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Production is responsible for vendor arrangements and
contracts, including print production, paper and front-end vendors such
as service bureaus, and in some cases, distribution. Production also
collaborates with the publisher to establish upfront standards for
price, quality, and service.
• Creates and executes production schedules with
internal departments and outside vendors, to provide the publisher with
the most optimal ad-closing dates, while still meeting mailing and
newsstand deadlines.
• Manages vendor relationships to ensure performance
levels that meet the magazine's requirements for fiscal and product
objectives.
• Serves as an adviser to the publisher regarding fiscal
and technology alternatives that can improve product and reduce costs.
When alternatives are adopted, production is responsible for ensuring
timely and competent implementation.
• Accounts for vendor and departmental costs of
production, proving the department's value as a yearly return on the
publisher's investments in (production management). The objective is to
deliver the appropriate product defined within the preceding for the
least cost, both in out-of-pocket and departmental expenses.
Source: Langford, Bert. "Successful production
management," Folio: Special Sourcebook Issue 1999
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