JDF and Management Information Systems

1. JDF and Management Information Systems • MIS in a complete workflow • the JDF reference Model • Product Intent for Customer – MIS integration • Intent to Process – what the MOOSE does • Gray Boxes for interfacing MIS with Production

2. Customer Print Buyer CustomerService Rep Sales Rep PostpressOperator Workflow Operator Prepress Operator Press Operator CreativeProfessional CreativeProfessional JDF Reference Model Submit Content Content Collection PrepressManagers Prepress Negotiation & Quote Gray BoxExpansion Prepress DigitalPrepress ProductDescr. ICS CreateJDF Intent JobEntry Integrated Digital Printing MIS-Pre ICS MIS-IDP ICS Press PressManagers CreateDocument IDP ICS Extended MIS Gray Box Generation Press ICS Press Base MIS Estimating &Order Entry Postpress IntegratedFinishing CreateContent PostpressManagers Offline Finishing & Postpress Binding ICS Publishing Print Shop Management Print Shop Customer Facility

3. Book Contents Cover Reader Pages End Sheets Product Intent • Goal of Product Intent Description • Customers view of the “thing” they want to buy, e.g. Brochure, Flyer, Book, etc. • Contract Negotiation • Process Independent

4. Product Intent • Product intent describes the “what”, but usually not the “how” • A product intent description is composed of one or more JDF “Product” nodes, with references to various intent resources. • Real JDF resources can also be referenced when further detail is needed • Together, these nodes represent a JDF “intent ticket”

5. Customer Print Buyer CustomerService Rep Sales Rep PostpressOperator Workflow Operator Prepress Operator Press Operator CreativeProfessional CreativeProfessional Product Intent • Tools used by the buyer create an intent ticket, which is then submitted to vendor(s) Submit Content Content Collection PrepressManagers Prepress Negotiation & Quote Gray BoxExpansion Prepress DigitalPrepress ProductDescr. ICS CreateJDF Intent JobEntry Integrated Digital Printing MIS-Pre ICS MIS-IDP ICS Press PressManagers CreateDocument IDP ICS Extended MIS Gray Box Generation Press ICS Press Base MIS Estimating &Order Entry Postpress IntegratedFinishing CreateContent PostpressManagers Offline Finishing & Postpress Binding ICS Publishing Print Shop Management Print Shop Customer Facility

6. Customer Print Buyer CustomerService Rep Sales Rep PostpressOperator Workflow Operator Prepress Operator Press Operator CreativeProfessional CreativeProfessional Intent to Process Submit Content Content Collection PrepressManagers Prepress Negotiation & Quote Gray BoxExpansion Prepress DigitalPrepress ProductDescr. ICS CreateJDF Intent JobEntry Integrated Digital Printing MIS-Pre ICS MIS-IDP ICS Press PressManagers CreateDocument IDP ICS Extended MIS Gray Box Generation Press ICS Press Base MIS Estimating &Order Entry Postpress IntegratedFinishing CreateContent PostpressManagers Offline Finishing & Postpress Binding ICS Publishing Print Shop Management Print Shop Customer Facility

7. What the MOOSE does • What is the MOOSE? • Various applications contribute to accomplish the MOOSE role • MIS • Prepress Workflow Systems • Press Control Systems • Postpress Control Systems • What does the MOOSE do? • Intent to Process conversion and creation of the process node network

8. Intent to Process Conversion • Figuring out “how” to produce the “what” • “what” = Product Intent • “how” = Process • Analysis of production capabilities to determine what production steps will be used to create the “what” • Determination of linkage between production steps • ExposedMedia (plates) are an output of prepress, and an input to press

9. Gray Boxes • Incomplete Model of a Process • The MIS View of the process • It’s only important if it affects the cost! • Thus, parameters not affecting costs are not important • Exact Process execution is potentially undefined • Ordering of steps is not necessarily predefined • Detailed Work Steps may be left out • E.g. MIS knows RIPping, but not Trapping or ColorSpaceConversion

10. Type=“ProcessGroup” Types=“Imposition RIPing ImageSetting” RunList (Document) RunList (Marks) Layout Resource Links ExposedMedia (Plates) Media (Plates) Gray Box JDF Node Example

11. Type=“ProcessGroup” Types=“Imposition RIPing ImageSetting” RunList (Document) RunList (Marks) Layout Resource Links ExposedMedia (Plates) Media (Plates) Type=Combined Types=“Imposition ImageSetting” • NodeInfo • Planned StartTime • Planned EndTime AuditPool Actual Resource Usage Actual Time Summary Resource Links Gray Box JDF Node Example • Gray box is “populated”: • One or more process nodes added as child nodes

12. Type=Combined Types=“Imposition ImageSetting” • NodeInfo • Planned StartTime • Planned EndTime AuditPool Actual Resource Usage Actual Time Summary Resource Links Gray Box JDF Node Example Type=“ProcessGroup” Types=“” • Gray box is “populated”: • One or more process nodes added as child nodes • Existing resources linked to child nodes RunList (Document) RunList (Marks) Layout Resource Links ExposedMedia (Plates) Media (Plates)

13. Type=“ProcessGroup” Types=“Imposition RIPing ImageSetting” RunList (Document) RunList (Marks) Layout Resource Links ExposedMedia (Plates) Media (Plates) Type=Combined Types=“Imposition ImageSetting” • NodeInfo • Planned StartTime • Planned EndTime AuditPool Actual Resource Usage Actual Time Summary Resource Links Gray Box JDF Node Example • Gray box is “populated”: • One or more process nodes added as child nodes • Existing resources linked to child nodes • Additional resources added (if needed) • Child nodes are executed