Order acquisition processes
- handling of enquiries
- cost calculation with variants
- pricing & quotations
- customer / service orders
- contracts / delivery plans
Basic sector-specifically preconfigured processes
Materials management
- procurement processes
- stock management / storage facilities
- material retrieval administration
- contracts and delivery plans
- batch administration / batch tracing
- handling unit management
- control of material flow by bar codes
- labels / pallet flags
Planning processes
- materials / capacity planning
- automatic availability checks
- manufacture at more than one location
- external / third-party manufacture
- graphic production planning
- alternative manufacturing routes
- alert monitor for conflicts
- optimization of order sequencing
Production / checkback
- acquisition of production data
- electronic job folder
- automated booking of items consumed and additions to stock
- performance statistics for production
Despatch and invoicing
- transport planning
- invoicing goods & service
- handling of returns
- stock / freight invoicing
- customs clearance
Finance & controlling
- financial accounting
- fixed asset accounting
- logistical integration
- cost-center accounting
- profit-center accounting
- projected and actual cost calculation
- profit and loss statement
- management reporting
Quality management
- inspection planning and inspection assignments
- test certificates
- error analysis / evaluation
- complaint management
Electronic data exchange with customers and suppliers
- manufacture without customer order
- forecast / sales history
- preliminary planning and make-to-stock production
Optional modules
- CRM
- personnel management
- maintenance
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Specific processes and solution components
Product development interfaces
- Esko ArtiosCAD and Esko CAD-X
- Esko prepress
- CAPE Pack optimization
- ink recipe systems
Prepress and press interfaces
- Esko Automation Engine (Step [&] Repeat)
- JDF sheetfed offset
- ink mixing systems
Print specification end products
- Esko Automation Engine (Step [&] Repeat)
- JDF sheetfed offset
- ink mixing systems
Cost calculation
- comprehensive set of standards for the calculation of wastage, set-up time and output for typical machines and processes
- fully automatic cost calculation for standard products
- generation of products, parts lists [&] work schedules, maintenance of empirical knowledge
- determination of critical run sizes for alternative manufacturing routes
- cost calculation for one-part and multipart products in individual, sequential and aggregated manufacture
Price tableau
- suggestions for target price and minimum price level for any number of runs in accordance with target contribution margins
- extra charges for variants
- calculation of freight and storage costs
- determination of optimum batches
- drawing-up of price lists
Tool administration
- calculation of tool costs
- initial / repeat procurement
- archiving / storage
- accounting of tool costs
- version control & utilization
Manufacturing sequences optimized in terms of set-up
comprisal of individual orders into aggregated orders
Machine connections
- Heidelberger Druckmaschinen
- standardized connection independent of machine type
- connection to packaging lines
Other highlights
- paperless order picking
- palletizing / mixed pallets
- complete set of forms
