COMPUTER-INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING -- Systems that Serve a Greater Good

Group Infotech has positioned its PrintLine Automation (PLA) technology as a CIM workflow system from its introduction. Different versions are available with features targeted to specific market segments—currently including preprints, books and publications.

The company claims to have achieved a higher level of automation by employing a "content-driven" manufacturing metaphor, focused on data (and metadata) instead of individual processes and the end product. PLA works with cells (or components) that make up pages, rather than working at the level of finished, composite pages.