GRAPH EXPO 2006: Management Information Systems — MIS: Front and Center

Among the barriers to realization of this vision, Goldman adds, are lack of:

• knowledge about or belief in JDF or other forms of inter- connectivity;

• investment in an updated and CIM-ready print management system; and

• commitment to an electronic /job workflow.

It’s time for printers to think differently about MIS, Goldman believes. A properly implemented system must do more than just satisfy the accounting needs of a company, he explains. “It should collect and provide information that lets management monitor and react to the dynamics of change. Where it makes sense, it should be integrated with process control through JDF or other interconnectivity methods.