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 HIFLEX Corp, the leader in JDF-enabled Management Information Systems (MIS) is announcing that the new large-format commercial printer, All Out Inc,
based in Woodridge, IL has purchased its Management Information System, "HIFLEX MIS". The HIFLEX system will connect bi-directionally to systems from
KBA and Kodak using the Job Definition Format (JDF). |
| All-Out Inc. is a large-format, start-up company, serving the Midwest general commercial printing market. The company was founded by President, J.B.
Capuano and a core team of seasoned professionals, each having an average of 18 years experience. The JDF-networked components comprise HIFLEX MIS,
a KBA Rapida 142 with Logotronic Professional and Kodak's Prinergy PDF workflow system driving a Magnus VLF platesetter and a Nexpress digital press. |
| The HIFLEX MIS system allows printers to flatten their infrastructure and remove a significant amount of manual labor and cost in the process.
With the most extensive real world JDF experience on the planet, HIFLEX is able to integrate with every major vendor's JDF-enabled products,
and multiply these savings downstream. |
| "The core focus of most printers today is the reduction in costs, and in particular, the reduction of labor, which comprises the largest cost
in any printing company." says Capuano. "We are in a fortunate position of being a start-up and-in the spirit of the company's name-we
decided to go "all-out" for a lean manufacturing process. We are planning to grow the business very aggressively, and the HIFLEX system
will allow us to accomplish this with much fewer staff than our competitors. This will allow us to pass savings on to our customers while
improving our bottom-line profit. A healthy profit means that we can continually reinvest in the best technology and deliver the highest
quality to our customers at a realistic price. It also insures that we'll be here for our customer in the future, so it's a win-win situation for all." |
| VP of Operations, Gordon Gizowski commented, "We considered most of the major MIS systems on the market, and what we found with HIFLEX was
impressive: when we contacted other MIS providers we were disappointed by the limited availability of JDF connectivity. We met the HIFLEX guys
on several occasions and were impressed not only by what they could offer today, but also the potential their solution offers for the future.
The ability to create live, fully editable layouts in the original HIFLEX estimate, and transfer these downstream to prepress, press and postpress,
removes a lot of manual steps that are both inefficient and a frequent source of errors." He continued, "While most vendors talked about
JDF, and promised delivery at unspecified dates in the future, HIFLEX visited our facility with their product (HIFLEX MIS), Kodak's Prinergy and
KBA's Logotronic Professional. We created a real job and actually saw the JDF integration working with both the KBA and Kodak products." |
| President, Capuano added "Another feature we liked about the HIFLEX package was their unique, flat-rate, licensing mechanism. As we grow we
will not have to buy additional licenses to deploy additional seats of their software. Furthermore, as we add more JDF-enabled devices, we won't
be faced with complex ROI calculations to justify large expenditures, as there are no additional licenses to buy with a HIFLEX system. Instead
of playing with Excel spreadsheets for two days, to figure out if it's worth investing further in JDF, we can actually test the JDF connectivity
and measure the actual results." |
| In the JDF-networked system at All Out, the layouts created in the HIFLEX estimating module instantly transform into production plans and are
sent downstream to Preps and Prinergy where jobs and impositions are automatically created based on the layouts from HIFLEX. This completely
eliminates the role of the production planner and saves prepress operators having to re-key imposition specifications. |
While the job is in prepress, all status changes (at the job and page level) are sent back to HIFLEX using JMF messaging. Furthermore,
any materials consumed will be automatically booked against the job, including: material name, quantity, operator, job component, and
reason. This way costs can be recorded accurately and any material consumption above and beyond the estimated quantity, can be immediately
investigated. More importantly, if these are chargeable alterations they will be flagged as such, and billed to the customer.
All the details of the job transfer to the HIFLEX scheduling program at the push of a button. The HIFLEX schedule serves as a JDF controller
for presses and postpress equipment. Once the schedule is set for the day, JDF job tickets, containing all of the administrative details
(customer, job number, description) and technical details (paper, inks, work style, run length, make-ready allowance, etc.), are transferred
to the press, so there is no re-keying of existing data. Once the ink-key settings are delivered from prepress, make-ready can begin.
While the press is running, KBA's Logotronic Professional sends real-time JMF messages back to HIFLEX, so that anyone in the plant can see
the status of the press: job number, sheet number, good sheets, waste, job progress in percent, etc.
Gary Marron, President of HIFLEX Corp. said "All Out Inc. will serve as a model for the future of our industry. Not only will they
have an extremely lean manufacturing process, the tools that we have provided them will allow them to eliminate many common errors and
capture many sources of lost revenue (such as unbilled alterations). These all have significant impact on bottom-line profit." |
HIFLEX manufactures the HIFLEX MIS (Management Information System) which models and supports all business processes in the graphic arts industry.
The HIFLEX MIS contains several modules: Office, Factory and eBusiness (Office: Estimate, Order Management, CRM, Materials Logistics, Document Management.
Factory: Shop Floor Data Collection (SFDC), Scheduling, Shipping and JDF-interfaces. eBusiness: Online PDF Creation, Finished Goods Ordering, Info-Center,
Fulfillment, Data Handling, Online-Proofing).
HIFLEX is the global technology leader and market leader in the area of JDF connectivity and maintains close partnerships with leading manufactures in the
graphic arts industry. HIFLEX is a Networked Graphic Production (NGP) Partner and CIP4 Partner Member. In the 2005 CIP4 International Printing Innovation
Awards HIFLEX won in two out of the three categories and was given an exclusive honorable mention in the third. These results were repeatedly exactly in
the 2006 awards, further demonstrating how HIFLEX continues to lead the field in real-world JDF. Today, HIFLEX has conducted more JDF installations than
all other MIS vendors combined.
HIFLEX software is in use worldwide and available in 24 languages. HIFLEX reinvests around 30% of its revenue in research and development. www.HIFLEX.com |
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