Our Services
Production Management Consulting
The mainstay of our business since its inception has been the management of the advertising production process between our clients and their agencies.
What we do …
- Establish, implement and manage production cost containment and operating procedures.
- Attend and facilitate television pre-bid specification meetings.
- Review and analyze all production specifications, supplier bids/proposals, provide recommendations and rationale for supplier selection.
- Provide clients with continuous counsel throughout the production process.
- Provide audit compliance service for Agency of Record and supplier production invoices.
- Interface with personnel from advertising, direct marketing and promotional agencies.
- Provide training seminars to new client and agency employees with advertising responsibility.
- Provide year-end results of all production activity.
- Participate in the development of cost improvement ideas that will lead to lower production costs.
How it works …
TV Production Path
- Obtain script/storyboard from the Agency
- Pre-Bid Meeting held
- Specifications forwarded to Production Bidders
- Agency/Triad review bids together
- Bids negotiated with suppliers
- Estimate prepared by Agency/reviewed by Triad
- Job awarded
- Triad forwards written evaluation to Client
- Triad reviews overages
- Triad audits Agency invoices and vendor backup
- Triad stamps invoice “okay to pay” and forwards to Client and/or Client’s Accounts Payable Department.
Print Production Path
- Obtain layout from the Agency
- Pre-Bid Meeting held on large photography projects
- Agency/Triad review bids together (photography, illustration, computer graphics, separators, printers)
- Bids negotiated with suppliers
- Estimate prepared by Agency/reviewed by Triad
- Job awarded
- Triad forwards written evaluation to Client
- Triad reviews overages
- Triad audits Agency invoices and vendor backup
- Triad stamps invoice “okay to pay” and forwards to Client and/or Client’s Accounts Payable Department.
Triad Technology and DataMine™ Management & Reporting
Internet based audit system
- Invoices downloaded from Agency;
- Computerized line-by-line estimate matching.
Database management system
- Key metrics reporting:
- Savings by job, invoice summary by agency;
- Directors & crew rates;
- Original estimate vs. actual cost;
- Average TV spot cost;
- And more.
PC based interactive forms system
- Available to agencies and suppliers.
