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 In January 2002 Hiflex became CIP4 full member as one of the first MIS manufacturers worldwide. Since January 2006 Hiflex as the first pure MIS vendor became CIP4 "Partner Member". |
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CIP4, the International Cooperation for the Integration of the Processes in Prepress, Press and Postpress, brings together vendors, consultants and end-users in the print
communications, graphic arts industry, and associated sectors, covering a variety of equipment, software, peripherals, and processes. The aim is to bring forward process
automation on the basis of generally accepted standards such as the "Job Definition Format" (JDF). |
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Starting in 2005, the CIP4 Organization annually and world-wide announces the CIP4 Innovation (CIPPI) Awards for most successful JDF real-life implementations.
In 2007, Hiflex for the third year in succession won two out of the three categories and received second place in the remaining categories. The awards recognize users
and vendors of JDF products for both technical innovation and business improvements. They also demonstrate how Hiflex continues to lead the field in real-world JDF.
Today, Hiflex has conducted more JDF installations than all other MIS vendors combined. |
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JDF stands for "Job Definition Format" and is the industry specification designed to facilitate process automation and the integration of different applications and
systems in and around the graphic arts industry. JDF also enables the integration of business management and job planning applications into the production workflow.
JDF is based on the W3C's Extensible Markup Language (XML), ensuring maximum interoperability between different platforms and ready interaction with Internet systems. |
 In the language of JDF as established in the JDF Specification (download at www.cip4.org), the product plan ("Product Intent") and the process definition
("Process Intent") are differentiated from each other. The product definition ("intent") describes the structure of the print product to be produced and is
stored in the JDF data tree structure. The process definition describes the production methods, wheres process groups are connected by input- and output definitions (ressources).
The Hiflex business software philosophy is based on considerations and facts that are consistent with the JDF Specification. A print product that needs to be estimated and
produced generally contains two essential levels of the product definition and the process definition:
The product definition includes information about the product type, number of pages, final format, color, and paper type, as well as special processing forms or refinements.
In the process, a print product is divided into various product components such as cover and content. This is necessary if inks or print substrates vary according to
specific product components.
The process definition is derived from the product definition, because the positions essential for production are already preset through the definition of the product components
and volume. In the process definition, for example, the signatures are defined for which a 28-page content can be produced. This is ultimately dependant on the operational
production facilities, which are, in turn, determined by the machinery available. Only then are the necessary individual processes defined (such as imposition, proof,
plate exposure, production run, refinement, and finishing.) |
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This approach to a print product in Hiflex is nearly identical to the JDF specifications. |
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 HIFLEX MIS as one of the very first Management Information Systems world-wide has been JDF certified by the CIP4 Organization (International Cooperation for the Integration of the Processes in Prepress, Press and Postpress Organization) and PIA/GATF (Printing Industries of America/Graphic Arts Technical Foundation) with effect from May 23, 2008.
Continue reading the article "JDF-Certifiering" here. |
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 HIFLEX Webshop implementation earns Print Plaza prizes in two CIPPI categories
The CIP4 Organisation presents its coveted annual innovation awards, the so-called CIPPI Awards, to honour the achievements of the most innovative companies in the international graphic arts industry in the fields of networking and process automation. HIFLEX users have been regulars on the list of CIPPI Award winners from the very beginning - and this fourth year was no different.
Continue reading the article "CIP4-Innovationspreis 2008 für Synthese aus Web-to-Print und JDF" here. |
 Tre företag erhåller CIP4 Innovation Awards 2007 för sitt nätverk mellan företagen. Under de senaste åren har priset getts till optimerade arbetsflöden inom ett
företag som blivit effektivare tack vare JDF-integration. I år, och för första gången, gavs CIP4-priset till ett nätverk av köpare, tryckerier och förädlingsföretag,
vilka använder HIFLEX programvaror för kommunikation och hanteringen av förfrågningar och orders mellan företagen. Den prisbelönta implementeringen består av tre
företag: trycksaksköparen Gutenberg Werbering från Linz i Österrike, Druckhaus Berlin-Mitte (DBM), vilka förser Gutenberg med trycksaker samt Grieger Offsetdruck,
från vilka DBM köper in tjänster (UV lackering). Alla tre företagen erhåller nu CIPPI-priset för "Mest innovativa användningen av tekniken för
processautomatisering":
Continue reading the article "Tryckproduktion i flerföretagslösning använder JDF och Hiflex Print Support" here. |
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 Mit dem CIP4 International Print Production Innovation Awards (CIPPI Awards) würdigt die CIP4-Organisation grafische Betriebe, die auf dem Gebiet der digitalen
Integration, Vernetzung und Automatisierung Weltspitze sind. Ausgezeichnet wird natürlich auch die Zulieferindustrie. Heuer unter den Siegern: Gutenberg-Werbering, Linz.
In den letzten Jahren ging die Auszeichnung immer an Druckereien, die ihren Workflow durch die JDF-Vernetzung optimierten. Dieses Jahr gehen die CIPPI Awards erstmals
an Betriebe, die über das Software-Tool HIFLEX Print Support unternehmensübergreifend kommunizieren und Anfragen sowie Bestellungen damit abwickeln. Die prämierte
Implementierung in der Kategorie "Innovativste Nutzung der Prozessautomatisierung" bindet drei Unternehmen ein: Gutenberg-Werbering, Linz; das Druckhaus
Berlin-Mitte (DBM), Berlin und Grieger Offsetdruck, Nettetal-Kaldenkirchen.
Continue reading the article "CIPPI Awards 2007: CIP4 Innovationspreis an Gutenberg-Werbering, Linz" here. |
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 Norwegian offset printer implements HIFLEX MIS and JDF between five different vendors' systems and realizes ROI of 1847% . PDC Tangen from Oslo is the first Scandinavian
printer that implemented JDF connectivity. Starting early in 2006, they to date have realized most convincing results of process automation implementation which earned them
the 2007 CIPPI Award in the category "Best cost/benefit realization as a result of process automation implementation". The case story of PDC Tangen revealed impressive
benefits of the JDF implementation: an increase in the turnover by 20% (+ EUR 5.2 Mio / NOK 40,6 / USD 7,17), a productivity increase of 25% on the presses and 15% on the
folding machines. The profit after taxes was improved by almost 900%. Calculated on a five year period, the competitive advantage due to process automation amounts to
EUR 5.180.906 / NOK 40,490,404 / USD 7,131,880 and the investment pays itself back 20 times. The CIP4 Award places the offset printer from the North amongst the world-wide
most successful users of process automation technology.
Continue reading the article "PDC Tangen and Hiflex - A JDF Success Story from the North" here. |
 CIP4 Innovation Awards år 2007 prisar återigen tre HIFLEX-användare. CIP4 Innovation Awards delas ut till framgångsrika användare från hela världen av automatiserade
processteknologier. För tredje året i rad vann HIFLEX-användare två av tre kategorier och nådde en andraplats i den tredje kategorin.
Continue reading the article "Oslagbar succé för Hiflex-användare på CIPPI Awards" here. |
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 Produktivität um 20% gesteigert, ROI über 600%. "Der technische Fortschritt marschiert weiter, und wir wollen mit ihm
wachsen. Dazu bedienen wir uns intelligenter technischer Lösungen, denn die führen immer zu gesteigerter Produktivität",
sagen Albert Contzen und Helmut Stoppe, beide Geschäftsführer der Mediengruppe UNIVERSAL Grafische Betriebe Manz und
Mühlthaler GmbH (MGU). Konsequenterweise sucht die 40-Mitarbeiter starke Offsetdruckerei immer nach neuen Wegen,
die betriebliche Effizienz zu steigern.
Continue reading the article "Die Mediengruppe UNIVERSAL erhält CIP4 Innovationspreis für die Umwandlung von PPF (CIP3) in JDF (CIP4)" here. |
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 Belgium offset printer successful in the 2006 CIPPI Awards. End of 2002 Patrick Tanghe, CEO of Tanghe Printing NV, decided to start a CIM project
(Computer Integrated Manufacturing) for his company. The goal was to integrate all organisational and technical IT functions that are related to the
production processes in one central IT system (the HIFLEX MIS). In order to automate processes this system should make joint usage of all data relevant
to production. Since the go-ahead four years ago Tanghe Printing NV has increased its total turnover by 45 percent (2006: EUR 4.8 Mio.) while simultaneously
reducing the workforce of around 35 to 23 people.
Continue reading the article "Tanghe Printing Benefits from Investment into JDF" here. |
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 CIP4 awards Köller+Nowak for "Biggest Improvement in Efficiency and Customer Responsiveness". Full-service printing house Köller+Nowak of
"Drupa-City" Düsseldorf had already set a course for automation years ago. In the early stages of their journey, Köller+Nowak has seen that automation
does't just begin when a job is created in the system but much earlier: it begins with the customer's operations. With the implementation of the HIFLEX
eBusiness module in August 2002, Köller+Nowak integrated their customers transparently and efficiently into order processing which provided tangible
benefits for the printing house and eventually has also significantly strengthened customer relationships.
Continue reading the article "JDF scores well also with customers" here. |
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 Panel of experts honors three HIFLEX users for their JDF-projects. The CIP4 International Print Production Innovation (CIPPI) Award for printers,
who successfully networked their production, goes once again to three honored HIFLEX users for the 2006 awards. These official awards are announced for
three categories. As in 2005, HIFLEX customers were nominated in all three categories, won two awards, and were given an exclusive honorable mention in the third.
Continue reading the article "Hiflex customers win CIPPI-Award 2006" here. |
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 With effect from 2006, Management Information System (MIS) vendor HIFLEX is a "Partner Member" of the international CIP4 Organization. CIP4 encourages the Integration
of Processes in Prepress, Press and Postpress and is responsible for the specification of the Job Definition Format (JDF).
The increase in HIFLEX's CIP4 membership level permits maximum commitment and enables HIFLEX to participate in working groups that are accessible only to "Partner Members"
(e.g. the "CIP4 Advisory Board", the highest authority in the CIP4 Organization). Today, HIFLEX is the only pure MIS-vendor in the CIP4 Organization to have this level
of membership. "Partner Member" is the highest level of membership that CIP4 offers (Appointed - Associate - Full - Partner). Currently, 14 of 300+ CIP4 members are partners.
Continue reading the article "Hiflex wird Partner von CIP4" here. |
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 Executive Summary - Kraft Druck installed a HIFLEX Print Management Information
System (Print MIS) in order to improve process automation. Recently, they implemented
electronic scheduling and JDF between MIS, Prepress and Press.
Continue reading the article "HIFLEX MIS and JDF implementation valued at over $750K" here. |
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 Executive Summary - HIFLEX customer, Druckerei Bauer KG (Bauer), recently employed
JDF to connect their HIFLEX MIS with their sheet fed presses and Muller Martini saddle-stitcher. One particular
aspect of the JDF integration involved a ground breaking innovation: the JDF connection between HIFLEX MIS and
Muller Martini's saddle-stitcher required considerable development and resulted in the world's first fully integrated postpress JDF/JMF connectivity.
Continue reading the article "JDF Innovation Translates Into Increased Profit" here. |
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 Executive Summary - Druckhaus Berlin-Mitte GmbH (DBM) has been using HIFLEX MIS for
a number of years. In February 2003, they began the implementation of electronic scheduling
and connectivity between HIFLEX MIS and their MAN Roland presses using JDF.
Continue reading the article "HIFLEX MIS and JDF implementation valued at over $2m" here. |
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Ampersand Printing, from Guelph, (Toronto) Canada, achieved second place in the world-wide 2007 CIP4/JDF "CIPPI Award" in the category "Biggest improvement in
efficiency and customer responsiveness as a result of process automation."