JDF IS REAL – Prism Europe joins forces with Esko to help Adare’s packaging workflow go digital
Adare has recently established a JDF workflow in its packaging pre-press arena and is beginning to see the benefits already. According to Prism and Esko this is the first JDF workflow with a "step-and-repeat" module, which helps speed up the process of getting content onto the printing plate.
"Adare has been a Prism WIN user for more than 5 years and we see their MIS as the hub in our workflow. Now, Prism’s JDF link with Esko’s BackStage helps us to optimise workflow and lets us work smarter, not harder," said Adare Digital Solutions Director Steve Balderson. "We are seeing substantial cost and time benefit as this project progresses.”
Wim Delagrange, Esko product manager for packaging workflow servers, said the JDF workflow allows Adare's packaging customers to see how a job is progressing in real time, by combining data from the pre-press and MIS systems through one portal, live and dynamically using JDF language for the link.
Prism product specialist Travis Koger said: "Adare had a specific vision of the ideal workflow and provided that necessary leadership to ourselves and Esko which created the right momentum from the start. It’s also been reassuring to confirm the structure of the WIN MIS has enabled us to answer all Steve’s requests in order to realise that vision.”
Adare has built on their Marketing and Corporate Communications expertise to provide a single source for all their customer’s packaging needs, encompassing all types of printed product and designed to drive down costs via enhanced operational processes, improved products and first class customer service.
Esko-Graphics’ Scope workflow server, BackStage 3.0, focuses on automation tools that help prevent errors in the workflow, leading to cost reduction and faster time-to market. By interfacing Prism WIN to BackStage, the preproduction workflow becomes an extension of Adare’s supply chain. For example, by allowing critical job parameters to be defined up front, the link to BackStage eliminates redundant data entry by operators that can lead to incorrect content. In other words: a single point of entry for critical job parameters leads to a considerable efficiency improvement.