WRKFLO.SOLUTIONS: IN-HOUSE PRODUCTION & POST FOR A REMOTE AGE

WrkFlo provides complete solutions for agencies and brands, helping build and maintain in-house production and post-production resources with full remote capabilities

OUR CORE MISSION

We provide our clients with all the benefits of an in-house production/post facility without the headaches that come with building, staffing and managing in-house production.  We view each assignment from the perspective of these four pillars: Technology, Security, Talent and Operations.

WrkFlo is a consortium of experts – each with a different skillset – in technology, creative, operations and finance. We develop solutions that are adaptable and flexible to respond to the widely different needs of individual ad agencies and brands.

TECHNOLOGY

SECURITY

TALENT

OPERATIONS

Remote Workflow

The pandemic brought about a significant and permanent paradigm shift that requires an entirely different infrastructure and operations with increasing collaboration between in-house and remote artists, project managers and technicians.

By locating all workstations on-premises with sophisticated remote access and virtual workstations, WrkFlo solves the challenges of security, massive file transfer bottlenecks, license availability, render access and file backup.

Before

After

Final Configuration

Click to see the transformation process.

On-site
Off-site
On-Site
RAID Drive
Workstation
RAID Drive
Workstation
RAID Drive
Workstation
Back up system
Cloud, LTO or storage server
License Server
Manages all software licenses
Workstation
Workstation
Workstation
Storage Server
Specialized Media Storage
Hi-Res
Proxies
Workstations optimized for
remote operation
Workstation
Workstation
Workstation
Upgraded Firewall
Off-Site
Off-site workstations with local RAID drives
Off-site computers for remote operation of
on-site workstations
Workstation
Computer
VPN
RAID Drive
Workstation
Computer
VPN
RAID Drive
Workstation
Computer
VPN
RAID Drive
Upgrade firewall
Specialized Media Storage installed for hi-res and proxies
Internal workstations now use new media server eliminating local media drives
Install backup systems, LTO and storage server
Install separate license server
Workstations installed & optimized for remote operation via VPN
Eliminates remote media drives
WRKFLO
WHAT WE DO

1

Building from the ground up or fixing and improving a facility/capability while solving the many pain points including security, technology, virtualization, licensing and operations.

2

Recruiting freelance and FTE’s – on-site or remote. Locating hard-to-find skills with realtime remote access.

3

Ongoing, long-term technical and organizational support services including managing in-the-cloud virtualization

4

Solving production and post-production challenges for video, audio, stills and digital as well as emerging technologies such as Live-Stream, AR and VR.

OUR PROCESS

The WrkFlo process begins with a needs assessment across the four disciplines

Technology
Security
Talent
Operations
Assesment & Discovery
Proposal with recommendations including timing, budget + detailed plan
Implementation & Installation including training program
Contracted ongoing support

The WrkFlo Process: The WrkFlo Assessment Audit

The WrkFlo Assessment Audit depends on the actual scope.

Technical

  • Assessment and analysis of current hardware infrastructure with a special focus on servers and back-up systems
  • Assessment of existing software licenses including expiration dates, licensing contracts etc.
  • Assessment of IT wiring and connectivity including wiring capacity, routers and switches, bandwidth and cloud capacity.

Security

  • Systems admin, password and approval layers and current protocols
  • Firewall capacity and security

Operations

  • Assessment and analysis of existing systems – software being used, data
    security
  • Financial & Resource management – project costing, actualization.

Talent

  • Assessment of existing personnel – skillsets and projected needs
  • Freelance and contract labor recruiting and hiring practices

Our discovery/assessment process begins with interviews of the major stakeholders (Production, IT, Finance) as well as producers, editors and schedulers. These interviews let us learn how the current system is set up, what is working, and where some issues may exist, as well as potential improvements.

We then prepare a report to document our findings that are shared with our team. We determine our recommendations on what processes, equipment, software and procedures which are detailed along with cost estimates, technical plans, an estimated timeline and a proposal for ongoing support.

Following approval, equipment and software is sourced, negotiated and ordered. Training of the staff is scheduled. Our integration team installs the equipment with ongoing maintenance. Our systematic approach includes regular communication with your staff to allow them to feel they have a voice, drive enthusiasm for the improvements, and thus increase compliance and acceptance of the new processes across the organization.