Two of the leading names in packaging software solutions have joined forces to deliver a new cloud-based integrated MIS and prepress system that helps customers increase profitability.    

Esko, the global developer of integrated hardware and software solutions, and PrintVis, the global developer of the print MIS/ERP solution built on the cloud-based Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, have come together with a new 100% integrated workflow automation and MIS system that increases throughput while eliminating errors.    

The integration ensures on-time delivery and guarantees high customer satisfaction. Businesses can now benefit from a world-class software system made precisely for the packaging and label business that improves efficiency and increases valuable data flow to every corner of the business, all based in the cloud.  

This new collaboration delivers a solution that meets today’s high customer demands, by enabling businesses to make data driven decisions and build valuable scenario modelling for future resource planning, while identifying and optimizing wasteful practices and processes.

Market leaders are forging ahead with new, agile, and efficient ways of working while undergoing digital transformation to meet the changing demands of increasing job complexity, shorter lead time, and the need for increased SKU proliferation, while at the same time there is a pressure to drive down costs without impacting quality. With a fully integrated solution, PrintVis and Esko have closed the gap between MIS and production – and extended the value of core business applications beyond just managing processes by empowering people.  

Benefits include: 

- Errors reduced by 80% with automated quality checks 
- Increase throughput by up to 50% with minimized manual intervention, automated workflows, and data centralization 
- Deliver up to 40% more jobs with standardized processes and offloading of manual tasks to automated workflows
- Boost customer relationships and become more proactive in customer follow-up 

For more on the Esko range of integrated solutions, please visit https://www.esko.com/en  or for more on PrintVis, please visit https://printvis.com/      

About Esko 

Esko is a global provider of integrated software and hardware solutions that accelerate the go-to-market process of packaged goods. For each stakeholder in the process, Esko solutions enable them to work efficiently and deliver right-first-time packaging and marketing content on time, every time. Our goal is to make it easier for CPG and pharma businesses to manage their packaging, labeling, regulatory and marketing content. With our packaging management platform, brand marketing and packaging teams can increase their productivity, reduce costs, and save time. For packaging and label trade shops, premedia service providers and printer converters, we digitize, automate, and connect the entire print production process with software and hardware solutions for CAD design, prepress processes, flexo platemaking and print inspection.

Facts & numbers 

- Packaging for 9 out of 10 major brands is produced by our customers
- We are headquartered in Gent (Belgium)
- Worldwide, we employ about 1,600 associates from 40 nationalities
- We serve 25,000+ customers in 140+ countries 
- 61% of our staff are customer-facing daily
- Our global sales network consists of 300+ direct sales staff and 120+ resellers 

About PrintVis 

PrintVis is the Print Management Information System (MIS) powered by Microsoft specifically developed for the print industry. PrintVis is built directly on Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central and developed with print specific MIS functionality for both label, packaging, large format, and commercial print.   PrintVis is continuously developed by print industry specialists and is the complete end-to-end solution for the print industry. PrintVis is JDF-Certified and integrates to all JDF-enabled and compatible machines and systems, just like PrintVis has integration to Esko, AGFA, and Microsoft products.   

Facts & numbers 

- PrintVis is headquartered in Denmark and with offices in Atlanta and Singapore
- PrintVis is sold and implemented via our global network of implementation partners covering 45 countries
- PrintVis is powered by Microsoft