Software - MIS

FOSTER CITY, CA—Jan. 16, 2007—EFI (Nasdaq: EFII) today announced that Freeport Press has purchased EFI Hagen™ Prograph®, EFI PrintFlow® and EFI Auto-Count™. A publication and direct mail printing company specializing in magazine printing, Freeport Press has been in business in Ohio for 126 years. Freeport Press is a current EFI PSI™ user, but decided to add a more powerful management system and additional solutions to position the business for its explosive double-digit growth. Prograph’s integration with Hagen offers comprehensive planning capabilities – including versioning, complex imposition, bindery planning and distribution tools – that will enable Freeport to make more informed business decisions and streamline their

Indianapolis—-01/04/07—DCG: Digital Color Graphics has been unique to Indianapolis since it was founded in 1994, incorporating the latest technology well ahead of industry trends. Beginning in December, DCG will, once again, show that their business goes beyond print with the introduction of DCG: FAST (Fulfillment and Automated Sales Team) web-to-print services powered by EFI PrinterSite Exchange®. As part of a continuing partnership with international printing technology leader EFI (Electronics For Imaging), DCG: Digital Color Graphics has invested in a full-scale overhaul of their software, implementing EFI Logic™ management information system along with an online component – PrinterSite Exchange – designed to increase customer

ROLLING HILLS ESTATES, CA—Dec. 6, 2006—A new EDSF study, titled “Current and Future Use of MIS/ERP Systems in Production Printing in the U.S.,” reveals insights into Management Information Systems/Enterprise Resource Planning (MIS/ERP) solutions. EDSF, the non-profit organization dedicated to the document management and communications marketplace, in collaboration with Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, Kansas, examine current and future use of MIS/ERP--- which provides an automated workflow for print production---in the print marketplace. The EDSF study is available as a free download at www.edsf.org. The report was made possible through an EDSF research grant provided to Pittsburg State. According to Dr. Jesús J. Rodríguez,

FOSTER CITY, CA—Dec. 5, 2006—EFI (Nasdaq: EFII), the world leader in color digital print servers, superwide format printers and inks, and print management solutions, today announced that Von Hoffmann, a Visant company, has selected and implemented EFI Prograph® as the job management system for their book manufacturing facilities. Based in St. Louis, Von Hoffmann has been in business for more than 100 years and is a leading national printer of educational textbooks and supplemental materials, producing extensive work for virtually all of the major publishers in the education field. EFI Prograph offers powerful, comprehensive planning capabilities – including versioning, complex imposition, bindery planning and

SCOTTSDALE, AZ—December 06, 2006—CRC Information Systems (CRC) is pleased to announce that Tualatin, OR-based Precision Graphics of Oregon, Inc. has signed an agreement to implement The System business management software for the graphic arts industry. Precision Graphics of Oregon will implement a fully integrated software solution from CRC, including the Commercial Estimating, Job Costing, Executive Notification, Automatic Data Collection, and Sales Analysis modules. In addition, it will implement The System’s core financial accounting package. Precision Graphics of Oregon is a privately held sheetfed commercial printing company with a focus on quality and reliability. About CRC Information Systems CRC Information Systems, Inc. (CRC) has been developing fully integrated business

FOSTER CITY, CA—Nov. 7, 2006—EFI (Nasdaq: EFII), the world leader in color digital print servers, superwide format printers and inks, and print management solutions, today announced that its integrated solutions play a critical role in the success of Indianapolis-based commercial printer SPG Graphics, a member of the Harding Poorman Group. A PSI™ management system user since 1994, the company was seeking ways to improve efficiencies and put more tools in the hands of its customers. SPG Graphics worked with EFI to enhance its data infrastructure by integrating a series of applications with PSI, including MyDC for shop floor data capture, PrinterSite® Internal to

FOSTER CITY, CA—Oct. 3, 2006—EFI (Nasdaq: EFII), the world leader in digital controllers, superwide format printers and inks, and print management solutions, today announced that commercial printer Classic Graphics has selected and implemented EFI Hagen OA as its print management system, along with EFI PrintFlow and PrinterSite Internal to help more efficiently manage its business. Based in Charlotte, N.C., Classic Graphics employs 140 people in two locations with sales of approximately $25 million. The company was a long-time PSI user, and after investigating all available MIS systems, they decided to remain an EFI customer but upgrade to Hagen OA. David Pitts, president and co-founder,

FOSTER CITY, CA—August 30, 2006 – EFI (Nasdaq: EFII) is proud to announce that many top performing Sir Speedy and PIP Printing & Document Services printing centers use EFI PrintSmith to manage their businesses. EFI’s Sir Speedy and PIP customers recently received sales performance awards at the Annual Sir Speedy and PIP International Convention and Vendor Show. EFI, a major exhibitor at the vendor show, was pleased to see their customers receive awards in the following five categories: Top 25, Volume Increase Percentage, Million Dollar Club, Century Club and Franchisee of the Year. EFI PrintSmith is a flexible, feature rich print management information system and the

Sound business decision making requires having access to the best available information in a timely fashion and digestible format. A fully implemented and properly used computer management system (be it MIS, ERP or CRM) fulfills the data gathering requirement, but traditional reporting functions can be too much, too late. Lengthy and dense hardcopy reports generated up to a month after the fact don’t make the most effective tools for managing day-to-day operations. Managers—actually, all plant personnel—can benefit from having access to information they can act on in the moment. Enter the “dashboard,” for lack of a better term. Some vendors have embraced that classification,

SCOTTSDALE, AZ--CRC Information Systems, Inc. (CRC) has begun providing adopters of its business management system with advanced implementation services that will allow them to make the transition from their current solution to THE System in as little as six weeks. "Previously we followed traditional software implementation methods and allowed the customer to determine training deadlines. Ultimately this approach often caused installations to take longer than necessary," explains Jeff Peck, CRC's general manager of training. "Our new procedures involve advanced preparation with specific completion dates for each client and incorporation of their data during training, which helps reduce the learning curve." CRC's new implementation strategy allows