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We are here in drupa in the SmartStream area.
The SmartStream is a modular approach for Workflow.
The SmartStream includes several Workflow components, both from HP and from over 60 partners.
SmartStream enables customers to pick and choose the right product that they need
and help them to differentiate themselves; to create unique Workflow solutions
and unique applications to serve their customers.
The HP SmartStream Production Center is a Workflow tool to address the challenges of receiving, producing and delivering high volume of short run jobs.
It allows many different users to get access to the data that they need
and efficiently manage the high volume of those jobs.
The main screen of the system is the Jobs View
where you can actually see all the jobs in the system and filter them in a very efficient way.
The core capability of the system is its ability to take jobs
from multiple web and non-web automated sources of information
and marry them with a full blown production plan
that can include pre press, printing and post press activities.
For each and every one of those steps, the Production Center manages its designated queue.
This job is now ready to be folded but it s last in queue.
If I m the production manager, I might want to expedite the job
and therefore I will go to the folding queue
and I will take the job and simply drag and drop it to the top of the queue.
This will tell the folding device operator that he needs expedite the job.
The Production Center allows you to track the start and completion of every task
and includes a time stamp for those that can be used later
to calculate the cost and the resources that were needed to produce the job.
Creating a production plan template is quite easy. It s as simple as dragging and dropping items.
So, if we re creating now a new plan, all we need to do is define the steps and simply drag them.
So, we ll introduce some in-position steps.
We can then add some printing steps
and a few post printing steps.
As you see, it s quite easy to define a production plan template.
Since many people use the system,
we want to make sure that the dashboard will allow those people to see the data that they need the most.
So, we created a very customized dashboard.
The dashboard allows you to define what type of information you need
and how much space you allocate for it.
It s personalized so any user in the system can use the different dashboards for his day-to-day activity.
Over all, the Production Center is extremely flexible.
It s being used by many members on the production floor in CSRs.
It s augmenting and adding on top of what DMIs do.
It integrates with multiple web to print systems
to provide a very efficient workflow dealing with a very high volume of jobs.