Press release from Cutting Edge
Cutting Edge, one of Australia’s leading film, television and broadcast providers has today announced its rollout of the www.ShowMgr.com media workflow system. ShowMgr.com is the leading developer and provider of web-based enterprise resource management tools designed to automate and streamline production planning, financial management and event operations for the entertainment, broadcast and digital content creation marketplaces.
Cutting Edge Project Manager Ben Steendyk has led the integration team at Cutting Edge and is excited about the pending launch.“This is a fantastic resource as it allows complete visibility of scheduling and availability not just for our technical assets, but for our full time and freelance crews. The ability to update call sheets and schedules in real time and simplify communication with our crews while they are on the road will be massively beneficial to our projects.”
ShowMgr.com is 100% web-based with no client software necessary. The collaborative platform automates the entire operational process including resource management, asset management, facilities management, travel, scheduling, payroll, financial and enterprise workflow tools for broadcast, production, post production, satellite transmission and newsroom environments.
Automated and scheduled managerial decision support is provided by means of exportable ad hoc financial reports sent via email in Adobe PDF and Excel formats to defined distribution groups.
The company’s SaaS software suite is built on a scalable Web architecture that pre-packages several important core technologies critical to the automation operations personnel. These include a full-featured web management platform with detailed forms, interactive scheduling, a complete communications/notification platform and a business rulesorder based workflow engine, among others.
ShowMgr.com is a highly secured and fully redundant system that provides on-demand international accessibility to virtually any authenticated device that supports a web browser – desktops, laptops or handheld device – without any specialized client software installation. Globally redundant Microsoft SQL server 2008 clustered databases support thousands of concurrent users around the clock.
Managing Director Michael Burton states, “The implementation of ShowMgr.com will have a very positive impact for Cutting Edge as it will allow us much better visibility over multiple projects with real-time cost reporting. The ability to access ShowMgr.com via the internet means that our mobile workforce can stay in touch and keep information updated while on the road. It will benefit our business and allow us to increase our already high level of service to our clients.”
The Outside Broadcast division of Cutting Edge will be the first to roll out the system in June with the other areas of the company coming online over the following months.