StudioOnline

Quality, turnaround, accuracy and dependability rely not only on an effective workforce, but also on robust technology.

Underpinning all Express KCS' services is our enterprise-class workflow and asset management system, StudioOnline. Deployed worldwide throughout our customer base, StudioOnline enables hundreds of clients to submit, track and retrieve editorial and ad artwork and associated information in real time. XML feeds allow dynamic integration with our clients' systems, both standard and proprietary.

Main features:

• Browser-based
• 100% live, interactive data
• Integration with client-end job ordering systems - via XML or customized
• Access to fully-tagged asset archives
• Status checking and on the fly job priority alteration
• Job history auditing
• Merge multiple sources into one workflow screen
• 'Software as a Service' - eliminate management and administrative burden from clients

StudioOnline manages the real-time tracking of client jobs via a web interface and supports an integrated virtual team comprising offshore and client-side staff. Aside from a host of automated features, the system progresses work though all stages of production. Team members log in and see an interface tailored to their requirements, which allows them to upload, download, ask questions and monitor responses. Critical jobs can be flagged for notification and each and every part of the process measured, reported and audited.