Never before has accountability become such a major topic among print businesses in all disciplines, both analogue and digital, with growing relevance to companies of all sizes. As a result, the integration of effective MIS/ERP has become increasingly important for users who want to increase profitability through efficiency, saving both time and money, reducing waste and optimising resources.
EFI’s expertise in supplying all industry sectors with business and productivity software is based on enabling print companies to integrate management tasks to promote high levels of accountability across all jobs, end-to-end. The ability to incorporate all estimating, production, accounting, sales management and e-commerce is now vital for efficient planning. Today’s businesses can standardise and streamline their operations for a leaner, more profitable structure, so that they can take on more orders and rely on greater machine up-time leading to increased productivity.
The right MIS and ERP program represents the optimum in business and administration software, giving users the ability to streamline their operations, reduce costs and remove the margin for error. Its benefits include financial, CRM and sales management, plus full shop floor data collection, purchasing and inventory management as well as business analysis and reporting. Automated integration of these tasks generates speed advantages along with the simplification of time-consuming activities, and accurate accountability makes it easier to realise increased profitability.
Flexibility is key, and there is no ‘one size fits all’ with print business requirements. EFI’s policy of continuous research and development makes certain that its productivity software removes obsolescence and will perform well into the future. A typical life-cycle for print MIS and ERP is ten to 15 years once implemented, and investment in the right product initially will grow and adapt with a company’s needs, integrating with new and existing features such as JDF compliance, web-to-print and cross media.
The demands of print houses rarely remain static and, as such, all productivity software should reflect the potential for changes and growth. Similarly, flexibility is key both in integrated features and in operation, and businesses need to be able to benefit from straightforward browser-based functionality in their MIS/ERP applications. Successful implementation will result in businesses unleashing the full potential of their production environments, leading to greater automation across all processes, and growing their profitability through increased efficiencies and lower production costs.
