{"id":29568,"date":"2017-03-28T06:22:07","date_gmt":"2017-03-28T06:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xmpie.com\/secret-better-productivity-integrating-web-print-mis\/"},"modified":"2019-05-26T12:01:46","modified_gmt":"2019-05-26T12:01:46","slug":"secret-better-productivity-integrating-web-print-mis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xmpie.com\/de\/secret-better-productivity-integrating-web-print-mis\/","title":{"rendered":"The Secret to Better Productivity: Integrating Web-to-Print with an MIS"},"content":{"rendered":"

Web-to-print is fast becoming a must-have requirement for modern print businesses. These e-commerce platforms make your products and services more accessible, anytime, anywhere. When we ask our customers how much of their business will be driven from web-to-print in 5 years\u2019 time, they generally expect it to increase from 10-15% to 50-60%. This is supported by market research predictions and trends. Global Industry Analysts, for example, forecast that the global web-to-print market will reach US$1.3 billion by 2022.<\/p>\n

Like web-to-print solutions, management information systems (MIS) have evolved, from simple estimating and invoicing into complex systems collecting performance data from throughout a print operation. Historically, these systems have focused on traditional methods of order submission, with web-to-print often being excluded. In fact, in some cases, web-to-print solutions like XMPie\u2019s StoreFlow offered such flexibility that the MIS systems couldn\u2019t cope. But today some MIS solutions have developed the necessarily flexibility to adapt to a powerful e-commerce platform.<\/p>\n

In an ever more competitive market, everyone is looking for tighter control of costs, and it makes perfect sense to integrate web-to-print with MIS to drive further efficiencies and report everything in a single system.<\/p>\n

What to Look for in W2P and MIS Solutions<\/h4>\n

In searching for the ideal web-to-print and MIS solutions, businesses should consider that these are two separate and unique disciplines. An MIS company that happens to offer web-to-print may not be offering the best customer-facing experience on the market. Likewise, a web-to-print specialist that offers MIS might be compromising on the MIS capabilities.<\/p>\n

To get the best of both worlds, choose your solutions according to their integration capabilities and the efficiency of their processes, which should include the following:<\/p>\n