Producing and supplying a large number of variable products, just in time and on a daily basis, and on competitive terms – we can help you to achieve this with our unique process automation and full cost and yield transparency in real time.

 

 

Basic sector-specifically preconfigured processes

Order acquisition processes

  • handling of enquiries
  • cost calculation with variants
  • pricing & quotations
  • customer / service orders

Materials management

  • procurement
  • stock management
  • administration of storage facilities
  • material flow management
  • printing of labels

Planning processes

  • materials / capacity planning
  • intercompany business
  • production planning
  • optimization of order sequencing

Production / checkback

  • acquisition of production data
  • acquisition of machine data
  • electronic job folder
  • performance statistics for production
  • quality inspection

Despatch and invoicing

  • transport planning
  • invoicing of goods
  • invoicing of services
  • complaint management

Finance and controlling

  • fixed asset accounting
  • cost-center accounting
  • projected and actual cost calculation
  • profit and loss statement
  • management reporting

Optional modules

  • personnel management
  • quality management
  • maintenance
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Specific processes and solution components

 

Webshop integration

• automatic generation of orders
• synchronization of master data
• continual status reports
• transmission of products and variants to shop with basic and extra charges

 

Prepress integration

• PDF workflow
• JDF connection to prepress
• JDF connection to image setter
• JDF connection to offset printing

 

Product breakdown

• mathematical definition of folding variants
• optimum manufacturing routes
• automatic panelization

Postpress automation

• automatic panelization
• attention to delivery priorities
• approval of suggestions for joint print allocation and overall PDF version with graphic content

 

Cost calculation

• performance catalog of typical processes and machines
• complications / factors that may lead to reduced output
• set of standards for wastage, set-up and output specifications
• generation of standard and individual products
• maintenance of empirical knowledge
• cost calculation of variants
• definition of critical run sizes for alternative manufacturing routes
• automatic updates when costs change
• cost comparison between parcel service and carrier

Price tableau

• target prices and minimum price levels for all possible quantity scales
• extra charges for variants and additional work
• automatic fixing of sales prices in accordance with target contribution margins
• calculated risk factor involved in joint print allocation
• drawing up of price lists

 

Finishing and distribution cockpit

• packing at the cutting machine
• division of run to cater to any number of delivery addresses
• per-delivery packing instructions
• despatch label printing
• clear labeling of cash-on-delivery packages
• cash-on-delivery lists

 

Important extra functions

• incoming payment / delivery stop conditional on preflight check
• recalculation of delivery date depending on priority
• aggregated report (acquisition of production data) for short runs
• aggregated product costing analysis[/us_iconbox]