MIS: Upgrade or Replace?

With the right data connections and a good understanding of the very unique requirements of packaging, an integrated system can create and track very specific notes about a packaging order—whether from the customer or the CSR. An integrated system is required because job tickets produced by MIS typically focus on the printing process and include little or no information about the complex prepress tasks required to produce the order. With the right IT support and tight integration with other systems, the job ticket can be enhanced to include exact prepress instructions. These reduce operator error and can even be passed to production workflow systems to automate the prepress process even further.