FMCG, Banking, Retail, Technology and other consumer brands

Large multi-nationals have the daunting task of managing not only the creative process but also the production of creative assets which then would have to be distributed to various vendors.

Increasingly most multi-nationals have embarked on the path of de-coupling the creative process from the production process and aggregating the assets in a centralised studio. Basil helps large multinationals with the creation of these dedicated production hubs by brands, skills or by regions.

Basil's Offshore Centralised Production Hub Solution has the following advantages compared to the traditional outsourced models:

Generating a higher ROI on marketing spends by

  • Aggregating functional capability across the group
  • Building scale and thereby lowering costs
  • By delivering service across geography
  • Specialist skills being made available through the group (e.g. digital/packaging group)
  • Single window being provided for all their requirements
  • Providing delivery across geography

De-coupling of creative and production reduces costs through

  • Aggregation
  • Better management of peaks and overflows
  • Better use of existing assets through a centralized DAM
  • Better management of technology – insurance against technological obsolescence

The typical savings one can expect based on the above concept could be as follows:

  Cost categories   Areas covered
People Onsite Account/Project Managers, Offshore Project Managers, Offshore Project Supervisors, Proofing & Quality, Management Overhead
Infrastructure Space, Service & Facilities space, Hardware, Software, Bandwidth, IT Infrastructure-Servers / Back-up devices / Firewalls / FTP servers & Accelerators / Printers
Other Infrastructure Asset Management tools / Collaboration tools
Other Overheads Finance / HR / Administration /
  Business volume $1 mil - $3 mil $3 mil - $5 mil >$5 mil
Costs & Overheads 10% 8% 6%
Overall / Net Saving 21% 23% 25%
Typical team size 50-75 75-110 120+

It has to be noted that the savings for different countries may vary - the figures above are indicative and typical only for a global hub which includes APAC / Americas & EU.

  Category   Areas Volume of total Expected saving*
Print Image re-touching, Adaptations & re-sizing, Transcreation, Art-working (Adv./ Brochures / Collateral / OOH / DM / Packaging) 50% 30%
Interactive Website / Microsite development / Flash Banners / Webisodes / Movie.flv / Application development (Widgets / others)/ Animation (2D / 3D), Multimedia Presentations 30% 35%
Digital Photography (Studio / Product) / Audio editing / Video editing 10% 40%
Content
Management
Updation, Creation of new content, Transcription 10% 40%
Total Gross
Saving
    31%

*Only considers the cost arbitrage of delivery people; other operational expenses need to be deducted to arrive at the net savings.

Read our case study on “How Basil assists the Lenovo production hub

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