Benefits of CIP4 for Print Management (I)

I. Introduction

The production content has gone digital informatization. In order to make the public works print production more accurate, smooth, and smooth, the printing and related industries initiated the computer integrated printing (CIP) computer integrated printing production method, that is, the CIP3 implementation organization, representative Prepress, press, and post-press post presses are all shared by the three digital workflows led by P. The information that the front-end has or can generate is fully accepted by the back-end. Run, eliminating the need to restart the stove, information interruptions and mistakes. Later, it was thought that CIP3 was only used for information transmission methods that were circulated downwards. However, it was still insufficient. It added the processing function of information processing and integrated the three processes of prepress, printing, and postpress, plus the overall process identification. JDF file Job Definition Format, making the work tracking, production hours, raw material consumption, individual production unit gaps, production quality, special requirements, etc., can be circulated and aggregated to become an important means of information management, but also make this use of XML The JDF integrated management method in the file format will make the CIP4 system a global printing device and related producer, and jointly determine the direction of future management development.

Second, the purpose of the study

The global printing equipment hardware and software manufacturers prove the importance of the future CIP4 integrated information management mode, so it includes the image software industry, the software of each prepress equipment factory, the equipment control and interface software of the printing press plant, and the control of processing equipment. The interface of the network interface faces the CIP4 computer file reception, processing, and the format of the common language file. If you now create a brand-new printing and front-end and back-end related factories, seriously consider importing the CIP4 system with the most common universal information integration management capabilities in the future, which will make production, efficiency, cost management, and customer service work an unprecedented degree of completeness and efficiency. , Sharply improve profitability and competitiveness. Even if there are old companies, they can consider the function of CIP4 as a purchase when updating equipment and replacing old ones, and gradually integrate CIP4's integrated information management system in five years and ten years from scratch. Completely and completely created to meet the challenges of the times.

In addition to the creation of the company's internal intranet network system, the use of regional networks, upstream and downstream manufacturers' centers and satellite systems can also be used to exchange information and manage work information through CIP4. The premise is that each center and satellite plant and company must also Receiving and using the CIP4 information, and accepting the progress of work and content exploration and inquiries, then cross-process, cross-company management system information sharing and integrated production, will be able to go upstairs, including outsourcing or alliance system can be fully shared with the information flow.

Third, taking the taxi company’s satellite positioning management as an example

In the metropolitan Tokyo area, taxi companies use satellite positioning to manage the distances of each car. In conjunction with driving records and receipt printing and traffic management systems, it is possible to analyze a good driver who will earn 30,000 yen a day during working hours. A newcomer may be on the same day and may run more on the journey but earning less than 10,000 yen is common. If each driver only uses his personal experience and judgment to search for potential passengers, his or her journey, possible travel opportunities, and even the length of the journey and the amount of income are closely related, the taxi company will only provide a powered, four-wheeled car. Drivers, then the accumulation of knowledge and experience will be very difficult, and there is no information record kept for reference by others.

When each department of the taxi has a wireless communication system, it is quite convenient for passengers who like to use a telephone to set a car. At the same time, it is also possible to use a radio call to support an empty vehicle in the street. This system is still supported by passengers and noisy wireless communication systems that call your company’s wishes if the vehicle is equipped with GPS. Satellite positioning and passengers or not, the control center can automatically call the nearest empty car to meet the passengers, not all yelling and shouting the entire vehicle, and high privacy, better security for business opportunities and passengers.

At this stage, just as the press has ink control, the size will change the adjustment mechanism, and then use the plate scan to get the ink key opening analysis. With the addition of a satellite positioning system in management, there is no need for rewards (such as printing plate scanning), autonomously providing guidance for empty vehicles (such as obtaining accurate imprint distribution information after RIP), and handing over to empty-car operations (such as printing Machine boot print size and print change information).

The satellite positioning system records daily driving records of each vehicle of the taxi company, matches the selection and changes of the driving route for high-income drivers, and uses the training materials for low-income drivers to improve the company’s overall operating performance, even including drivers with high income. There is still room for staff to make further upward moves, and to replace the current short-haul customer load factor with more value-added long-range passengers. This high frequency of occurrence and probability of occurrence has also become a reference for already high-income drivers. Other itineraries The number of kilometers, fuel consumption, vehicle maintenance, frequency of abnormal conditions, can also be collected by the computer to satellite information and charging data, as well as maintenance, fueling, abnormal management, get clear statistics and analysis, a new driver without training The members ran at high speed along the artery of the aorta, but it was pleasant to open. However, the MRT subway took away most of the remote and short-range guests. The rest of the guests did not ride the car. Occasionally, the guests were parked under the traffic light. The old drivers will find airports, theaters, some nights, drunk guests who don’t drive by car, walk on more guest trails, wait for long-distance break-up points, store customers with large bags, and so on. Information collection, analysis and application through MIS information management.

CIP4 is not only the factory's factory management, but also the cost, profitability, efficiency, personnel skills, and the ease of various types of parts. It can be used as an analogy and processing data to improve the company's production, management, finance, and business basis. This is where the CIP4 closely resembles a satellite-based vehicle management system. If a taxi vehicle is the same as the failure frequency of printing presses and equipment, it can also be managed using this system.

Fourth, CIP4 is better than CIP3

CIP3 file format is completed in PDF file, the external computer platform tends to XML (Extensinable Makeup Language), XML has content expansion, more favorable to individual needs and external information, and the external computer file query, and instructions, changes also More convenient, so the JDF file uses the XML file format. JDF file work order identification function, CIP4 can be in the overall process, by any party into other processes, and very quickly accept and use information methods, but also provide tracking of work progress and change the views to facilitate the search target, in the entire process In addition to the management operations, the production process and labor costs, equipment, materials, and other information in all processes can be returned to the company's MIS information management system using the JDF file guidance as the data for analogy analysis. This is also where CIP4 has more room for development now or even in the future. It is not only in production management, efficiency management, financial management, etc. It can even add color management data so that proofing, remote proofing, distributed printing, etc. can all use CIP4. The information, even the color and print reproduction standards can also be clearly regulated and managed.

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