The requirement was to deploy a system that could manage the entire business from initial design to printing/production and then the financial management of these transactions.

Areas covered were:-

Print

    * Store previous job artworks and templates
    * link to design jobs for project management
    * Optimise the use of external print jobs for cost saving

Design

    * Delegate work to the designers
    * Maintain history of previous work
    * Profile customers and store relevant artwork
    * Running reports and time tracking of jobs
    * Billing per hour or by job
    * Linked to project for total project management
    * Link purchases against the jobs

Project management

    * Multiple print and design jobs
    * Report as a whole for project management
    * Provide collective views of all projects
    * Status manage projects
    * Link quotations, orders and invoices to projects.

External Print Supplier Management

    * Grouping work for cost effectiveness
    * Deadline management
    * Supplier project management

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