Imprint

Print, direct mail and packaging companies that want their estimating, production and invoicing to work as one connected system can look to Imprint, a UK supplier whose MIS product is called Imprint-MIS. The company describes itself as an integration and print and packaging MIS specialist.

Estimating that feeds the rest of the business

The system starts from quick estimates for a variety of applications, which then flow into a workflow that is monitored and reported on through fulfilment and final invoicing. Imprint says this gives customers a joined-up view to monitor, control and understand the business, and that it is designed to find and relieve the pressure points and bottlenecks in how work moves.

Actual costs from the shop floor

The company states that its customers do not estimate a price and guess the profit. Its own machine monitoring and shop floor data capture send actual costs into the MIS, so the figures reflect what happened on the presses and finishing lines.

Built around each customer

Imprint does not sell fixed packages. It argues that a one-size-fits-all system cannot deliver the results a printer needs, so it starts by getting to know the customer and the efficiencies the customer is after, and then configures the solution. It describes customers as business partners, moving forward together to automate the workflow, and says the system can continue to develop with the company.

Experience in the industry

The software was developed over decades of work with some of the largest print and direct mail businesses. Imprint says its team consists entirely of people with backgrounds in both the industry and IT, and it says the print and packaging landscape has changed sharply in recent years, so customers need a software partner that can adapt with them.