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Magazine processes and procedures                                                 

Module content

Day one

(i) Defining processes and procedures
-        being part of the team – contacts for production personnel
-        knowing your supplier or customer – who are they, what do they want and how do you know?

(ii) Scheduling
-        time is money
-        identifying and controlling key stages

(iii) Flatplans and dummies
-        who controls the flatplan?
-        standard issue make-ups
-        increasing/decreasing issue size
-        effect on bound/glued inserts, cost and schedule 
-        useful dummies

Day two

(iv) Production procedures
-        who does what when, how and why
-        extraordinary events
-        constructing written procedures for all parties

(v) Ancillary print and services
-        supplements, inserts, outserts, bands, bags, polywrap, reprints, publicity material

(vi) Quality assurance
-         linking to the next stage
-         from original images and copy to product with the end user
-        colour correction
-        passing on press

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