- United Production Partners (UPP) reclaimed more than 1,200 hours annually by automating production workflows with Collide’s AI platform.
- Automation cut repetitive administrative time, improved scheduling accuracy, and freed staff for higher-value creative and client work.
- Results underline growing industry momentum behind AI-driven workflow automation — adopt now or risk falling behind.
United Production Partners Reclaims Time Through AI
What happened
United Production Partners (UPP) announced that, after deploying Collide’s AI-driven automation platform across its production operations, the company has reclaimed more than 1,200 staff hours annually. The hours saved come from eliminating routine, manual tasks that previously consumed producers’ and coordinators’ time.
How Collide delivered the savings
Collide’s automation focuses on repetitive administrative workflows common in film and TV production: call-sheet generation, crew and equipment scheduling, paperwork routing, basic onboarding, data entry and status updates. By automating these processes, Collide reduces human error and accelerates turnaround, shrinking time spent on admin while maintaining—or improving—accuracy.
Key operational benefits
- Large time savings: 1,200+ hours reclaimed annually across UPP’s teams.
- Higher-value work: Staff redirected from repetitive tasks to creative planning and client-facing activities.
- Fewer errors: Automation reduces manual-entry mistakes that cause costly delays.
- Scalability: Automated workflows replicate across shoots and teams, multiplying the benefit as UPP grows.
Why this matters
In production environments where margins and timelines are tight, reclaiming staff hours translates directly to cost savings, faster delivery and a better client experience. UPP’s result is a concrete example that automation can move beyond pilot projects to produce measurable annual gains.
Industry implications
This case strengthens a growing consensus: companies that apply AI and workflow automation to routine operations gain competitive advantage. For production houses, the choice is increasingly clear—either adopt automation to boost efficiency and scale, or risk losing ground to competitors who do.
What’s next for UPP and peers
UPP plans to scale these automated workflows to additional teams and project types, broadening the time savings and operational consistency. For other production firms, the UPP case acts as a playbook: identify repetitive tasks, test automations with a trusted partner, measure time saved, then expand.
Bottom line
United Production Partners’ 1,200+ hour annual gain demonstrates the practical impact of AI automation in production operations. The win is both proof that automation works in the field and a warning: companies that delay will miss measurable efficiency and cost benefits.
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