MIS: Upgrade or Replace?

At a typical package-printing company, many separate systems work together to manage the entire order lifecycle. The majority of workflow-related systems on the market today hold order information in a database. Many of them are also compatible with a wide array of order information via JDF, JMF, broader XML-based schemas, and other formats. By connecting these sources of data through an integration platform middleware system, order information can be harvested, standardized, managed, and used to automatically trigger key actions. And, they help serve one goal: to efficiently and effectively move an order through the production lifecycle from pre-production, production, and post-production through invoicing, shipping, and archiving.