Label Academy Master Class: MIS and Workflow Automation
THURSDAY, 27 SEPTEMBER
ROOM 11, CONFERENCE CENTER
PRICE: $700
Learn how a joined-up approach to electronically managing an efficient and profitable twenty-first century operation is able to offer an integrated management information solution. Providing both day-to-day problem solving and long-term strategic decision making, this includes: fast accurate estimating, procurement, production planning and scheduling, workflow automation, asset data collection and post data analysis.
This five-hour master class will be presented by Mike Fairley, along with other leading experts from the field of MIS and workflow automation. It is organized by the Label Academy, the global training program for the label and package printing industry.
The price includes the master class, refreshments, lunch and a copy of the text book ($109 if bought separately).
For everyone's benefit, seating is strictly limited. Please book early to avoid disappointment.
THU 27 SEPTEMBER
9:00 AM Managing information and workflow in the label and package printing industry
- Defining a management information system
- The evolution and growth of MIS
- Key elements in today’s MIS and workflow automation
Speaker:
Mike Fairley | Founder | Label Academy
9:30 AM Obtaining and processing orders
- Accurate and profitable estimating
- Incorporating the complexities of labels and printed packaging
- Processing and job management
Speaker:
Ken Meinhardt | President | Label Traxx
10:00 AM Efficient job planning and production scheduling
- Scheduling as a control system
- Work steps in scheduling
- Decision making made easier
Speaker:
Peter Dhondt | Global Head, Business Development and Sales | Cerm
10:40 AM Break with tea and coffee
10:50 AM Integration between MIS and pre-press
- MIS creation of a new product in pre-press using JDF
- Pre-press automation using a job’s metadata
- Managing pre-press production and obtaining approval for printing
11:30 AM Inventory and stock control
- Stock control of raw materials
- Warehouse control and traceability
- Finished goods and stock product control
Speaker:
Nick Benkovich | Senior Director, Product Management | EFI
12:00 PM Quality control and compliance
- The need for quality, accreditation and compliance procedures
- MIS and other quality control systems
- Integration and automation of web and job inspection
12:30 PM Networking lunch
12:50 PM Costing, accounting and financial management
- Tracking and accounting for job costs, including shop floor data capture
- Job cost reporting and the role of dashboards
- Sales and invoice analysis through to credit control
Speaker:
- Nick Benkovich | Senior Director, Product Management | EFI
1:20 PM Case study: label converter MIS installation and operational success story
- Choosing an MIS supplier: the challenges and pitfalls
- Installing and implementing an MIS system – training, start-up and refining processes
- What a successful MIS installation offers the label converter – efficiency, performance, information and profitability
Speaker:
Dwane Wall | President | Creative Labels of Vermont
1:50 PM Question and answer session
2:00 PM End of master class
Thank you to the Label Academy sponsors:
