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Record Nr.

UNINA9910523886203321

Autore

Hoffmann-Walbeck Thomas

Titolo

Workflow automation : basic concepts of workflow automation in the graphic industry / / Thomas Hoffmann-Walbeck

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2022]

©2022

ISBN

3-030-84782-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (106 pages)

Collana

SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology

Disciplina

741.60285

Soggetti

Graphic arts - Data processing

Workflow - Management - Computer programs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Types of Automation -- 1.2 Resources -- 1.3 Interaction of the Workflow Types -- 1.4 Print 4.0 / Digital Smart Factory -- Reference -- 2 Scope of Workflows -- 2.1 Management Information Systems (MIS) -- 2.1.1 Main Features of an MIS/ERP -- 2.1.2 Overview of Interfaces -- 2.1.3 Current Trends in MIS/ERP -- 2.2 Print Buyer - Print Provider -- 2.2.1 Business Transactions -- 2.2.2 Web-to-Print (W2P) and Apps -- 2.2.3 Notifications and Approvals -- 2.3 Material Procurement -- 2.4 Production -- 2.4.1 Applications for Production -- 2.4.2 Workflow Management System -- 2.4.3 Operational Data -- 2.4.4 Planning Boards -- 2.4.5 Warehouse Management -- 2.5 Fulfillment -- 2.6 Subsidiaries, Print Brokers, Subcontractors -- References -- 3 Workflow Models -- 3.1 Activity List, Process Chart -- 3.2 Flowchart -- 3.3 Process-Resource Model -- Digression: Let's make pancakes -- End of Digression -- Reference -- 4 Metadata Formats -- 4.1 Extensible Metadata Platform (XMP) -- 4.2 Print Production Format (PPF) -- 4.3 Job Definition Format (JDF) -- 4.3.1 JDF Nodes -- 4.3.2 JDF Resources -- 4.3.3 Structure of a JDF File -- 4.3.4 Audit Pool -- 4.3.5 Gray Boxes -- 4.3.6 Spawning and Merging -- 4.3.7 Job Messaging Format (JMF) -- 4.4 Exchange Job Definition Format (XJDF) -- 4.5 PrintTalk -- 4.6 Interoperability Conformance Specification (ICS) -- 4.7 Portable Document Format (PDF) -- 4.7.1 Print Product Metadata --



4.7.2 PDF Graphic Objects as Processing Steps -- References -- 5 Glossary -- 6 Index.