Hanley Wood is the leading media company serving the housing and construction markets. Its Washington, D.C.-based Business Media division publishes more than 30 residential and commercial construction titles, with a print circulation of 1.4 million and more than 20 million readers online.
The Hanley Wood editorial staff includes more than 130 designers and editors located in offices from coast to coast. By implementing the K4 Publishing System, Hanley Wood was able to dramatically increase collaboration between its art and editorial teams, reducing the time spent on rounds of editing and improving the interaction among the various departments.
After a successful pilot implementation with its Remodeling Group, Hanley Wood decided to implement K4 for all of its Washington, D.C., titles. In only six months, MEI integration partner DPCI worked with Hanley Wood and guided more than a dozen titles from Quark to InDesign and the K4 system, with support ranging from extensive training to template production and review.
The implementation of the K4 publishing system has revolutionized production at Hanley Wood. Designers and editors are able to collaborate more effectively, as each group now has access to the tools they need without impeding the progress of the other. Working with K4 has shortened Hanley Wood's average production cycle and has enabled managing editors to better track the status of the titles they oversee with the help of the K4 Query Palette.
For more on Hanley Wood's successful K4 installation, see DPCI's case study at http://www.databasepublish.com/case-studies/workflow-management/hanley-wood
