diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index eab3ccd..859a4f2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ func NewPipeline(cfg Config) *connector.Pipeline {
     StreamName: cfg.KinesisStream,
   }
 
-  e := connector.RedshiftEmitter{
+  e := connector.RedshiftBasicEmtitter{
     TableName: cfg.TableName,
     S3Bucket:  cfg.S3Bucket,
     Format:    cfg.Format,
diff --git a/manifest.go b/manifest.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7e6ad47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manifest.go
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+package connector
+
+type Entry struct {
+	Url       string `json:"url"`
+	Mandatory bool   `json:"mandatory"`
+}
+
+type Manifest struct {
+	Entries []Entry `json:"entries"`
+}
diff --git a/pipeline.go b/pipeline.go
index 445fac0..14d4198 100644
--- a/pipeline.go
+++ b/pipeline.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package connector
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
+	"log"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/sendgridlabs/go-kinesis"
@@ -38,8 +38,7 @@ func (p Pipeline) ProcessShard(ksis *kinesis.Kinesis, shardID string) {
 	shardInfo, err := ksis.GetShardIterator(args)
 
 	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Printf("Error fetching shard itterator: %v", err)
-		return
+		log.Fatalf("GetShardIterator ERROR: %v\n", err)
 	}
 
 	shardIterator := shardInfo.ShardIterator
@@ -50,9 +49,7 @@ func (p Pipeline) ProcessShard(ksis *kinesis.Kinesis, shardID string) {
 		recordSet, err := ksis.GetRecords(args)
 
 		if err != nil {
-			fmt.Printf("GetRecords ERROR: %v\n", err)
-			time.Sleep(10 * time.Second)
-			continue
+			log.Fatalf("GetRecords ERROR: %v\n", err)
 		}
 
 		if len(recordSet.Records) > 0 {
@@ -60,7 +57,7 @@ func (p Pipeline) ProcessShard(ksis *kinesis.Kinesis, shardID string) {
 				data := v.GetData()
 
 				if err != nil {
-					fmt.Printf("GetData ERROR: %v\n", err)
+					log.Printf("GetData ERROR: %v\n", err)
 					continue
 				}
 
@@ -71,15 +68,13 @@ func (p Pipeline) ProcessShard(ksis *kinesis.Kinesis, shardID string) {
 				}
 			}
 		} else if recordSet.NextShardIterator == "" || shardIterator == recordSet.NextShardIterator || err != nil {
-			fmt.Printf("NextShardIterator ERROR: %v\n", err)
+			log.Printf("NextShardIterator ERROR: %v\n", err)
 			break
 		} else {
-			fmt.Printf("Sleeping: %v\n", shardID)
-			time.Sleep(10 * time.Second)
+			time.Sleep(5 * time.Second)
 		}
 
 		if p.Buffer.ShouldFlush() {
-			fmt.Printf("Emitting to Shard: %v\n", shardID)
 			p.Emitter.Emit(p.Buffer, p.Transformer)
 			p.Checkpoint.SetCheckpoint(shardID, p.Buffer.LastSequenceNumber())
 			p.Buffer.Flush()
diff --git a/redshift_emitter.go b/redshift_basic_emitter.go
similarity index 89%
rename from redshift_emitter.go
rename to redshift_basic_emitter.go
index 7bd869b..7c48d22 100644
--- a/redshift_emitter.go
+++ b/redshift_basic_emitter.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import (
 // RedshiftEmitter is an implementation of Emitter that buffered batches of records into Redshift one by one.
 // It first emits records into S3 and then perfors the Redshift JSON COPY command. S3 storage of buffered
 // data achieved using the S3Emitter. A link to jsonpaths must be provided when configuring the struct.
-type RedshiftEmitter struct {
+type RedshiftBasicEmtitter struct {
 	Delimiter string
 	Format    string
 	Jsonpaths string
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ type RedshiftEmitter struct {
 
 // Emit is invoked when the buffer is full. This method leverages the S3Emitter and
 // then issues a copy command to Redshift data store.
-func (e RedshiftEmitter) Emit(b Buffer, t Transformer) {
+func (e RedshiftBasicEmtitter) Emit(b Buffer, t Transformer) {
 	s3Emitter := S3Emitter{S3Bucket: e.S3Bucket}
 	s3Emitter.Emit(b, t)
 	s3File := s3Emitter.S3FileName(b.FirstSequenceNumber(), b.LastSequenceNumber())
@@ -45,13 +45,12 @@ func (e RedshiftEmitter) Emit(b Buffer, t Transformer) {
 }
 
 // Creates the SQL copy statement issued to Redshift cluster.
-func (e RedshiftEmitter) copyStatement(s3File string) string {
-	var b bytes.Buffer
+func (e RedshiftBasicEmtitter) copyStatement(s3File string) string {
+	b := new(bytes.Buffer)
 	b.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("COPY %v ", e.TableName))
 	b.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("FROM 's3://%v%v' ", e.S3Bucket, s3File))
 	b.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("CREDENTIALS 'aws_access_key_id=%v;", os.Getenv("AWS_ACCESS_KEY")))
 	b.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("aws_secret_access_key=%v' ", os.Getenv("AWS_SECRET_KEY")))
-
 	switch e.Format {
 	case "json":
 		b.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("json 'auto'"))
@@ -60,7 +59,6 @@ func (e RedshiftEmitter) copyStatement(s3File string) string {
 	default:
 		b.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("DELIMITER '%v'", e.Delimiter))
 	}
-
 	b.WriteString(";")
 	return b.String()
 }
diff --git a/redshift_emitter_test.go b/redshift_basic_emitter_test.go
similarity index 93%
rename from redshift_emitter_test.go
rename to redshift_basic_emitter_test.go
index 030515d..7d993a1 100644
--- a/redshift_emitter_test.go
+++ b/redshift_basic_emitter_test.go
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestCopyStatement(t *testing.T) {
-	e := RedshiftEmitter{
+	e := RedshiftBasicEmtitter{
 		Delimiter: ",",
 		S3Bucket:  "test_bucket",
 		TableName: "test_table",
diff --git a/redshift_manifest_emitter.go b/redshift_manifest_emitter.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..36f0137
--- /dev/null
+++ b/redshift_manifest_emitter.go
@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+package connector
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"database/sql"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
+	"os"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/crowdmob/goamz/aws"
+	"github.com/crowdmob/goamz/s3"
+	_ "github.com/lib/pq"
+)
+
+// An implementation of Emitter that reads S3 file paths from a stream, creates a
+// manifest file and batch copies them into Redshift.
+type RedshiftManifestEmitter struct {
+	AccessKey     string
+	CopyMandatory bool
+	DataTable     string
+	Delimiter     string
+	FileTable     string
+	Format        string
+	Jsonpaths     string
+	S3Bucket      string
+	SecretKey     string
+}
+
+// Invoked when the buffer is full.
+// Emits a Manifest file to S3 and then performs the Redshift copy command.
+func (e RedshiftManifestEmitter) Emit(b Buffer, t Transformer) {
+	db, err := sql.Open("postgres", os.Getenv("REDSHIFT_URL"))
+
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	// Aggregate file paths as strings
+	files := []string{}
+	for _, r := range b.Records() {
+		f := t.FromRecord(r)
+		files = append(files, string(f))
+	}
+
+	// Manifest file name
+	date := time.Now().UTC().Format("2006/01/02")
+	manifestFileName := e.getManifestName(date, files)
+
+	// Issue manifest COPY to Redshift
+	e.writeManifestToS3(files, manifestFileName)
+	c := e.copyStmt(manifestFileName)
+	_, err = db.Exec(c)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	// Insert file paths into File Names table
+	i := e.fileInsertStmt(files)
+	_, err = db.Exec(i)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	log.Printf("[%v] copied to Redshift", manifestFileName)
+	db.Close()
+}
+
+// Creates the INSERT statement for the file names database table.
+func (e RedshiftManifestEmitter) fileInsertStmt(fileNames []string) string {
+	i := new(bytes.Buffer)
+	i.WriteString("('")
+	i.WriteString(strings.Join(fileNames, "'),('"))
+	i.WriteString("')")
+
+	b := new(bytes.Buffer)
+	b.WriteString("INSERT INTO ")
+	b.WriteString(e.FileTable)
+	b.WriteString(" VALUES ")
+	b.WriteString(i.String())
+	b.WriteString(";")
+
+	return b.String()
+}
+
+// Creates the COPY statment for Redshift insertion.
+func (e RedshiftManifestEmitter) copyStmt(filePath string) string {
+	b := new(bytes.Buffer)
+	c := fmt.Sprintf(
+		"CREDENTIALS 'aws_access_key_id=%s;aws_secret_access_key=%s' ",
+		os.Getenv("AWS_ACCESS_KEY"),
+		os.Getenv("AWS_SECRET_KEY"),
+	)
+	b.WriteString("COPY " + e.DataTable + " ")
+	b.WriteString("FROM 's3://" + e.S3Bucket + "/" + filePath + "' ")
+	b.WriteString(c)
+	switch e.Format {
+	case "json":
+		b.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("json 'auto' "))
+	case "jsonpaths":
+		b.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("json '%s' ", e.Jsonpaths))
+	default:
+		b.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("DELIMITER '%s' ", e.Delimiter))
+	}
+	b.WriteString("MANIFEST")
+	b.WriteString(";")
+	return b.String()
+}
+
+// Put the Manifest file contents to Redshift
+func (e RedshiftManifestEmitter) writeManifestToS3(files []string, manifestFileName string) {
+	auth, _ := aws.EnvAuth()
+	s3Con := s3.New(auth, aws.USEast)
+	bucket := s3Con.Bucket(e.S3Bucket)
+	content := e.generateManifestFile(files)
+	err := bucket.Put(manifestFileName, content, "text/plain", s3.Private, s3.Options{})
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Printf("Error occured while uploding to S3: %v\n", err)
+	}
+}
+
+// Manifest file name based on First and Last sequence numbers
+func (e RedshiftManifestEmitter) getManifestName(date string, files []string) string {
+	firstSeq := e.getSeq(files[0])
+	lastSeq := e.getSeq(files[len(files)-1])
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%v/_manifest/%v_%v", date, firstSeq, lastSeq)
+}
+
+// Trims the date and suffix information from string
+func (e RedshiftManifestEmitter) getSeq(file string) string {
+	matches := strings.Split(file, "/")
+	return matches[len(matches)-1]
+}
+
+// Manifest file contents in JSON structure
+func (e RedshiftManifestEmitter) generateManifestFile(files []string) []byte {
+	m := &Manifest{}
+	for _, r := range files {
+		var url = fmt.Sprintf("s3://%s/%s", e.S3Bucket, r)
+		var entry = Entry{Url: url, Mandatory: e.CopyMandatory}
+		m.Entries = append(m.Entries, entry)
+	}
+	b, _ := json.Marshal(m)
+	return b
+}
diff --git a/redshift_manifest_emitter_test.go b/redshift_manifest_emitter_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..802af6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/redshift_manifest_emitter_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+package connector
+
+import "testing"
+
+func TestInsertStmt(t *testing.T) {
+	e := RedshiftManifestEmitter{FileTable: "funz"}
+	s := []string{"file1", "file2"}
+
+	expected := "INSERT INTO funz VALUES ('file1'),('file2');"
+	result := e.fileInsertStmt(s)
+
+	if result != expected {
+		t.Errorf("fileInsertStmt() = %v want %v", result, expected)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestManifestName(t *testing.T) {
+	e := RedshiftManifestEmitter{}
+	s := []string{"2014/01/01/a-b", "2014/01/01/c-d"}
+
+	expected := "2000/01/01/_manifest/a-b_c-d"
+	result := e.getManifestName("2000/01/01", s)
+
+	if result != expected {
+		t.Errorf("getManifestName() = %v want %v", result, expected)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGenerateManifestFile(t *testing.T) {
+	e := RedshiftManifestEmitter{S3Bucket: "bucket_name", CopyMandatory: true}
+	s := []string{"file1"}
+
+	expected := "{\"entries\":[{\"url\":\"s3://bucket_name/file1\",\"mandatory\":true}]}"
+	result := string(e.generateManifestFile(s))
+
+	if result != expected {
+		t.Errorf("generateManifestFile() = %v want %v", result, expected)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/s3_emitter.go b/s3_emitter.go
index 6b81aa4..69a29c6 100644
--- a/s3_emitter.go
+++ b/s3_emitter.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package connector
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
+	"log"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/crowdmob/goamz/aws"
@@ -22,8 +23,8 @@ type S3Emitter struct {
 // S3FileName generates a file name based on the First and Last sequence numbers from the buffer. The current
 // UTC date (YYYY-MM-DD) is base of the path to logically group days of batches.
 func (e S3Emitter) S3FileName(firstSeq string, lastSeq string) string {
-	date := time.Now().UTC().Format("2006-01-02")
-	return fmt.Sprintf("/%v/%v-%v.txt", date, firstSeq, lastSeq)
+	date := time.Now().UTC().Format("2006/01/02")
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%v/%v-%v", date, firstSeq, lastSeq)
 }
 
 // Emit is invoked when the buffer is full. This method emits the set of filtered records.
@@ -43,8 +44,8 @@ func (e S3Emitter) Emit(b Buffer, t Transformer) {
 	err := bucket.Put(s3File, buffer.Bytes(), "text/plain", s3.Private, s3.Options{})
 
 	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Printf("Error occured while uploding to S3: %v\n", err)
+		log.Printf("S3Put ERROR: %v\n", err)
 	} else {
-		fmt.Printf("Emitted %v records to S3 in s3://%v%v\n", b.NumRecordsInBuffer(), e.S3Bucket, s3File)
+		log.Printf("[%v] records emitted to [%s]\n", b.NumRecordsInBuffer(), e.S3Bucket)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/s3_emitter_test.go b/s3_emitter_test.go
index 981412f..1307dd0 100644
--- a/s3_emitter_test.go
+++ b/s3_emitter_test.go
@@ -7,12 +7,13 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestS3FileName(t *testing.T) {
-	d := time.Now().UTC().Format("2006-01-02")
-	n := fmt.Sprintf("/%v/a-b.txt", d)
+	d := time.Now().UTC().Format("2006/01/02")
 	e := S3Emitter{}
-	f := e.S3FileName("a", "b")
 
-	if f != n {
-		t.Errorf("S3FileName() = want %v", f, n)
+	expected := fmt.Sprintf("%v/a-b", d)
+	result := e.S3FileName("a", "b")
+
+	if result != expected {
+		t.Errorf("S3FileName() = %v want %v", result, expected)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/s3_manifest_emitter.go b/s3_manifest_emitter.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..756d760
--- /dev/null
+++ b/s3_manifest_emitter.go
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package connector
+
+import (
+	"log"
+
+	"github.com/sendgridlabs/go-kinesis"
+)
+
+// An implementation of Emitter that puts event data on S3 file, and then puts the
+// S3 file path onto the output stream for processing by manifest application.
+type S3ManifestEmitter struct {
+	OutputStream string
+	S3Bucket     string
+	Ksis         *kinesis.Kinesis
+}
+
+func (e S3ManifestEmitter) Emit(b Buffer, t Transformer) {
+
+	// Emit buffer contents to S3 Bucket
+	s3Emitter := S3Emitter{S3Bucket: e.S3Bucket}
+	s3Emitter.Emit(b, t)
+	s3File := s3Emitter.S3FileName(b.FirstSequenceNumber(), b.LastSequenceNumber())
+
+	// Emit the file path to Kinesis Output stream
+	args := kinesis.NewArgs()
+	args.Add("StreamName", e.OutputStream)
+	args.Add("PartitionKey", s3File)
+	args.AddData([]byte(s3File))
+
+	_, err := e.Ksis.PutRecord(args)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("PutRecord ERROR: %v", err)
+	} else {
+		log.Printf("[%s] emitted to [%s]", b.FirstSequenceNumber(), e.OutputStream)
+	}
+}