Case Study: ZDF Studios achieves end-to-end media supply chain automation with Camunda

ZDF Studios saves €70K and scales to 150K+ process instances per month with Camunda

ZDF Studios, the commercial subsidiary of Germany's ZDF broadcaster, faced a fragmented and manual media supply chain. Their operations were hampered by decentralized metadata, manual file handling for thousands of assets, and a lack of APIs in their core software, creating major barriers to efficiency and scale. To modernize without increasing headcount, they turned to Camunda's platform for a solution.

Using Camunda as an orchestration layer, ZDF Studios automated its ingest and delivery pipelines, integrating various cloud services and systems like Hybrik and AWS S3. The solution empowered business users through visual modeling and created a cohesive, auditable workflow. As a result, ZDF Studios now orchestrates over 150,000 process instances monthly, saved €70,000 by eliminating black-box integrations, and successfully automated the handling of thousands of video and metadata assets with a small team.

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