Why should I upgrade the Print MIS for my commercial offset printing shop?

If your commercial offset printing business uses an older Print MIS, the software probably doesn’t use the artificial intelligence and machine learning built into the latest version of Ordant. If your existing software requires constant upgrades and server maintenance, you will immediately see the advantages of using Ordant’s cloud-based program. You can also eliminate the need for costly customizations. Ordan’ts ultra-modern Print MIS adapts to changes in your company’s production processes, service offerings, and product lines

What makes Ordant different from Print MIS programs used in other commercial print shops?

Ordant is extremely user-friendly and easy for everyone in the shop to use with minimal training. Employees don’t have to be accounting experts or data analysts to benefit from the information Ordant displays on the dashboard.

What are some other benefits of commercial print estimating software?

As offset press operators, estimators, and salespeople retire, full-featured commercial printing software can preserve some of their expertise in the form of mapped workflows for different types of printed products. New hires can learn from these workflows and adapt them as more cost-effective processes evolve.

Is it safe to have my commercial printing management software in the cloud?

Yes. Our team of cybersecurity engineers works hard to ensure your data is more secure than it would be on a computer in your shop. When you manage your shop data onsite, you face the constant risk that an employee inadvertently opens a link that introduces a virus or malware into your system. Our cloud-based software is hosted on Amazon Web Services, which offer much stronger security than your local IT expert would be able to add to your on-site server_test

Why is it important for my commercial offset printing business to have an integrated Print MIS and Web to Print Program?

If your shop routinely gets orders from print businesses that don’t have offset printing presses, an integrated web-to-print portal makes it easy for these clients to submit and track the expected delivery dates of their orders. Ordant’s integrated web-to-print module ensures that critical job data isn’t dropped when an order comes through an online portal

Estimating and shop management for commercial printers

Ordant consolidates and integrates the data your commercial printing business needs to automate time-consuming business-management tasks. Streamline everyday work in sales, marketing, estimating, customer service, workflow planning, inventory monitoring, proof approvals, invoicing, shipping, and reporting.

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Independently Powerful, Unstoppable Together

Be ultra-efficient in estimating and managing jobs on digital and offset presses as well as design and projects.

The powerful, customizable modules in Ordant’s easy-to-use, cloud-based software work independently but integrate seamlessly. You can start with one module to fill gaps in your existing print-shop management software. Then add elements to take full advantage of the higher levels of automation that can be achieved when all the modules in Ordant’s tightly integrated estimating, order management, and e-commerce platform work together. When your business adds services, locations, or production equipment, Ordant can help you scale up.

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Sales, Marketing & Services

Boost revenues by being more effective in pursuing new opportunities and communicating with customers and prospects.

Companies, Contacts, Prospects

Keep profiles of each company you serve as well as the decision makers and influencers within each company. Use information about prospective customers for more personalized marketing.

Opportunities and Estimates

Track the status of potential jobs. Quickly provide timely, customized estimates for single-item or multi-piece print jobs Keep the sales team focused on moving the best prospects from “opportunity” to “estimate” to “order.”

Marketing and Order Process Automation

Keep orders flowing to and through to your print business. Automatically send timely marketing and job-status messages to each customer and prospect. Drop approved job files directly into production hot folders.

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Job Onboarding

Details matter when new jobs are entered into your workflow. Standardizing onboarding procedures minimizes data entry errors that occur when orders come in through a mix of emails, calls, and sales or customer-service rep notes.

Web Portals for Online Order Submissions

Build web portals through which all customers can enter the job data themselves or verify the accuracy of the data before the job goes to prepress

Job Tracking Status

Follow the progress of every job, including preflighting, proof approvals, change orders, shipping, and invoicing

Digital Asset Management

Keep clients’ logos and other digital assets attached to their accounts for easy retrieval on future jobs.

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Prepress & Workflow

If your shop uses a mix of offset and digital printing equipment, ensure that every file for each printer is properly preflighted and proofed. Ordant can check incoming files for errors, generate proofs, and help obtain timely approvals.

Simple Preflighting

Automatically scan customer-supplied files to detect file-preparation errors that will cause glitches when the job is produced.

Opportunities and Estimates

Track the status of every proof created for every line item in an order. Automatically send reminders when everyone who must approve the proof hasn’t yet done so.

Hot Folders for Job-Ready Files

Approved job files are automatically synced to hot folders in the workstations for each device that will be used to print that item.

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Inventory & Workflow

Manage inventory levels and automatically replenish supplies for jobs in the pipeline. Save time and money and prevent delays due to human error

Purchase Orders

Monitor inventories of the supplies used most often. Set triggers to notify the purchasing manager when inventories fall below a certain level.

Quotes for Outsourced Work

While estimating a multi-item order, quickly get quotes from outsourcing partners.

Next-Quarter Forecasts

Analyze data from each customer’s order history to predict future orders. Predict the types of papers that should be stocked to avoid production delays.

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Shipping Invoicing & Reporting

Ordant provides multiple options for delivering, billing, and processing payments for finished jobs. For example, ship all items in a multi-part order together or separately, depending on what the customer requires.

Known Shipping Costs

Connect your FedEx and/or UPS account to choose the most economical shipping method for each job. Calculate shipping costs, taxes, and insurance to one or multiple locations

Invoice Creation and Payment Tracking

Convert estimates to invoices as each line item is completed. Or, wait until all line items are done. Offer several online payment options and track past-due payments

Data-Gathering and Analytics

Use time, cost, and profit data from past jobs to refine your estimating and plans for future growth. Analyze your customers’ order histories to predict orders for upcoming months.

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