SYSTEM INTEGRATION -- Process Ins and Outs

Japs-Olson's system integration efforts have had repercussions beyond the hardware/software level of the organization, Illa reports. "Our departments definitely are working closer together. In fact, we created a position—color systems manager—just to be a liaison between prepress and the pressroom. We also had to teach our prepress people about the pressroom," he explains. "Now, we're having to do the same things with prepress and the bindery."