Manufacturing and Industrial
Software for Printing
Job-based printing with artwork approval, plate costs, paper wastage and tight delivery dates.
Printing is job work with a creative approval step in front of it. Nothing goes to press until artwork is approved, and once it does, plate and setup costs are sunk. Paper is the dominant material cost and wastage during setup is unavoidable but should be measured. Delivery dates are usually tied to an event.
What gets in the way
- Artwork approval delays compress production time but not the delivery date
- Plate and setup costs are sunk once a job starts, so changes are expensive
- Paper wastage during setup is unavoidable but not measured
- Job costing varies by size, colours, paper and finishing
- Reprints due to error are absorbed without being analysed
What the software handles
- Job order with artwork approval before production
- Costing by size, colour count, paper and finishing
- Plate and setup cost allocated to the job
- Paper consumption including setup wastage
- Delivery scheduling against the customer's event date
What changes
- Job margin known after actual paper and setup consumption
- Approval delays visible against the delivery commitment
- Reprint causes analysed rather than absorbed
Software for your printing business
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