporate reporting?
Can the provider demonstrate a high number of customer systems in use?
Is expert or integrator expertise available in the publishing system and/or does the provider rely on third-party support?
Is the provider organised independently and are there no obligations to procure further services from related companies?
Does the provider have a tried and tested approach when it comes to introducing a publishing system (process analysis, implementation, training)?
Does your provider have self-developed modules that offer you added value by eliminating manual interfaces?
Does your provider maintain technology and development partnerships that contribute to expanding the functional scope of the publishing system?

② Financial interface

Can your financial figures be automatically transferred to the layout for all languages without any manual intervention?
Can you change (rows, columns), move or create new tables at any time without the help of the provider?
Can you link the key figures in the text and update them automatically?
Does your provider’s financial interface have an audit trail that provides transparent evidence of all changes?
Does your financial interface include a dictionary to manage and automatically update technical terms and translations?

③ XBRL (mandatory for all companies listed in the EU)

Can all the content created in the publishing system (printable PDF) be prepared simultaneously as a tagged ESEF (iXBRL)?
Does your system allow you to output the entire annual report, including the management report, as XHTML in addition to XBRL, as required by ESMA regulation?
Are the content and texts of the various channels in the system fed from the same database (single source of truth approach) or are there platform breaks such as manual copy & paste?
Does your system allow a repeatable transfer of data?
Does your system support the possibility of implementing other channels in addition to XBRL from the identical source, such as the high-quality PDF or the designed, interactive online report?

④ Online report

Can the content created in the publishing system (printable PDF) be prepared as an online report in HTML at the same time?
Can the content in the online report be updated at the touch of a button?
Can the online report structure content differently than the printable PDF?
Does the automatic text transfer still work?
Can multimedia content such as videos and animations be integrated?
Can the table contents be exported to Excel for analysis purposes without manual effort?
Can content from social media be added at will?
Does the publishing system allow responsive design for smartphones and tablets?
Can interactive key figure comparisons be realised easily?

⑤ Efficient working

Does the publishing system allow flexible editing of the layout (e.g. by the agency) during the creation process or are the templates rigid?
Do you have an easy-to-use text editor with text and dynamic layout preview?
Are changes documented and are they transparent?
Can PDF and/or Word documents be exported at chapter and/or overall publication level at any time and archived as milestones?
Can milestones be compared and the differences output automatically?

⑥ Translation management

Is a continuous translation process possible?
Is there an automated process without copy/paste?
Is the use of translation memory systems guaranteed?
How do you handle the subsequent translations?

⑦ IT expertise and IT security

Is the IT infrastructure geared towards hosting listed companies in terms of data security and data protection?
Are the operation, support, maintenance and further development of the publishing system guaranteed?
Is there a release schedule for the tools and planned maintenance windows?

Aptitude test – quick test

Is ns.publish the right system for you? Test it yourself!

Do you want to digitalise and simplify your corporate reporting process?

Do you want to increase the degree of automation of your corporate reporting?

Do you produce your annual report in parallel processes?

Are you unsure whether your reporting process is fit for the future?

Do you work decentrally, but still exchange files via VPN?

Do you want AI-assisted professional translation?

Are you dissatisfied with your tagging?

Is certified cyber security important to you?

Do you value European tools, EU data storage and guaranteed protection against US access (Patriot/Cloud Act)?

Is the security of a market leader important to you?

Are you dissatisfied with your current reporting process?

Did you vote “yes” more than once? That’s already too many.

We are here for you.