MIS to Workflow Integration: Getting Production to Flow

There is another pathway for integrating MIS and production, however, that already has been more widely realized—shop floor data collection and direct machine interfaces (DMIs).

For years Lane Press, in South Burlington, VT, has been working on various ways to integrate its front office and production workflows to improve process efficiency and gain business intelligence, thereby enabling it to better serve its customer base—publishers of short- to medium-run magazines. It started by attempting to interface its Hiflex MIS solution and the manroland PECOM control system for its presses using JDF.