EPMS Tech Talk – EPMS Connect Overview
by Craig Andersen on Jan.20, 2012, under General Business Comment
This video will introduce you to the EPMS Connect Web Services Module, and how this module can automate your online ordering process, by taking orders directly from your websites and submitting them into Enterprise 32 database automatically as orders.
DON’T TOUCH THAT JOB!
by Carola on Nov.15, 2011, under General Business Comment
These days everyone is trying to figure out how to move a job through the shop without “touching” it. One of the ways to accomplish this is to take advantage of integrations between your Enterprise system and external workflow products. We recently announced an integration partnership with Ultimate Technographics of Montreal Canada, which links the Enterprise system with their imposition product called Impostrip®. We know that manual intervention on a job in order to plan imposition can be time consuming and prone to error. The integration with Impostrip®provides the ability to automate gang run impositions, when used in conjunction with the Enterprise Gang Run Wizard. This will translate into better profit margins and faster turnaround. Let us know if you need more information on this!
EPMS CREATES TECH TALK SERIES OF EDUCATIONAL/TRAINING VIDEOS
by Craig Andersen on Nov.02, 2011, under General Business Comment
Enterprise Print Management Solutions (EPMS) a leading developer of print MIS has announced the release of a series of free educational videos designed to help clients use their Enterprise print management system more efficiently. There four types of videos under the Tech Talk umbrella. The Customer Spotlight series highlights interviews with EPMS clients who discuss some of the ways in which they use the Enterprise management system. Vendor Spotlight videos are focused on interviews with EPMS integration partners who discuss how their products and Enterprise interact.. The General Subject videos consist of a series of discussions between EPMS staff, and are focused on broad areas of interest, such as the importance of training, or the tasks related to implementing a management system. The subject specific videos, EPMS Tech Talk – Training Videos focus on providing information or help for particular aspects of the Enterprise system, such as “How to Create a Template”, or “How to Do a Database Backup”. These videos are accessible via the EPMS website, making them readily available whenever a client wants to review a particular subject or function related to the system.
“We believe that training for a print management system is an on-going process and we created the Tech Talk Video series as a means of continually supporting the initial training that our clients receive. It’s common for printing companies to implement a print management system and then not provide refresher training or update training for their staffs. Enterprise is a feature rich and very robust print management system and we are making every effort to make sure that our clients are aware of and are using new features and functionalities. The Tech Talk videos are one way of doing that, and we plan to release a significant number of them over the next year,” said Craig Andersen, Executive VP of EPMS.
Mark Andersen, President of EPMS concurred.
“Our products are constantly evolving and adapting to changing market dynamics. Our annual upgrades often include hundreds of functional enhancements and we want to make sure that our clients have the opportunity to get information on areas of specific interest to them. Information is a powerful tool, and our goal is to provide as much of it to our clients as we can. We have been monitoring the number of “hits” to the Tech Talk series, as well as hearing from clients that they have been viewing the videos , so we know that these videos are providing a needed service to our user community,” he said.
EPMS AND SOFT SOLUTIONS PROVIDE INTEGRATED SOLUTION TO MARKING SYSTEMS
by Craig Andersen on Oct.06, 2011, under MISystem Comments
Enterprise Print Management Solutions (EPMS) , a leading developer of print MIS solutions and SoftSolutions, Inc , a leading provider of DMI solutions are pleased to announce the successful installation of their integrated systems at Marking Systems Inc, a Garland Texas . Marking Systems is a 110 employee , ISO9001 certified ,printing company specializing in durable custom labels, graphic overlays, roll labels and membrane switches. The ability to capture shop floor data in real time, without requiring employees to manually enter data , and having that ability fully integrated with their print management system was critically important.
“The integration between EPMS’ Enterprise print MIS and Soft Solutions’ Flex product provided the robust functionality that Marking Systems needed,” said Mark Andersen, President of EPMS.
“Marking Systems was concerned about the margin for error on the shop floor that happens when there is too much manual intervention in the data collection process. Flex provides a seamless integration between their shop floor equipment and their Enterprise solution. This workflow automation eliminates operator error and provides real-time feedback on their production status .” said Jay Foster, President of Soft Solutions.
Joe Sofinowski , Quality Manager at Marking Systems concurred.
“Marking Systems, Inc. chose to integrate Flex with EPMS MIS solution to ensure we get the most accurate up-to-date information from our shop floor. As a specialty graphics printer, we stock hundreds of different polycarbonate, polyester, vinyl and paper substrates. With an average of 1,600 custom printing jobs shipped a month, we struggled with raw material allocation and inventory control. With the EPMS/Flex integration, we do not have to rely on the accuracy of equipment operators manually entering material usage information. The system knows if there was unanticipated spoilage on a job and our purchasing department is continuously updated with the current on-hand inventory levels. The collection of labor hours is also greatly simplified with Flex. Operators of Flex-enabled equipment have their production times automatically loaded into EPMS’s Data Collection and Job Costing modules, ensuring accurate information for job costing analysis. With these integrated solutions, everybody in the plant (even people on the road with smartphones or notepad computers) can identify the real-time status of a specific job without interrupting anybody. The most important benefit of our new system is accurate data. The availability of accurate data enables us to make fact-based business decisions, rather than relying on gut feel,” he said.
EPMS AND PageDNA INTEGRATION EASES WORKLOAD AT SOS PRINTING
by Craig Andersen on Sep.28, 2011, under General Business Comment
Enterprise Print Management Solutions (EPMS) a leading developer of print MIS, and PageDNA a market leading provider of hosted storefront e-commerce applications report success automating workflow and reducing workload at client sites that are using the integrated products from both companies.
SOS Printing, San Diego, CA reports some real benefits resulting from the integration.
“SOS has integrated its PageDNA site with EPMS’ Enterprise MIS to better facilitate the entire on-line ordering process for our clients. When our client logs on, they see their branded web page where they can order both static pieces and variable data stationery. They build the order, submit it, and get a confirming e-mail. That order drops into Enterprise, and we get an e-mail alerting us that a new job is in WIP. The job is reviewed, scheduled and produced with no further administrative touches, reducing our workload and job handling time substantially,” said Ron Johnson, Financial Manager at SOS.
Craig Andersen, Executive VP at Enterprise concurs. “Both our current clients and prospective clients need help in automating their businesses with fully integrated e-commerce and MIS solutions. Our collaboration with PageDNA to create a seamless integration is paying off for all of our mutual clients. The objective in any of these integrations is to reduce the amount of human intervention in processing repetitive, simple work,” he said.
Doug Ballinger, CEO at PageDNA is in agreement that the entire lifecycle of printed products needs to be automated. “Brad Reimers, President of SOS Printing came to us a few years ago and asked if we would integrate our storefront with his Enterprise MIS. We were excited at the opportunity to create this seamless system, combining the PageDNA web-to-print storefront with the EPMS Enterprise system. We had heard good things about EPMS and when we had the opportunity to work with them it was obvious from the very beginning that we would create a great integration that we could successfully replicate in the marketplace. SOS put their trust in us to make the integration work. Now we are working with EPMS to market our integration to both our companies’ entire account base,” he said.
For more information about EPMS, visit www.entpms.com
For more information about PageDNA visit www.pagedna.com
For more information about SOS Printing visit www.sosprint.com
