Magazines

Magazines are not immune from the current economic slowdown, and many are seeking to develop innovative ways to shorten the production chain and reduce costs.

The magazine industry in general has remained reasonably static in production terms: many processes are repetitive and workflows have been largely unchallenged. Savings were usually only achieved with a change of suppliers. In the current economic environment, particularly across the US and UK, publishers are scrutinizing all costs in detail and are more open to previously “off-limits” solutions, such as offshoring.

Express KCS have shown that it is possible to provide complete end-to-end management of production processes for a magazine client, which allowed the client to focus on improving deadline availability, and gave the client access to the full range of Express KCS design talents.