Publication and distribution
Media productionmakesinformation products available for distribution. An information product is provided either on paper or electronically (e.g. embedded, online or mobile).
Distribution comprises the design, management and control of all processes to bring the information product to the user for use. The information product must usually be distributed together with the product. In certain cases, the distribution of the information product can take place separately from the distribution of the product.
Various parameters must be defined for printing, e.g. paper qualities or formats. There are various methods and manual processes for printing.
Certain aspects of packaging and the allocation of information products to the product must also be taken into account for the distribution of a print product. This is particularly important if there are variants of the information product, e.g. country-specific.
As a result of this process step, the information product is available in printed form.
- Specifications for printing (e.g. formats, paper qualities, bindings)
- Printing process (e.g. offset, digital printing, direct-to-plate)
- Manual processes (e.g. finishing, collating)
- Packaging (e.g. electronic)
- Integration of supplier documentation
- Packaging for multilingualism
- Variant-specific assembly
- Insert and provision processes, allocation to the product, time schedule