SET THE FOUNDATION
Do DAM right the first time by developing clear processes, workflows, and standards that will power your program for years to come.
Creating a DAM program
After we discover how you work and what you need, we can begin building your program. This program sets the groundwork for success in future DAM efforts. As your digital assets grow, managing them becomes harder, making them difficult to access and use effectively. DAM workflows create a series of asset management activities to follow throughout the life cycle of your digital assets.
A DAM system includes essential workflows like:
- Asset approval
- Asset ingestion
- Asset distribution
- DAM system governance
- Asset archiving
These processes determine various stages of how you create, distribute, manage, and store your digital assets. A DAM workflow allows you to carry out tasks more efficiently and enables your teams to collaborate more effectively.
Kick start your DAM program
Stacks will work with your core team to understand your technical needs, build a custom taxonomy, and develop user groups and permissions, all validated by your end-users for your peace of mind. Our DAM workflows allow you to establish an ongoing program that supports your work.
Guiding Your Team
Our team of DAM experts will help your team understand the ins and outs of digital asset management and apply them to your unique organization, staying aware of best practices for your industry. We'll help you build a DAM model suiting your operational requirements.
Testing & Validation
Often, workflows and standards look great on paper, but don't work in the real world. Our team will ensure that your DAM program has been pressure-tested by your users and will work on Day 1.
Training Materials & Resources
While processes are great, people are what generate real return on your DAM investment. Our team will ensure that your users are equipped with everything they may need to become your DAM champions.
Get back to square one
For many with an existing DAM program, growth can't happen until the mess is cleaned up. Stacks can help identify which messes are the most important, develop a clear plan of attack, and efficiently implement changes to ensure a clean slate from which to grow.
Identify the Mess
Cleaning up messes is time-consuming, so it's important to determine which messes are worth spending time on and which can be saved for another day. Stacks has seen countless DAM programs, so we can help diagnose which messes are urgent.
A Trusted Game Plan
Cleaning isn't as simple as finding a mess and fixing it. Sometimes trying to fix a problem leads to unforeseen chaos especially when it comes to long-standing workflows. Stacks will develop a clean project plan to ensure proper communication with stakeholders and users who may be affected.
Efficient Execution
Once the plan is in place, our detail-oriented and highly-skilled DAM librarians and managers will get to work putting things right in your DAM. Because the due diligence has been done, we can focus on executing work efficiently and getting your DAM program back to a clean slate.
Don’t break up with DAM!
Even the best DAM platforms can turn into junk drawers with frustrated users and unfindable assets. It’s okay — Stacks is here to help. We can work with you to rebuild your DAM system, replacing the parts that create barriers to progress.
Auditing Systems & Standards
Our team will become experts in your organization and your DAM program by taking a magnifying glass to every part of your DAM efforts, resulting in detailed recommendations.
Understanding Your Goals and Challenges
Like any good therapist, we get you talking. We will interview users at every level of the DAM program, survey the larger user group, and review documentation to gain a better understanding of your desired end state and what's keeping you from getting there.
A Roadmap to Recovery
Following this intensive analysis, our experts will develop a custom roadmap full of priorities, activities, and changes to make your DAM program healthier and put you back on track. We'll guide you through turning your discarded DAM system into a new and efficient resource that supports your success.
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Your DAM partner
Building a DAM program takes expertise. At Stacks, we have it. Our team includes directors, managers, and librarians, many of whom have a Master's in Library and Information Science and are skilled in digital assets. We bring a team to every program.
Stacks is also certified by many leading DAM platform providers, including Acquia DAM, Bynder, and Aprimo. Throughout our years in operation, we have successfully completed over 100 DAM initiatives, focusing on people first to make asset management effortless. Our long-term focus allows you to lay a strong foundation for DAM. Rather than offering a quick solution that will only work temporarily, we think far into the future to set you up for lasting success.
