Software - MIS

WHEN WALSWORTH Publishing set out to find software that would modernize its system and increase the consistency of its printing processes—without eating into its bottom line—little did it know that it was in line for a bonus. Not only did the system the company choose achieve efficiencies throughout its commercial printing runs, from sheetfed to webfed to digital, it was also the basis for integrating and updating the entire enterprise.

WHEN WALSWORTH Publishing set out to find software that would modernize its system and increase the consistency of its printing processes—without eating into its bottom line—little did it know that it was in line for a bonus.Not only did the system the company choose achieve efficiencies throughout its commercial printing runs, from sheetfed to webfed to digital, it was also the basis for integrating and updating the entire enterprise.

FOSTER CITY, CA—Nov. 5, 2008—EFI (Nasdaq: EFII), the world leader in customer-focused digital printing innovation, had its most successful Graph Expo show to date, generating a record number of leads and winning three Must See ‘ems awards and three Worth-a-Look awards from the Executive Outlook Conference. This year’s booth was the company’s largest ever, even surpassing its drupa presence, enabling EFI to showcase its portfolio of solutions that are leading the industry's progression from analog to digital and increasing customers' automation efficiency, cost savings, and revenue stream opportunities.

LOUISVILLE, KY—October 31, 2008—aNETorder, a leading fulfillment and distribution services provider, is expanding its capabilities with the addition of state-of-the-art warehouse systems and facilities, along with a fully trained staff in Strongsville, OH.

FOSTER CITY, CA—Oct. 21, 2008—EFI™ (Nasdaq: EFII), the world leader in customer-focused digital printing innovation, will showcase its industry-leading portfolio of solutions in its largest trade show booth ever at Graph Expo (Oct. 26-29, Chicago's McCormick Place). EFI solutions, which continue to lead the industry's progression from analog to digital and increase customers' automation efficiency, cost savings, and revenue stream opportunities, will be demonstrated in EFI's booth 2000 and in partner booths, including Canon U.S.A., FUJIFILM Graphic Systems U.S.A., Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Pitman Company, Ricoh Americas Corp. and Xerox.

WILMINGTON, MA—October 10, 2008—Prism will be showcasing the small business edition of its flagship MIS, Prism WIN. Prism WIN SBE is the solution for the smaller, sophisticated printer with great plans to grow into the future. Based on full-featured Prism WIN, SBE is designed and priced for rapid implementation and training.

THIS SUMMER has involved much more travel than I would have liked, but has resulted in some interesting bits and bytes that I thought I’d share with you. After recovering from Drupa, I was off again to Las Vegas for EFI Connect. Frankly, Las Vegas is not one of my favorite destinations, but I suppose if you must go, the Wynn is the place to stay. It is a lovely venue and a great place to hold meetings.  

FOSTER CITY, CA—Sept. 15, 2008—EFI, the world leader in customer-focused digital printing innovation, today announced that The DG3 Group, a leading provider of global graphic communications solutions, has standardized on EFI Hagen as its worldwide print management system. In addition to Hagen™ OA’s Print MIS toolset, DG3 uses Auto-Count® direct machine interface and plans to implement PrintFlow® dynamic scheduling. DG3 is listed as a top 20 printer according to the Printing Impressions 400 and has locations in Jersey City, London, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Sydney, and Manila, providing comprehensive graphic communication solutions to corporate, financial services, pharmaceutical and academic institutions worldwide. “DG3 has been using

WESTPORT, CT—August 27, 2008—Local company, Estimator Corp headquartered in Westport will be among the companies displaying graphic communications Estimating Software, prepress, commercial, package printing, converting, and mailing and fulfillment equipment and supplies at the upcoming GRAPH EXPO, October 26–29, 2008, at McCormick Place South in Chicago, IL. This event is the largest and most comprehensive exhibition and conference of its kind in the Americas this year with over 500 firms exhibiting at this top-ranked show. “We’re thrilled to be a part of this premier event. No place is more important for gathering information on the newest techniques and technologies in the commercial, package printing

DÜSSELDORF, GERMANY—07/03/08—Hiflex very successfully debuted its new “Hiflex goes Mobile” capability at DRUPA 2008. This new technology enables users remote access to estimating, CRM and JDF/JMF production status. Anyone with a PDA can now have mobile access to critical information within their Hiflex systems back at the plant. This allows instant, remote creation of quotations, customer visit reports and real-time monitoring of production status while traveling on business or away from the office. “The practical benefits are obvious. The sales representatives of a print facility can immediately respond to and deliver quotation requests to their customers while in the field, using an iPhone and