B2B Interfaces to the print buyer

B2B Interface to sales partners/cooperations

Web Shops

Quotation API

Internal staff

(e.g. customer sales representative) raises the order in the production workflow system

Manual planning

Semi automatic planning

Fully automated production planning

Fully automated planning while meeting delivery times and optimal production costs

Manual

Semi automatic

Fully automated replanning

PDF Processing

Variable Data Processing

Color Management

Imposition

Proofing

Plate imaging

Print ready PDF for Digital Printing

Batchbuilding incl. Batch in Batch

Gangforms for Offset Printing

Nesting for Packaging / Large Format Printing

Online connection for machine presetting and monitoring

Inline / Near line finishing support

Online connection for machine presetting and monitoring

Storage of press settings for reprints

Offset Press Robotics

Color matching for Digital & Offset machines

Automated routing for cost optimized production

Color Quality Control

Print inspection

Interfaces to 3rd party production partners

Online, near line, offline interfacing to machines

Marks handling

Monitoring of off-line machines

Shop Floor Data Collection

Inventory Data Collection

Material Lot / Batch Tracking for e.g. EUDR

Definition of mile stones

Monitoring of defined miles stones

Internal complaints

Customer complaints

Automatic reprinting at any stage in production

Interfaces to material suppliers

Automatic reordering

Order-based procurement

Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI)

Material provision

Management of semi-finished products

Transportation

Physical transport including information to cost center

Temporary storage

Interim storage locations for materials and semi-finished products (pre-production)

Order picking

Consolidation of order parts/picking

AMR – Autonomous Mobile Robots

AGV – Automatic Guided Vehicle

Printing Machine Robots

Postpress Robots

Warehouse Robots

Packaging Line

Creation of outer packaging, packaging of the printed product, printing of the carrier label, feeding to the carrier container

Shipping to shipping address(es)

Interfaces between warehouse/ production and shipping system

Multi-item shipment

Fulfillment/Drop shipping

Packaging management

Determining optimal packaging, support for pallet formation, packaging / outer packaging /
pallet labels

Carrier interfaces

Interfaces to carriers (UPS, DHL, DPD, freight forwarders, etc.)
Brokers (Sendcloud, Shipcloud, Packlink, etc.)

Interfaces

Interfaces to SEPA, financial accounting (DATEV, SAP, Sage, Lexware, etc.), factoring

Invoicing to print buyer

Support for other billing types

Advance payment
Consideration of discounts
Collective invoices to headquarters
E-Invoicing
Payment by automatic credit note procedure
Others

Controlling of the machines, OEE

Times, materials used

Labour

Reasons for unproductive times