F1 Colour Gets a Head Start with Flowmation
22 February 2007
Wokingham , UK , 22 February, 2007 – F1 Colour are proud to announce they have installed Flowmation, the Interactive Project Management system from Silicon Systems. Jamie Robinson, their Production Director explains how this has already facilitated a contract with Alfol Publishing; producers of 3 hair dressing publications.
With some of their clients working across several locations, F1 recognised the need for a system which could remotely approve the pages they produced. Jamie Robinson, F1's Production Director reveals “wwWebflow , our previous asset management system was good at uploading, downloading, searching, resampling and storing files, but did not extend to flatplanning or project management.
“People are working in a variety of ways and it's quite common for there to be someone in another part of the country or world who needs to be able to see their job in a flatplan, online and give approval or comments.”
Silicon Systems contacted F1 Colour back in late 2005, they presented them with the early workings of Flowmation and asked them, with their experience and vision, to become a Flowmation development partner. Flowmation combines Digital Asset Management, Remote Approval and Project Management in an efficient way. Jamie says “We had been working with Silicon Systems for a number of years and were pleased with their enthusiasm and willingness to listen and react to our needs.
“Flowmation had some great functions and with the ability to input into the final product, it meant we could include our requirements and those of our clients; we can see the fruits of this partnership in the product that we are using today.
“We presented Flowmation to Alfol Publishing, who produce 3 hair dressing magazines. They have offices in both London and the North East of England and need to view and approve the pages we produce for them in a flatplan view. With Flowmation they can do this online whenever and wherever they want to.”
F1 Colour are a Flowmation development partner who have been working with Silicon Systems since they came on board. Jamie explains “Utilising the technical benefits of the automated workflows, we are developing a system that will allow different ways of working for our clients, depending on their requirements. This could mean them taking more responsibilities and thereby savings costs or just a more efficient way of working.”
This added advantage has already lead to new business. Jamie is very confident that the system will help retain existing business too. He says “We are currently rolling out Flowmation to our existing clients who have been very impressed with it. We have big plans for this year and developments in the way we work will play a big part in that.”
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