Blue Lucy's orchestration and media management platform, BLAM, now combines automated processes with human task management, and integrates with 3rd party project management.
Blue Lucy's orchestration, integration and media management platform, BLAM, is now available in a new release. It combines automated processes with human task management in BLAM and integrates with other project management applications, adding capabilities to help users manage entire workflows.
The task application in BLAM has been expanded across the platform. Opening a task in BLAM automatically makes all the required media, metadata and any other assets required to complete the task available to the user. Task information is available and visible to users at all times, similar to a to-do list that sits alongside the tools and resources.
This functionality saves time, reduces user errors and allows teams to focus on more creative work. Once a manual task has been completed, it automatically triggers the next step in the workflow – either an automated action like transcoding, or another manual task.
The task functions have also been upgraded to increase options when users configure their set-ups, and administrators can set priorities and deadlines, assign users and filter tasks according to a range of criteria. When tasks are assigned to groups, specific team members or guests, only the specific assets and applications needed to complete the assigned work will be made available, based on user permissions.
The application integrates with other project management tools like Trello and Monday.com and can automatically share updates and notifications in Slack, via email and in Teams. Third party compatibility makes it easier to manage BLAM tasks as part of broader organisational workflows.
"Blue Lucy originally led the way in integrating task and asset management, and now we're taking this approach to the next level," said Joshua Martin, head of product at Blue Lucy. "While automation has become increasingly important in creating efficient workflows, we still need human intervention at critical stages of the process. With this new release, tasks and automation are truly integrated and central to all of our customers' workflows." www.bluelucy.com
