Plan Printing Production Workflow & Automation
Workflow & Automation for Large Format Technical Documents
Our suite of products connect together to complement your systems and supercharge your workflow.
OpCenter has been perfecting production workflow for large format technical documentation for over 25 years.
We have a range of solutions that link together and communicate with your systems to create an automated and accelerated workflow to enhance your production environment.
OpCenter Production Workflow Products
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PlotWorks Pro is a production workflow solution that streamlines your digital printing and scanning operations. Find out more…. |
Hosted system for sending, receiving and tracking large files. Find out more…. |
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| Fully customizable web forms for your customers to submit jobs to your organization. Find out more…. | Customer job order management software to capture and track order information centrally & digitally. Find out more…. |
At the extreme, our tools can help you build a complete hands off workflow from your website through to Production & Accounting.
We understand that total automation isn’t always appropriate; however, eliminating bottlenecks, repetitive tasks and keystrokes are essential in order to be as efficient as possible and stay competitive.
How our products replace, complement and connect with each other and external systems.
This flow diagram illustrates the multiple paths a job can take across our suite of products & modules.
This scenario below, highlights the reduction in steps achievable in a single workflow, comparing before and after a PlotWorks automation implementation.
We have chosen a Planroom in this example but any type of website where drawings of a know format are held and structured print requests can be made would follow a similar workflow. In some cases the accounting mechanism would be handled at the website end in the form of credit card pre-payment etc.
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One Typical Print Room Scenario |
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Customer downloads files from Planroom |
Customer Orders From Planroom |
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Checks files & Zip’s files |
Planroom Generates order with PFS* file |
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Adds to email |
PlotWorks Network Module automatically pulls job into queue |
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Finds PO Number |
Preflight / QA (optional) |
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Types print instructions |
Job automatically printed |
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Sends email to Print Room. |
Accounting system reads PFS to populate order |
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Email received by branch |
Delivery note printed |
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Admin books job into ERP |
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Files and instructions sent to production |
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Production person manually adds files and configures Job as per email instructions. |
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Files printed |
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Production person fills out job sheet |
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Job sheet handed to delivery person |
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Admin inputs job sheet details added manually to ERP |
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Delivery note printed |
*PFS file (PlotWorks Flexible Submission) An automation file than contains configuration, formatting and instructions required for end to end production.
Just like in the example above, which is one of many possible, we provide tools that enable you to streamline your workflow and increase your bottom line. An expertise we've been building upon over the last 25 years.
How much time can our workflows save your print operators?
Typically there is a significant time gap between when print jobs arrive in a branch and when they are actually configured by a print operator for output.
We can take advantage of this dead time by pre-processing all files as soon as they arrive, greatly reducing the time taken for operators to open, configure and print. Allowing both staff and machinery to become more productive.
In a test job with 60 A1 pdf’s, we compared the total time taken for an operator to open, configure and start printing.
- Without pre-processing workflow 9 minutes
- With pre-processing workflow 2 minutes
Add that 7 minute time saving up over a day and you could be saving hours!
Would you like more information? Contact us now.
Let us know about your current workflow and we will send you details on our supercharged version. Email us at marketing@opcenter.com
