EFI, a world leader in customer-focused
digital printing innovation, announced that InnoMark Communications has
selected EFI Radius ERP software to unify and manage business data and
operations across its 11 facilities. Fairfield, Ohio-based InnoMark selected
the packaging and converting industry’s #1 ERP system based on its
best-in-class tools for streamlined, multi-plant management and the technical
capabilities Radius gives users to direct an extensive range of finishing and
fulfillment processes.
Radius ERP software, which will be
implemented in phases starting later this year, replaces a series of programs
and spreadsheet applications in use at various InnoMark plants, legacy systems
that were in place at the individual companies InnoMark has acquired over the
past 15 years. After examining software options in the marketplace, an
evaluation team led by InnoMark Communications ERP Implementation Director
Joseph Roberts determined that EFI Radius offered the best capabilities to unify
the company's decentralized business workflow structure.
“EFI Radius's multi-plant capabilities, and
the ability it will give us to seamlessly transfer jobs between facilities,
were key factors in our decision,” said Roberts. “We found that Radius had the
most accurate and efficient technology for tracking revenue across plants, and
that will help us better serve customers.”
Radius will be especially beneficial for
managing many of the large, national retail signage and packaging jobs InnoMark
produces, as those jobs all transfer from different screen, litho, flexo and
digital print facilities to a main hub for die-cutting, lamination, kitting and
fulfillment. The software modules and features InnoMark has with its purchase,
including EFI Process Shipper software and integrated support for Esko
ArtiosCAD 3-D design software, will allow the company to be even more prepared
for its extensive finishing workload and complex fulfillment requests.
Flexible
estimating and scheduling for enhanced customer service
Streamlined scheduling and management across
all of the company's facilities will help reduce turnaround times and
facilitate faster, more accurate billing. Radius software also will help the
company enhance its sales and marketing efforts, ultimately creating a
centralized platform for estimating and scheduling that will make it easier to
compare print methods to find the best solution based on client deadline,
budget or run length requirements.
EFI Radius inventory management tools,
including shop floor data collection, will help InnoMark get substrates where
they need to go for less press downtime. “Turnaround times in this industry are
quick, so it was important that the solution we picked is strong in inventory
management,” Roberts said. “If we need a particular type of board or a 100 lb.
text stock in one plant and we have it in another plant, Radius will give us
the information we need to identify those situations in advance, move
substrates where they need to go and eliminate production delays.”
Tracking
down trends using better business intelligence
The company also will use the data it
collects from its operations to give senior managers better, real-time
information about operations using EFI’s award-winning Business Intelligence
module. “The Business Intelligence module will be an important feature,” said
Roberts, “because it will give us the big picture information we need to track
down trends.”
With its robust technology for planning and
managing nearly every converting, die-cutting, laminating, folding and gluing
process, EFI Radius is the leading business software for the package printing
industry. Those comprehensive features can provide substantial benefits for
InnoMark – a leading print, fabrication and fulfillment provider that produces
large-format, die-cut, laminated point-of-sale displays for some of the world's
best-known retail brands and performs high-volume folding carton and label
converting work for the cosmetics, software/gaming and pharmaceutical
industries.
“We are very excited to be working with a
company that has the manufacturing scale and expertise that InnoMark
Communications offers,” said David Taylor, general manager, EFI Radius. “Our
recent product development, particularly with the Business Intelligence tool,
will allow InnoMark to take control of its operations, smooth the business
workflow and deliver higher returns. Visibility into the transactional data is
the key to increased profitability.”
EFI Radius is part of a complete EFI
Productivity Software portfolio of print MIS/ERP software, eCommerce and
web-to-print solutions. Printing and packaging companies across the globe rely
on EFI Productivity Software products to proactively manage their businesses
and become more streamlined, efficient, informed and profitable.
