Manufacturing and Industrial
Printing
Job-based printing with artwork approval, plate costs, paper wastage and tight delivery dates.
Also covers: Printing and Publishing · Offset Printing · Digital Printing · Press
About this industry
Printing is job work with a creative approval step in front of it. Nothing goes to press until artwork is approved, and once it does, plate and setup costs are sunk. Paper is the dominant material cost and wastage during setup is unavoidable but should be measured. Delivery dates are usually tied to an event.
Common operational problems
- Artwork approval delays compress production time but not the delivery date
- Plate and setup costs are sunk once a job starts, so changes are expensive
- Paper wastage during setup is unavoidable but not measured
- Job costing varies by size, colours, paper and finishing
- Reprints due to error are absorbed without being analysed
Example workflows
Job order with artwork approval before production
Costing by size, colour count, paper and finishing
Plate and setup cost allocated to the job
Paper consumption including setup wastage
Delivery scheduling against the customer's event date
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.
- Artwork approval workflow with version control
- Job estimator by size, colour and finishing
- Paper wastage norms by machine and job type
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 printing
Describe how your business runs today. We will be straightforward about whether a ready product fits or whether it needs building around.