DATA INTEGRATION -- Tooling Up for CIM

Cooperative Effort

"Our group actually wrote a good portion of what is now the 'intent' part of JDF," Mekis explains. "PrintTalk offers a set of business processes that have not yet been incorporated into JDF. We address things like change order management, ability to handle payments, a definition of what a digital purchase order should look like, status notice functionality, etc.," he says.