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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. |
This JDF integration resulted in many benefits for Bauer:
The resulting increase in net profit before taxes was $642,073. The Return on Investment (ROI) of the JDF integration
at Bauer Druck was 220% in the first year
Bauer Druck and HIFLEX were the winners of the 2005 CIPPI award for the most innovative use of process
automation technology in an implementation. |
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Dr. Jutta Thellmann (Muller Martini), Stefan Reichhart (HIFLEX),
Michael Bauer (Bauer Druck), Christian Bauer (Bauer Druck),
Stefan Daun (CIP4) |
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Bauer is a sheet fed offset printer who produce commercial printing, mailings, posters, books, and other products.
They employ approximately 50 people in modern production facilities.
Since 1992, Bauer has been using the HIFLEX MIS for managing their production and business processes. In 2002, all the presses were equipped
with a JDF-compatible machine control system. In April 2004, JDF connectivity between the HIFLEX MIS and production was installed.
Bauer installed the Muller Martini System Manager in order to network their Muller Martini saddle-stitcher (equipped with the
"Automatic Make ReadY System"
(AMRYS)). Additionally, the presses were integrated using JDF/JMF for process automation. |
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There were several potential cost-saving to be made in Bauer's workflow prior to the JDF implementation:
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Bauer was searching for seamless, cross-vendor communication between the corporate-level HIFLEX MIS and the production systems
in the press and postpress departments. The goal of this system was to improve efficiency, realize time and cost savings, and to increase productivity.
This would be accomplished through enhanced transparency and flexibility in the production process.
In particular, Bauer wanted to eliminate inefficient steps, such as the re-keying of job specifications into the press control system and the machine
control console of the Muller Martini saddle-stitcher, since the necessary data was already available within the HIFLEX MIS.
Additionally, they wanted instant access to up-to-the minute job status and production data.
Job data should be updated every minute by JDF/JMF data flowing into the HIFLEX MIS.
Bauer's ROI target was 2 years. |
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| Screenshots from the HIFLEX Estimate showing the measurements of a 16 page signature (folding sheet) and
Muller Martini System Manager showing the measurements of the product to be produced, as received from the HIFLEX MIS (example). |
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The JDF implementation at Bauer Druck started in April 2004 and progressed in several steps. Today (April 2005),
Bauer Druck profits from a fully integrated workflow between the HIFLEX MIS, the presses, and the Muller Martini saddle-stitchers. |
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| The Muller Martini PrimaPlus saddle stitcher of the latest generation features automatically
adjustable axes (Amrys) and can be made ready within 3 minutes. |
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| Production manager Julius Daniel using HIFLEX Scheduling. |
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Click here to read about more CIPPI Awards won by HIFLEX and its customers
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CIP4 is an international consortium for the integration of processes in prepress, press and postpress.
The CIP4 organization defines and maintains the JDF specification. HIFLEX has been a full member of the CIP4 organization since January 2002. |
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