Stibo Systems recently announced, “Stibo Systems’ award-winning multidomain Master Data Management (MDM) solution will help to accelerate the digital transformation efforts underway at Scholastic, the global children’s publishing, education and media company. Leveraging Stibo Systems’ STEP platform, Scholastic can better utilize its product, catalog and customer data to create an improved and more relevant experience across its divisions and product offerings, providing the best products to customers in real-time. Scholastic is the world’s largest publisher and distributor of children’s books and a leader in educational technology and related services and children’s media serving schools, communities, teachers, parents and children in more than 150 countries. The company will use the MDM solution to power its multi-platform and multi-channel offerings supporting divisions such as book publishing and distribution, educational technology and classroom publishing as they serve customers. Scholastic maintains more than 500,000 SKUs and will use the STEP platform to present enhanced product information, resulting in a more comprehensive shopping experience.”
The announcement continues with, “Our partnership with educators and families is something we cherish, and we are dedicated to providing them with the meaningful and quality materials they need to create and sustain literacy-rich environments in homes, schools and communities,” said John Sims, Scholastic senior vice president, engineering. “Leveraging Stibo Systems’ MDM solution, we can achieve a deeper, comprehensive view of our products and customers and use that information across our brands and channels to provide a more satisfying and personal experience.”