Using a highly automated and integrated workflow solution, featuring EFI Technique MIS software as its core, Belgium-based commercial print company Corelio Printing has improved its operational efficiencies.
The level of streamlined workflow integration in the company allows staff to focus primarily on customer care instead of administrative or low-level production management tasks. The software schedules jobs with virtually no intervention across several plants running a variety of printing technologies.
According to CEO Jan Lynen, an influx of smaller publication runs in 30,000 to 50,000 quantity range created the need for faster turnaround. Without the installation, those jobs would have substantially increased the amount of labour needed to keep up with demand. ‘We produce from 12,000 to 20,000 plates per month,’ said Mr Lynen, ‘but since implementing the software our customers’ PDF files go straight to the platesetter with no staff involved. If a change comes in on a job, the software recalculates how many new plates have to be made and reassigns them to an available platesetter.’
Mr Lynen had several criteria when choosing workflow software to operate between the Corelio production facilities. ‘With the merger of several companies we had a mixture of processes and wanted to uniform production to save costs. The software had to cover the operation of all of our plants and different technologies so JDF was very important.’
‘EFI Technique has been a powerful MIS solution for customers around the world. Corelio Printing demonstrates how far a company in the publishing space can go with automation to reduce costs and improve customer relationships,’ said Paul Cripps, EFI’s vice president of sales for the EMEA region. ‘We are honoured to be among its partners.’
