eProductivity Software shows HP Indigo integration

eProductivity Software (ePS) is showcasings its latest portfolio innovations for the packaging industry, including labels and flexible packaging.  

In addition, attendees will be able to learn more about the integration between ePS Radius ERP and HP Indigo.   

ePS will demonstrate the advanced integration between its Packaging Suite and HP Indigo PrintOS, which fully automates the process from order receipt through job estimating, planning, prepress, and scheduling. And with an integrated data collection system, real-time visibility, and full traceability for any job on HP Indigo presses is now possible.  

‘The integration between HP Indigo and ePS enables our joint customers to get real-time status updates of their jobs and presses right into their ERP,’ said Gershon Alon, head of solutions, HP Indigo. ‘This type of information allows customers to dynamically plan their production, make better use of their presses and in the end of the day – a higher return on their investment.’  

Attendees can also view the latest innovations in the ePS Packaging Suite, which offers an end-to-end, enterprise-wide software ecosystem that is purpose-built for label and flexible packaging production, especially those with multiple products and plants.   

Tom Wiewiora, director of technology at Mastertag (an Avery company) said: ‘ePS is one of the best software vendors I have worked with over my career. With traditional ERP systems, you are alone in a sea of customers in multiple industries, but ePS has built their products and services to fit our industry, so they understand us.’  

Attendees will also get demonstrations of ePS industry point solutions that empower packaging converters with generic or homegrown ERPs with industry-specific capabilities. 

eFlow Enterprise Service Bus ties all the Packaging Suite together along with third party software has been revolutionized with the new ePS Automator capability. ePS Automator is a Business Process Automation Engine that watches for specific events that trigger an automated action, providing business specific workflow orchestration, third party integration, event notification, and workflow and system monitoring to making improvements in optimizing workflows across the enterprise while providing actionable insight notifications to users. 

PrintFlow 4D is the latest evolution of ePS Intelligent Scheduling platform, an entirely web-based application using advanced rules technology. 

Featuring advanced analytics tools that provide real-time insights into business and production performance, Business Intelligence enables companies to make data-driven decisions and optimize their processes. 

IQuote streamlines complex quote requests and large bid packages to provide fully costed and precise estimates for hundreds of products, and ensure all orders are manufactured efficiently with advanced production planning. iQuote utilizes planning logic to take simple product definition and automatically run hundreds and thousands of possible production routes, across multi plants to determine the optimal point of manufacture and create full engineering plans for each unique product and version. 

Auto-Count 4D (AC4D) collects and analyzes shop floor data in real-time to enable informed, data-driven decision making anytime, anywhere, and from any device all while having full traceability. 

Rounding out the ePS Packaging Suite technology to be showcased is the ePS Radius ERP. With its newly redesigned modern user experience and intuitive HTML5 UI/UX, Radius ERP can improve estimating, quoting, production planning, scheduling, raw materials, finished goods, and waste management. With multi-company, multi-plant, multi-currency, and multi-language environments, from start to finish. 

ePS will also unveil its recently acquired Tharstern SMB Cloud ERP solution, designed specifically for small and mid-sized label converters.