Manufacturing and Industrial
Software for Commercial Printing
Print production at press scale — plates, paper and press hours per job — where paper wastage and press utilisation are the margin.
A commercial printer runs jobs through prepress, plate-making, press and post-press — cutting, folding, binding, lamination. Paper is the largest cost and is always over-issued to cover make-ready; press hours are the constraint. The estimate assumed a wastage allowance and a press speed. The printer needs to see, per job, what was actually spent.
What gets in the way
- Paper issued for make-ready is not reconciled against the allowance
- Press hours per job are not recorded
- Plates are remade without being charged to the cause
- Post-press work sent outside is tracked on paper
- Estimates do not learn from what previous jobs actually used
What the software handles
- Job estimated with paper, plates, press and post-press
- Paper issued with make-ready allowance and returns recorded
- Press time recorded per job and per machine
- Post-press job work issued and received
- Actual cost compared with the estimate at closure
What changes
- Paper wastage per job against its allowance
- Press utilisation per machine
- Estimates that improve from actuals
Software for your commercial printing business
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