Manufacturing and Industrial
Commercial Printing
Print production at press scale — plates, paper and press hours per job — where paper wastage and press utilisation are the margin.
Also covers: Commercial Printers · Offset Printing Plant · Label Printing · Print Production
About this industry
A commercial printer runs jobs through prepress, plate-making, press and post-press — cutting, folding, binding, lamination. Paper is the largest cost and is always over-issued to cover make-ready; press hours are the constraint. The estimate assumed a wastage allowance and a press speed. The printer needs to see, per job, what was actually spent.
Common operational problems
- Paper issued for make-ready is not reconciled against the allowance
- Press hours per job are not recorded
- Plates are remade without being charged to the cause
- Post-press work sent outside is tracked on paper
- Estimates do not learn from what previous jobs actually used
Example workflows
Job estimated with paper, plates, press and post-press
Paper issued with make-ready allowance and returns recorded
Press time recorded per job and per machine
Post-press job work issued and received
Actual cost compared with the estimate at closure
Needs no product covers yet
On RequestWhere a ready product does not reach far enough, these are the needs this industry raises most often. We do not build to order; telling us which of these you need is what shapes what we build next.
- Estimate-versus-actual job costing
- Press-wise time capture
Recommended solutions
The capabilities that matter most in this industry, the features inside each, and which product delivers it.
Manufacturing and Production Management
Materials, production, quality and costing connected to the sales and finance side of the business.
- Multi-level BOM with versions and wastage
- Production planning against demand and capacity
- Work orders with assignment and progress
- Material issue, consumption and WIP tracking
- Quality checks with defects and corrective action
- Job work and subcontracting
- Production costing with standard versus actual
- Batch, lot and serial traceability
Inventory and Purchase Management
Know what you hold, what it cost and what needs ordering — across locations, batches and units.
- Real-time stock with low-stock alerts
- Batch and expiry tracking, and serial-number tracking
- Barcode scanning for receipt, billing and stock-take
- Product variants and multiple units with conversions
- Multi-warehouse and godown transfers
- Purchase orders, quotations, returns and supplier ledgers
- Stock valuation and outstanding-payment tracking
Business Management and ERP
One connected system across branches, users and workflows, so operational data is entered once and read everywhere.
- Connected sales, purchase, inventory and accounting on shared master data
- Multiple branches, godowns and business locations
- Users, roles and permission control over what each person can see and do
- Configurable approval workflows for discounts, purchases and expenses
- Central master data for products, customers, suppliers and tax rates
- Consolidated reporting across the whole business or one branch
GST and Compliance
Tax-correct documents at the point of billing, so compliance is a by-product rather than a monthly scramble.
- GST invoices with multiple slabs applied per item
- HSN and SAC code management on product masters
- Cess support where applicable
- GST reports for return preparation
- e-Invoice workflows
- e-Way Bill workflows
Billing and Accounting
Invoices, payments, expenses and ledgers that stay in agreement without a month-end rebuild.
- GST-ready invoices with multiple formats and print sizes
- Customer and supplier ledgers with running balances
- Receivables and payables with ageing
- Cash and bank accounts with payment tracking
- Expense recording and categorisation
- Cash book and business reports including profit insights
Integration opportunities
Connections that commonly matter in this industry. Each carries its own honest status.
Talk to us about commercial printing
Describe how your business runs today. We will be straightforward about whether a ready product fits or whether it needs building around.