When you standardize how you process jobs you remove many of the variables in print production. Workflow systems can do this for you.

By James Lockman

Of course, no print job would be complete without an invoice, and most workflow systems make it easy to account for all of the steps in a job. Many include interaction with an existing management information system (MIS) for job tracking and billing, and several include MIS as a feature. Many include Web-based job management, which allows people from anywhere in the plant to check on and manipulate a job.