Plates are core production materials for packaging printing. Dmmsys Printing Edition provides complete plate management.

1)     Supports plate archive management, records customer, product, color count, specification, material and other archive info.

2)     Supports plate inventory management, manages in-stock, in-use, scrapped status and quantities.

3)     Supports plate life management, records print count and wear for each plate, predicts plate life.

4)     Supports plate making work orders, automatically generates plate making work orders based on production needs.

5)     Supports plate lending management, manages lending and return of customer-owned plates.

6)     Supports plate cost accounting, accounts for production cost and amortization cost of each plate.

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Color samples are quality standards for packaging printing. Dmmsys Printing Edition provides complete color sample management.

1)     Supports color sample archive management, records customer, product, color standard, tolerance range and other info.

2)     Supports digital color sample management, records color parameters through spectrometer data, avoiding sample distortion.

3)     Supports color sample approval workflow, samples require customer approval after confirmation to meet requirements.

4)     Supports color sample version management, automatically generates new versions on modification, retaining change history.

5)     Supports color sample comparison analysis, can compare actual production color with sample standard for color difference.

6)     Supports color sample archiving, digitally archives confirmed samples for long-term storage and reference.

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Imposition and nesting are important for packaging printing optimization. Dmmsys Printing Edition provides imposition capabilities.

1)     Supports automatic imposition algorithm, automatically calculates optimal imposition based on product size and paper specification.

2)     Supports multiple imposition methods including single, multiple, mixed, and flip imposition.

3)     Supports nesting optimization, optimizes layout to reduce paper waste and improve material utilization.

4)     Supports imposition scheme management, can save and reuse common imposition schemes to improve design efficiency.

5)     Supports imposition cost calculation, automatically calculates material and printing costs based on imposition scheme.

6)     Supports imposition visualization, intuitively displays imposition scheme and nesting effect through graphical interface.

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Work order pricing is core to packaging printing cost accounting. Dmmsys Printing Edition provides accurate pricing capabilities.

1)     Supports multi-factor pricing, comprehensively prices based on paper, ink, plate, hours, operations and other factors.

2)     Supports pricing formula configuration, can configure different pricing formulas and rates by product and operation.

3)     Supports pricing simulation, simulates work order pricing before order acceptance for quotation decisions.

4)     Supports pricing detail management, provides detailed pricing breakdown for customer reconciliation.

5)     Supports pricing history records, retains historical pricing data for price trend analysis.

6)     Supports pricing approval workflow, pricing for important work orders requires approval to ensure reasonable prices.

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Loss control is key to packaging printing cost control. Dmmsys Printing Edition provides loss control capabilities.

1)     Supports standard loss rate management, can define standard loss rates by operation and product as control baseline.

2)     Supports actual loss recording, records actual loss quantity during reporting, compares with standard for analysis.

3)     Supports loss overrun warning, automatically warns when actual loss exceeds standard for timely handling.

4)     Supports loss cause analysis, records loss cause classification for targeted improvement.

5)     Supports loss report analysis, can analyze loss by customer, product, operation and other dimensions.

6)     Supports loss improvement tracking, tracks improvements for high-loss operations to continuously reduce loss rates.

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Quality inspection ensures packaging printing quality. Dmmsys Printing Edition provides complete quality inspection capabilities.

1)     Supports first article inspection management, performs first article inspection before each batch production.

2)     Supports in-process inspection management, performs regular sampling during production to ensure stable quality.

3)     Supports finished product inspection management, performs comprehensive inspection before delivery.

4)     Supports color difference inspection, measures color difference between finished product and sample using colorimeter.

5)     Supports inspection data recording, completely records inspection data and inspectors for each batch and operation.

6)     Supports quality traceability, can trace to specific batch and operation when quality issues are found.

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