AMS - Features
Program Execution, Management & Tracking
Multi-level support from “macro” campaign management to “micro” job management
Campaign level
Enabling the “high level” management of activity over longer period of times, campaigns become the owner of multiple projects and jobs and have team and document containers.
Project level
Enabling the “control” of multiple projects, using schedules, timelines and task allocation, this level controls milestone management, team activities along with project document containers.
Job level
Enabling “micro” level controls, jobs have workflows that are flexible status flags, each job can be configured for different work. Jobs contain details on work order and specification to deliver specific service or product outputs.
Financial Management
AMS controls costs across a campaign and through multiple projects and jobs
Estimates
Standard or client based templates with currency management enables the quick delivery of estimates based on internal or client rate cards.
Purchase Orders
Purchase Orders can be managed and controlled through authorised suppliers, PO authority levels can be defined.
Billings
Enables part or complete billing of work at any stage through the project or job phase.
Cost Capture
Ensuring all costs such as time and material are captured against the project or job through the life-cycle.
Cost Summaries
Delivering real time overview of the costs management statement including variances, over and underspends, complete and incomplete activities.
Financial WIP
Delivering full financial Work In Progress (WIP) management
Content & Digial Asset Management
While Pelagon does not deliver Digital Asset Management or Content Management Pelagon integrates into industry standard partner applications.
Approvals
AMS delivers complete approval cycles for estimates, documents and projects, enabling instant approval of critical processes.
Collaboration
AMS enables the joint collaboration of comments and annotations on artwork, audio, and video content (3rd party) for precise mark-up and commenting.
Distribution
AMS can enable the distribution of content through 3rd party products such as Accellion
Storage
AMS can provide online storage of digital assets and content within projects and jobs.
AMS – Special Features
Advertising Media Management
AMS can provide the planning, booking and execution of advertising media through direct imports from media agencies to specific studio insertions, including insertion orders, copy dates and supplier details.
Despatches
AMS provides for the tracking of artwork or content despatching, including notification and methodologies such as ftp or 3rd party solutions.