The essence and trend of JDF
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First，Preface
In recent times, JDF has been frequently disclosed in many media and exhibitions, and it has become a hot topic.
Here I would like to review its origin and future direction for the reference of the industry. Since the publication of CIP4 in 2000, it has been developed by the Adobe Systems of the United States, Agfa of Belgium, MAN Roland of Germany, and Heidelberg to develop a standard format for the overall operational intelligence of printing projects. . It includes data sharing between data management, planning, and business support. With XML, it can also correspond to standards such as PDF or PJTF from Adobe Systems of the United States.
At the Drupa exhibition four years ago, after the introduction of JDF from the order to the project management system, it really gave the printing industry more than DTP, which made the printing industry excited. Let's define the meaning as the format of the job data.
The introduction of JDF has indeed brought vitality and anger to the printing industry, but unfortunately JDF has not been universally applied. However, in order to survive and overcome in the course of the future, it is necessary to change the old format, update the concept and change the production structure.
To this end, the nature of JDF is further described here so that there is a hint of assistance in production afterwards.
Second, The necessity of business intelligence
The printing industry has been recognized as an intelligence industry, but its internal intelligence system has not yet reached its best, as it is far behind many other industries. The two key words that can often be heard are "short delivery time" and "price competition", which may be considered from the perspective of business intelligence.
The so-called short delivery period means that the time from receipt to delivery is extremely short, and it is often impossible to comply with the agreement at the time of receipt. The so-called production refers to the manufacturing and planning according to the prior decision. If the original production plan cannot be guaranteed if it leaves the daily process, the short delivery time becomes a very difficult problem for the printing enterprise. All in all, it should be noted that the delivery contract negotiated with the customer can be accurately carried out and the best production plan can be formulated in the shortest time.
As for price competition, there are also problems of the same nature. In response to the content of the order, when the standard business is determined, the short delivery time, the small batch of work, and a large number of high-quality products can also be carried out with the same operation. All of these can be relied on their own efforts to resolve the part that can be improved, and unreasonably lowering the price of work is equivalent to putting a noose on itself, and it is best to give up. It should be thought that if you accept the order according to the unguaranteed production cost, you will encounter a situation of happiness and enthusiasm. It is better to pull out from this quagmire as soon as possible. It can't be said that the printing industry is incompetent in business. It is said that it is necessary to get rid of the confusion of market competition as early as possible. Each company should think about the extent of adoption based on the following information.
From a financial point of view:
●The cumulative amount of the order at the time, the amount of the deposit
●The current payment amount, cash balance
●Inventory of equipment and products
● balance of payment
From a production point of view:
●Operation status of each operator
●Starting conditions of the printing press
●The progress of the order product
From the customer's point of view:
●Acceptance of individual profit and loss status
●Product inventory status
● Progress against the annual budget
●Delivery and abnormal conditions
The above is only part of general business intelligence. If you want to know the status of information immediately, you can say that it is an excellent business intelligence system. Of course, the various details also include the information that the department manager has, so that it can become the material for the production workshop and the operator to judge things on the same scale.
The so-called business intelligence is not understood before accepting the report, but it is the content that you want to know by your own actions when you want to know. The thinking and system of the operators should be transformed in time. After accepting an order, business adjustments with customers and partner companies should not spend too much time in this regard, but should focus on creating a continuous benefit with a more strategic vision. When all the information is gathered and then how to cook it, this is the task that the operator should undertake.
Third, The essence of JDF
As mentioned above, business must require intelligence, but it takes a lot of time and manpower (=cost) to get information. It doesn't make sense to get outdated information. In fact, there is a system for obtaining such business information, but in order to obtain the unique information of printing companies involved in many projects, huge investment and closed systems are prerequisites. So what are the benefits of relying on JDF? That is, the information format from the business to the post-press project has been unified. And its format is expressed in XML and can be adapted to open systems. Depending on the situation, it may be a very personal format for printing companies that are using XML.
In short, it makes people feel that JDF has a unified reality of the intelligence of the whole project. JDF is the format of a unified printing method for the printing industry. It is neither a sale nor a thing being sold. Once it is mistaken, it will fall back to the era of equipment industry. Even if you have already got the machine corresponding to JDF, don't rely on the machinery to get business intelligence and make business judgments. Because it is not something that directly generates profits, nor is it something that prevents mistakes. It is only necessary to transform the information required for business into effective content and get it in time, depending on the operator's ability. Whether it is different from competing companies or better than other industries, JDF is essential as a basic means.
Fourth, From partial best to overall best
The application of JDF can completely change the production engineering of the printing company. As for the printing company, in order to be efficient, internalized, and profitable, various machine and equipment investments have been made in the past. In the 1980s, in the 1980s, the layout of color separation machines and recording media appeared on the market despite the current situation. It is completely different. Due to the digital effects, various kinds of synthetic processing are realized. The printing machine industry has been improved, and the functions of reducing manual work are equipped, which promotes speed and stability, and facilitates standardization of adoption operations.
For example, the printing company has invested in machines for a long time in order to improve production efficiency, which is certainly not a mistake. In fact, it was only optimized in various projects. However, from the recent requests from customers to lower the price of work and the corresponding market requirements to speed up, it can be seen that the optimization effect of the original investment in various projects has gradually faded. First of all, the printed matter basically has to pass several projects to become the final product, so the final production amount constitutes the total processing amount. In order to increase the total processing capacity, it is necessary to maintain a balanced speed throughout the entire project. At present, in most cases, when the balance is out of balance, it is necessary to be adjusted by the cooperation company. However, in the sense of ensuring stable quality and recycling costs, it is also necessary to face the direction of promoting internalization.
As long as you master the bottleneck of the maximum processing capacity and productivity in the company, you will determine the current project that does not need to rashly invest in equipment, and it is necessary to prioritize the project investment. The operator is in need of information to obtain such business judgment. . Emphasis on internalization, sometimes encountering difficult situations. As an effective application of JDF, the overall optimization of external partner companies and material purchasers will enter the field of vision. This is JDF, which is XML, or SCM and EDI. As with customers, as long as they are included in the best circle, it will become a completely different business model. JDF is the best model for jumping out of the company's internal framework.