News – For Immediate Release
EFI Launches
Fiery Dashboard Cloud-Based Service
Print Production Managers Now
Have 24/7 Anywhere,
Anytime Access to Business Information
Las Vegas – April 10, 2012 – With the 13th annual
Connect users’ conference underway, EFI™ (Nasdaq: EFII) today launched Fiery®
Dashboard, a cloud-based service that enables owners and production managers to
easily and quickly analyze their operations and make better business decisions.
Fiery Dashboard provides 24/7 access to real-time production data from any
Internet browser, including mobile phones and tablets. Connect attendees can see
Fiery Dashboard in the solutions lab through April 13 at the Wynn; a 30-day free
trial is available now (go to: http://w3.efi.com/Fiery/Products/Fiery-Dashboard/Try-For-Free)
as well as a video demo (go to: http://w3.efi.com/Fiery/Products/fiery-dashboard).
“From printer uptime and utilization to media use and paper jams,
as well as a host of other metrics, now print shop owners and managers can take
better control of their operation with our cloud-based Fiery Dashboard service,”
said John Henze, vice president of Fiery marketing at EFI. “Users don’t have to
be in their shop to stay on top of their operations, and don’t need to stop the
presses to get the information necessary to make the right, data-driven business
decisions.”
"As the general manager at University Graphic Systems,
California Polytechnic State University's print shop, Fiery Dashboard has helped
keep me on top of what’s happening on the production floor and drill down into
the reasons, without even having to be at the shop,” said David Messer. “This
service provides excellent graphical displays, which in turn have allowed our
digital press operators to better understand how reducing waste and downtime
positively affects our bottom line.”
With Fiery Dashboard, managers
can collect a vast amount of production-level data to monitor and measure what
is most important to them. The dashboard view can be customized to focus on
specific printers or groups of printers, define targets for engine utilization,
or choose different date ranges to measure daily, weekly, quarterly or even
annual growth. Managers can easily see engine utilization and status, jobs and
pages printed by media and the split between color and black and white. There
are also a range of metrics that identify the source of production
inefficiencies, from job errors and cancellations to paper jams. Fiery Dashboard
also presents system status such as when engines need calibration to ensure
color consistency in addition to identifying current level of software
updates.
Owners and managers can compare these metrics between any
or all Fiery Driven™ printers in the shop to understand relative engine
productivity to more efficiently leverage resources across the shop. For
instance, an owner may want to track black & white pages printed on a color
device to help determine if it makes more sense to purchase a dedicated black
& white printer. Another example enables managers to compare printer
utilization to help balance workload and optimize time shifts and
schedules.
Availability
Fiery Dashboard is available
now in English, French, Italian, German and Spanish. A 30-day free trial (www.efi.com/fierydashboard) is available now in the U.S. and
Canada. To purchase, contact EFI at FieryDashboardSales@efi.com.
For more
information about EFI, visit www.efi.com or call 800-875-7117.
About
EFI
EFI (www.efi.com) is a world leader in customer-focused digital
printing innovation. EFI's award-winning solutions, integrated from creation to
print, deliver increased performance, cost savings and productivity. The
company's robust product portfolio includes Fiery® digital print controllers and
solutions; VUTEk® superwide digital inkjet printers, UV and solvent inks;
Rastek™ UV wide-format inkjet printers; Jetrion® industrial inkjet printing
systems; print production workflow and business process automation software; and
corporate printing solutions.
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