JDF-feasible solution market is gradually taking shape
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Is there a real JDF viable solution in the market? How many JDF devices are there? What do printers want to get in the implementation of JDF? This is all about the questions that JDF is often asked about. This year, we are faintly aware that JDF's viable solutions are in progress and progress is very fast. Earlier this year, CIP4 conducted a survey of JDF devices among their buyers, which was repeated once a quarter to monitor JDF's progress in the market.
In this vote, it was found that the world has installed 1405-1859 sets of JDF. These figures are far more than the average person estimates. According to the author's rough estimate, half of them are printers or prepress service providers who use JDF's viable software devices but don't know. It is estimated that if more members vote in the future, the distance should be close.
We can clearly see the popularity of JDF, because half of the respondents are following this device due to the automation of JDF. Even more encouraging is the fact that we found 1261-1714 potential JDF users. They are waiting for a contract or consultation with a device company that can support JDF. From this point of view, the adoption of JDF began to show signs of rising, which is consistent with what we have learned from the printing industry.
In July 2004, CIP4 conducted a survey in the American Printing Journal. Since the survey is aimed at readers, the results are not very accurate and scientific, but they reflect what the printing industry workers are doing and thinking about. Among them, we found that most respondents have MIS and process systems. 65% of them are consistently valued to production, 27% said that the MIS system is only responsible for frontline functions; another 8% means that there is no MIS system at all or only department or process systems. As we expected, most of the respondents (86%) only considered the MIS process system as a common easy-to-buy software, but a few (about 14%) said they had a system inside.
When they were asked about the use of the MIS process system, we got some unexpected results:
91% billing information
91% valuation
77% order entry
77% sales information
77% timetable
73% paper and product inventory
73% of store data collection
50% shipping status
36% Customer Relationship Management Solution (CRM)
36% maintenance schedule
36% process analysis and workload balance
23% Digital Asset Management (DAM) or asset management and asset transfer
18% web page and electronic trading front
5% connection quality control data
However, when they were asked what projects they wanted to get through the upgraded MIS process system, 82% of the respondents hoped to have the following features:
50% connection quality control data
50% process analysis and workload balance
44% shipping status
44% web page and electronic trading front
33% maintenance schedule
28% Customer Relationship Management Solution (CRM)
28% timetable
22% Digital Asset Management (DAM) or Asset Management and Asset Transfer
22% paper and product inventory
22% sales store data collection
17% order entry
11% valuation
11% billing information
11% sales information
We can see that the order of the two is almost just reversed. This is especially true for some process automation functions, such as connecting customers via the Internet, collecting connection quality control data, analyzing processes, balancing work, collecting and notifying work delivery status. These are the features that respondents expect most.
If these features can be added to the current system, but why should they be automated with JDF's viable solutions? Among them, 92% of respondents believe that MIS process systems can increase efficiency, while 86% believe that MIS and process systems can improve their customer service quality. 57% also believe that employees will be happy to use the system if they need it. One of the main JDF functions is to save the information needed between the system and the system, and to avoid adding manual input.
In any case, 87% of respondents have heard of JDF, and only 22% of them think they are familiar with JDF or have studied JDF seriously. Up to now, 43% of respondents plan to implement JDF in the next 18 months.
According to the information obtained above, the automation of printers' feasible solutions in JDF is now relatively backward. Although JDF is just a tool that gives the technician or department manager detailed information and provides the system and software to the buyer. What are the expectations of printers who wish to implement JDF? The following analysis results are obtained from the reply of the respondent:
75% makes information between systems more efficient
75% makes the production process smoother
75% reduce human error in data entry
75% reduce the number of people
75% improve response time to customer requests
69% improved command and control of all operations
69% reduction in process waste
63% increase capacity without increasing costs
56% link customers and production processes
44% link suppliers and businesses
These numerical results are consistent with the development of the JDF solution I saw from the market. Finally, there are now different options available to printers and prepress jobs. In the October edition of JDFMarketplace, 161 of the 311 lists are JDF viable products and services, and some are more than one feature. This number is almost three times that of the Drupa 2004 version of JDFMarketplace. CIP4 members with JDF products and non-member companies (including many small MIS system companies) have not yet been calculated. It is estimated that nearly 200 JDF viable products are put into service.
The JDF market is currently in progress and products are constantly improving, and printers, prepress services and other users are also urging the development of JDF. These quick steps show that 2005 will bring changes and opportunities to the printing industry, which is an exciting year.