Dalet Flex
Category Cloud
Dalet Flex is a cloud-native media workflow and supply chain solution that enables media-centric organizations to produce, manage, orchestrate, deliver and monetize content at speed and scale using AI-powered tools. It can configure workflows in the cloud, on-premises, or hybrid, and brings much-needed efficiencies to content production, packaging, repackaging, distribution, and archiving. As market demands evolve, the platform provides increased extensibility thanks to its cloud-native, microservices-based architecture.
Dalet Flex offers collaborative, AI-enabled workflows that harness a single, cloud-native technology stack and workflow engine to facilitate production, distribution, archiving, and monetization for news, sports, and entertainment. Standardizing enterprise workflows and integrating key technologies enable customers to achieve greater efficiencies at scale. Reducing touch points means customers don't need to increase staffing significantly, even as they grow. The structured environment, automation, and integrated technologies result in cost savings and improved profitability.
For example, Dalet Flex provides companies a much-needed migration path forward. Transitioning from entrenched manual workflows to an automated system requires a shift in processes and a mindset change. During busy periods, people are often tempted to take shortcuts, which can affect the quality of output. Dalet Flex workflows are designed to ensure structure and reduce the inclination to cut corners. More accurate results significantly boost overall productivity and success.
Due to its data-driven framework, Dalet Flex also leverages automation and data insights to achieve superior operational efficiency. Valuable data insights identify bottlenecks in processes, such as open review sessions or other human interaction workflows. Customers can easily and quickly course correct workflows via the flexible workflow engine, avoiding any slowdowns.
The latest version of Dalet Flex, includes a range of operational efficiency capabilities, including enhanced growing-file management and editing capabilities that accelerate workflows. Improved UX functionality provides faster, easier metadata management. Plus, new cost-monitoring capabilities track cloud storage and processing costs.
Real World Case Study:
Recently, The Picture Production Company (PPC) collaborated with Dalet to implement modern production-based workflows (case study link: https:/www.dalet.com/customer/ppc/). One standout feature is seamless integration with best-of-breed Artificial Intelligence (AI) engines. PPC chose to incorporate Wasabi AiR into their Dalet Flex workflow. The first step in revolutionizing their operations is leveraging AI for ingest. Ingested content is automatically sent to the AI engine for specialized services such as transcription, particularly speech-to-text and text-to-text.
With offices in London and Los Angeles, PPC services major entertainment clients globally, each with specific workflows. Instead of on-site linguists, PPC collaborates with in-territory translators to localize content for nearly 90 territories. With an annual output of 40,000 pieces of content, manual transcription is impractical.
While automatic transcription may seem ubiquitous, Dalet Flex provides a secure, scalable enterprise process that leverages human review. Although the system is closed to protect clients’ IP, human intervention ensures that the intricacies of idioms and cultural references properly represent tone and intent.
PPC’s team now works from an enterprise-level AI-generated version validated within Dalet Flex. Optical Character Recognition (OCR) converts typed, handwritten or printed text in media into machine-encoded text. This transforms staff from transcribers to editors, drastically reducing manual effort. Automating the process saves significant time, money and resources.
While pinpointing exact savings is challenging, the logic is clear—if an AI-generated transcript is already 85% complete, PPC is 85% ahead compared to manual transcription. This not only saves time but also money and resources, which is crucial in today's economic climate where every cost-saving measure counts.
The Dalet Flex unified global workflow integration is a remarkable success for PPC. From enhancing efficiency through AI to cost savings, Dalet Flex transformed PPC's operations. The company is now better equipped to handle the demands of the fast-paced entertainment industry.
