Production, Scheduling and Print Estimation
It is the aim of the Anko Publishing Manager to enable you to make the most informed publishing decisions possible. So every conceivable factor in arriving at the cost price of a title may be incorporated. This area really takes full advantage of the stated aim of holding every piece of information relating to the title and the process of publishing.
So for example, because we hold all the information about the contributors to a title we may then go on to hold their contracts which of course contain the information about the royalty agreed for each title. This royalty information will then automatically feed into every estimate created for that title. Consequently, if you are intending to print 5000 books for the UK Trade market you can see in real time the precise effect this has on the cost price of the book. And even, with one click review the amount you would have to pay at each breakpoint to each author in that market.
Another example, because we hold all of the information about your suppliers/vendors you can easily relate a supplier to a particular task in a schedule and an associated cost. And because at the same time you will pull a supplier/vendors payment terms you may even see when you should be looking to pay them. Handy, for your cash flow.
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The Anko Publishing Manager because it is holding all the key factors in arriving at the cost price of a title can assist you in making your publishing decisions as informed as possible. Pulling information from titles; royalties; suppliers; specification; markets; schedules; print options; print estimation; customers. The APMs production module is a very good example of just how sensible it is to keep all your title information and every conceivable bit of information related to the publishing process in the one place with commonsense links between them. No more looking up specifcation information in one Word document and referring to a schedule in an Excel document in another department.
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In addition, to having the most complete costing mechanism available in the market currently the Anko Publishing Manager has the most flexible scheduling and project management functionality around. You may create templates based on any criteria and containing any number of tasks grouped however you like. At any point (i.e in the template or in a specific estimate) move those tasks around to reflect the ebb and flow (aka 'slippage') of the publishing process.
And we make all this information searchable, sortable and savable to give the most comprehensive work in progress reports imaginable.