tilia Phoenix ganging software now interfaces directly with Cerm MIS
As part of its strategy of integrating with key technology providers, Tilia Labs has entered into a partnership with Cerm. The two companies will combine their strengths to offer integrated pre-press capabilities in label print production.
The initial result of the collaboration is a new integration between Cerm MIS and tilia Phoenix ganging capabilities to deliver a plug and play solution for optimising sheetfed label production workflow.
According to Geert Van Damme, managing director of Cerm, increasing demand from customers for an intelligent ganging system acted as the catalyst for Cerm to explore options for a dedicated imposition solution. He said, ‘Cut and stack sheetfed label producers were asking for a sophisticated capability that would allow them to combine a variety of labels with different sizes, colours and quantities.’
‘We tested several different offerings and options with a number of customers and tilia Phoenix came out way ahead in every respect,’ continued Mr Van Damme. ‘Its speed was the first thing to impress everyone. It also offers an extensive set of preferences, allowing the print shop to align the system with its routine production habits. The user can make any number of changes to the chosen option and even save it as a template for the future. On top of this, the system is very intuitive – for usability it couldn’t be matched.’
In the combined solution, the Cerm MIS interfaces directly to Phoenix without the need to switch back and forth between applications. The software searches across millions of possibilities to calculate the most cost-effective ganging and nesting combinations for up to 1000 orders at a time.
