The Packaging Suite from EFI is a modular group of products offering key ERP functions and scalable Certified Workflows that helps label, folding carton, and flexible packaging businesses maximize the physical equipment on the shop floor. Users can boost productivity with data-driven insights into the areas where the most value can be added. Packaging Suite platforms such as the EFI PrintFlow scheduling engine, can ease bottlenecks by automatically adjusting schedules as conditions change. EFI Auto-Count 4D offers users real-time production visibility by automatically collecting accurate, up-to-the minute production data including counts, press status, speed, and other critical information direct from the equipment on the shop floor. The subject of workflow automation is a focus for EFI, and in 2020, the eFlow Automator module was added to the suite. The eFlow Automator can watch for events that users define as important and relevant, and the software can trigger activities as a result, automating routine and repetitive tasks even for actions outside of the EFI ecosystem.
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