SISTRADE PRESENTS THE LATEST NEWS OF SISTRADE® PRINT AT DRUPA 2012

SISTRADE participation in the coming edition of DRUPA focuses on strengthening its presence in the international market as a supplier of ERP Software for printing and packaging industry, and presenting the most recent version of Sistrade® Print, which includes features such as:
• Augmented Reality is a tool applied to Packaging, enabling the virtual visualization of the final work. This tool is used when sending an estimate for the production of a package, in which, besides the usual technical information, the customer of the printing company receives the content that, by using a simple webcam, can show the requested package in three-dimensional shape, in its final version. The customer of the printing industry that receives this estimate, by using Augmented Reality application provided by SISTRADE, can view the information of the estimated box in 3D, and thus have a better perspective of the final product.
• Plates management in flexography is a complete tool developed for the plate production process, where the new feature allows the management of the plates, definition of the imposition of the plates and at the same time, the stock control of photopolymer plates, as well as other control processes and internal management. The system also generates a specification file for ESKO ARTWORK program, or other flexo cutting machine, thus avoiding the duplication of the work.
• Scheduling presents new features that allow dynamic and multi-user planning in a simple and effective way. For the companies where the internal scheduling task is carried out by a team of individuals, the scheduling is provided with multi-user functionality, thereby allowing the production planning to be made by more than one user. The planning of employees is the second perspective allowing the user to inter-cross the scheduled job order operations with the employees.
• Sistrade® CRM (Customer Relationship Management) is, nowadays, an essential tool for a company that seeks to raise the quality parameters in terms of customer relationship. In addition to the focus on already existing customers, Sistrade® CRM also provides companies with the tools for market research, allowing the management of potential customers, of new offers and their outcomes, and studying the reasons that led to the approval or rejection of an offer, therefore implementing a continuous improvement in the sales process.
• The extrusion is undoubtedly a complex process that requires advanced technology in terms of machinery and naturally, supported by an information system with data acquisition, makes production more efficient and of higher quality. Through the technological solution Sistrade®, verticalised for this production process, it is possible to get the exact consumption of the raw materials, in particular, to know the consumption in kilos of PP, PE, colorants, accelerators, anti-UV, etc., for a given job order or within a given period of time. It is also possible to calculate in real time the quantities in metres and kilos of produced film. These data can be collected directly by the system without human intervention, given that SISTRADE includes equipment sensing, in order to turn the acquisition of signals as automatic as possible.
• During DRUPA fair, SISTRADE is also going to pay a special attention to security printing area. This particular area includes the production of various works that by their very nature require a different treatment in terms of security, such as printing of credit cards, lottery scratch cards, mobile phone cards, bills, cheques, and other security documents. SISTRADE has an internal security printing development project, the aim of which is to evaluate the manufacture process complexity in order to reflect it more accurately in Sistrade® Print solution. During the fair some experts shall make several presentations related to this subject, which will reveal some different areas of this market niche.


Come and visit our stand D15 in Hall 7a, where you will be welcomed by a multilingual team of professionals that will meet the specific needs of each company.

SISTRADE – Software Consulting, S.A., will participate in another issue of DRUPA 2012, which will take place in Dusseldorf, Germany from the 3rd till the 16th of May.

For the third time SISTRADE takes part in the major international printing industry event, an international fair DRUPA in Dusseldorf. SISTRADE now presents itself as one of the main international players in the area of integrated management systems (MIS - Management Information Systems), eight years after its first participation in 2004. It was a modest but courageous and full of hope participation, where the achievements spoke for themselves. Today, SISTRADE is changing its position, as the main objective is no longer its introduction to the market as a credible and one of the most technologically advanced partners in the sector, but rather to receive all those who look for an innovative and completely different system for the markets of Flexible and Rigid Packaging and Labels. As 100% web-based system, it offers the guests the access to Case Studies via the Internet, i.e., Internet browser will allow accessing the application anywhere in the world, in this case, the server in our headquarters in Oporto. Another distinguishing factor of Sistrade® Print MIS|ERP software is the possibility to adapt this solution in any country worldwide. The internationalization process has proven to be very favourable as a great number of successful implementations all around the world confirm. Sistrade® Print is a multilingual platform which makes it possible to implement and use the system in any language or several languages at the same time.

During this issue SISTRADE decided to invest in its image, a new design and decoration of a stand, as well as an agenda filled with seminars which will focus on innovation, such as Augmented Reality. We will also include in our stand activity the days dedicated to our representations in: Brazil, Poland, Germany, United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Spain, Italy and France and other markets where SISTRADE develops its commercial activity, and we will be joined by partners and clients in our activities during the fair. The stand will also have a networking area where guests will be able to access the Internet while watching the informational video presentations of SISTRADE and our products and services in real time.
Come and visit our stand D15 in Hall 7a, where you will be welcomed by a multilingual team of professionals that will meet the specific needs of each company.


SISTRADE is an international information systems engineering and consulting company, with offices in Lisbon, Oporto, Madrid, Warsaw, Sao Paulo, Istanbul, Frankfurt, Paris, Abu Dhabi and Milan. During over 10 years of its activity, SISTRADE has always bet on the internationalization in markets such as Europe, America (especially South America), Asia (Turkey, Thailand) and Africa, offering innovative IT solutions to industrial markets. It is a company certified by IAPMEI as SME Leader, and in ISO 9001 and NP 4457 standards (Quality and innovation.

SISTRADE EXPORTS SOFTWARE TO COLOMBIA

Proempaques Ltda, one of the largest industrial companies in the area of flexible packaging printing in Colombia, Bogota, acquired Portuguese integrated business management system - ERP|MIS Sistrade® Print – for company management.

Proempaques Ltda., is a company with over 35 years of experience, specializing in producing self-adhesive labels and flexible packaging for the food, cosmetics, agrochemical and pharmaceutical industry. The company was looking on the market for the technologically updated solution that would provide the automation of the business processes and internal organization, adjusting to the specific needs.

Sistrade® Print was the only solution which was able to incorporate all existing business processes, allowing Proempaques Ltda management and control of business process (technical data sheets, estimates, invoicing, CRM, etc.) and production process, such as the issuance of job orders, on-line collection of production data in all the sectors of the company, production supervision, cost control using comparison reports which allow the detailed comparison of estimated costs and times versus real time production.
The know-how in this area thus ensures an offer of a completely configurable ERP | MIS, making it very flexible for incorporation of new specificities, therefore differentiating it within this technical sector, in particular, by the technical definition of the product, which is supported by technical data sheets and graphical process, with specific estimating (parameterized) according to the product type (flexible packaging) versus the production control in real time. These features enrich the information system, enhancing the control and inspection of the product, which guarantees the quality of the service and manufactured goods, allowing a single continuous and consistent information flow throughout the company.

Etiforma – Sociedade Europeia de Etiquetas, Lda. acquired Portuguese integrated business management system - ERP|MIS Sistrade® Print – for the company management. Sistrade® Print is a vertical solution specialized for the companies in the area of stickers and labels, which will allow Etiforma complete management of all departments, from the specific estimating (parameterized) according to the product type (labels), order management, invoicing, purchases from suppliers, stocks management, job orders management to the manufacturing data collection via production terminals SCADA, accounting and other features.
Etiforma – Sociedade Europeia de Etiquetas, Lda. (Higifarma Group) was created in February 1993. It is a Portuguese company specializing in the manufacture of self-adhesive labels, including Fix-a-Form leaflets and Braille labels. The growth of Etiforma resulted in moving into new, better and larger facilities in September of 1994, allowing the manufacture of products with the highest quality standards.

SISTRADE EXPORTS SOFTWARE TO GERMANY

Herzog Etiketten KG, a German company, specializing in the area of self-adhesive labels printing, acquired Portuguese integrated business management system - ERP|MIS Sistrade® Print – for company management.


ERP|MIS Sistrade® Print is a vertical solution specialized for the companies in the area of stickers and labels, that will allow Herzog Etiketten KG complete management of all departments, from the specific estimating (parameterized) according to the product type (labels and stickers), invoicing, suppliers purchases, stocks management, job orders management until the manufacturing data collection via production terminals and automatic data acquisition (via PLC), and others.

About Herzog Etiketten KG

Herzog Etiketten KG is a manufacturer of self adhesive labels for the tire industry, chemical industry, food and wine labels. The extensive know-how combined with years of experience and modern technology allows making quick decisions and direct communication. The great advantage of the company is high flexibility in the execution of new projects and commitments required in the short term.
The company is headquartered in Rohrbach, not far from Alsace and Strasbourg, in the centre of Europe that is the best place to work with customers from Germany, Switzerland, France, Poland, Slovenia, Turkey and Dubai.

SISTRADE EXPORTS SOFTWARE TO LITHUANIA

Spaudos Kontūrai, a company specializing in the area of offset printing, situated in Vilnius, Lithuania, acquired Portuguese integrated business management system - ERP|MIS Sistrade® Print – for company management.

The acquisition of Sistrade® Print allows this Lithuanian company to manage all the existing business processes, from the control of commercial process until production process. ERP software from SISTRADE will allow making estimates, invoicing, issuing job orders, online collection of the status of production in all sectors of the company, production planning and supervision, cost control through comparison reports which allow the detailed comparison of estimated costs and times versus real time production and other features.

About Spaudos Kontūrai

Spaudos Kontūrai is a modern printing company, specializing in all the areas of offset printing. The company is actively investing in the latest printing technologies and equipment, becoming the leader in the printing of magazines, catalogs, etc.
Spaudos Kontūrai provides its customers an accessible and flexible service, controlling and monitoring the entire production process in order to offer the highest quality of its publications.

SISTRADE EXPORTS SISTRADE PRINT TO THAILAND


PREPACK THAILAND CO.,LTD., one of the largest flexography companies in Thailand, with over 30 years of experience in the market, orders ERP | MIS Sistrade® Print for the management of the company.

After international consulting and a long period of negotiation of PREPACK, in April 2011 during the SISTRADE visit to the facilities of PREPACK in Thailand, we reached a commercial agreement for the sale and installation of Sistrade® Print license in PREPACK, concluded in contract by the representatives, Mr. Paradorn Chulajata (Managing Director) and Paulo Souto (Business Manager), in the presence of Ms Surasa Poonapirat (Deputy Managing Director) and André Oliveira (Flexible Managing & Labels Solutions Department Manager).

PREPACK THAILAND CO., LTD. was founded in 1977 to produce a multi-layer film for pasteurized milk industry. Since then, its know-how in this area has been progressively increasing, becoming experts in co-extrusion of blown film. Since 1999, the company has invested: in specialized equipment from Germany and Japan, in personnel training and quality systems, thus ensuring a supply of quality products at a competitive price and customer’s satisfaction.
The company’s mission is to produce flexible packaging of excellent quality to meet the demands of the customers and focus on innovation in order to provide value-added products to its customers.

The commitment to innovation creates continuing challenges; competition in target market is high, there is a pressing need to invest in an integrated system of business management, vertical to the Flexible Packaging Industry, enabling management and control of the business process (technical data-sheets, estimates, invoicing, CRM, etc.) and production process, such as the issuance of job orders, online production collection in all sectors of the company, production supervision, cost control through comparative reports that allow detailed comparison of estimated costs and times versus produced quantities in real time. After a detailed consultation of international market, Sistrade® Print is selected for its expertise and capital gains in the sector and MIS market.

SISTRADE EXPORTS SOFTWARE TO BELARUS

UNIFLEX, a Belarusian company, specializing in the area printing of flexible packaging, acquired Portuguese integrated business management system - ERP|MIS Sistrade® Print – for company management.


After international research proccess by UNIFLEX, SISTRADE competed with its own vertical ERP for the industry of flexible packaging – Sistrade® Print, introducing an integrated and innovative project to Belorussian company. UNIFLEX, after a long period of negotiations decided to acquire Sistrade® Print for its integrated management system which enables the incorporation of all kinds of jobs of the company, from flexible packaging to the self-adhesive labels, i.e., through the parameterization of processes and types of work (a key element of the design of Sistrade® Print), the system can be adapted to any type of work in the field of flexography.
The system allows making management and control of the business process (technical data-sheets, estimates, invoicing, CRM, etc.) and production process, such as the issuance of job orders, online production collection in all sectors of the company, production supervision, cost control through comparative reports that allow detailed comparison of estimated costs and times versus produced quantities in real time.

About UNIFLEX

UNIFLEX is a company with over 15 years of experience, based in Minsk, Belarus, a producer of flexible packaging and self-adhesive labels. The company is certified in ISO 9000:2001 quality standards, which leads the company to adjust the production process, constantly improving the quality of the product to the customer. A company with a team of young and highly qualified professionals who are able to make high quality works professionally.

About SISTRADE - Software Consulting, S.A.

SISTRADE - Software Consulting, S.A. is a Portuguese Information Systems company of engineering and consulting, with offices in various countries. Bringing innovative IT solutions for printing and packaging industry markets. The company has customers and partners in countries like Portugal, Spain, Slovenia, Poland, Ecuador, Colombia, Netherlands, Lithuania, Turkey, Thailand, Tunisia, Germany, Belarus and Russia. SISTRADE is certified by IAPMEI as PME Leader, and is certified in ISO 9001 and NP 4457 standards.
For more information visit our website www.sistrade.com.

OFFSET PRINTING AND PACKAGING INDUSTRY

EKOL OFSET from Turkey implements ERP|MIS Sistrade® Print

EKOL OFSET, founded in 1978, in Turkey, was considered one of 1000 Large Turkish Companies in 1998, and has retained its place on this list to the present day.
In 2007, continuing its steady growth and the need for development and modernization of production, the company moves to the present facilities of about 40000m2, built from scratch and designed to meet the needs of production and logistics that the company activity requires.
Doubling the production capacity and achieving a leading position among the largest and most modernized enterprises, with approximately 350 employees, it was necessary to start consulting the international market in order to find an integrated solution to manage the company. During this process, the company contacted SISTRADE for the presentation of ERP|MIS Sistrade® Print solution, which was finally chosen from a range of about ten alternatives. One of the factors that enabled this option was the issue of language, since Sistrade® Print is a multi-lingual solution, including Turkish among other available languages.

As a 100% web based solution, complete and integrated, and given the size and complexity of the company, it was decided to implement the following modules: Commercial Management and Estimating, Stocks and Purchases Management, Planning, Production Management, Equipment Maintenance, Quality Management and Control, Treasury, Accounting.

Technical Estimating of Packaging
Using this module it is possible to respond to customers in a timely manner, calculating all the costs associated with the production of different types of products. As 100% configurable module and adjusted to the specific nature of each product is it possible to make technical estimating:
- Packaging:
:: It is possible to estimate according to various ECMA (European Cardboard Manufacturers Association) or FEFCO (European Federation of Corrugated Board Manufacturers) standards or even from specific models developed by the company;
:: All costs are calculated, from the printing machine, inks and varnishes, laminating and gluing, application of die-cutters, folding and gluing of the box, and all auxiliary processes specific to this type of job;
:: Automatic calculation of the imposition, optimizing the plan, taking into consideration the direction of the paper fibre.
- Paper Cups:
:: Description of the printing machine with all its features;
:: Detailed register of all production stages, from production, cutting and assembling of the cup;
:: Definition of production times.
- CORRUGATED CARDBOARD
:: Calculation of quantities of paper needed, depending on the type of corrugated cardboard to produce, Single-face, Single Wall or Double Wall and a flute type A, B, C, E or F;
:: Definition of production times;

Stock Management and Material Purchases
Given the amount of materials necessary for daily work of the company, it is essential to have effective control of the warehouses and to ensure material requirements on time. Therefore, using the various tools of this module, it is possible to carry out any control of the different types of warehouse - raw materials, auxiliary materials or finished product, recording all movements of materials and allocating them to the jobs, having a real time access to permanent inventory.

Production Management and Planning
With the detailed record of job orders, containing all the information of the necessary materials, operations to be performed and their times as well as the resources that will be necessary, so all this information is analysed by planning tools, either MRP (Material Requirement Planning) or CRP (Capacity Requirement Planning), in order to determine what will be necessary and when in order to proceed with the work.
Using SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) and SFC (Shop-Floor Control) tools, it is possible to monitor, in real time, the actions that are taking place in the production, through a supervision of all processes registered in the production. PCs are installed at different stages of the production process, these can be touch screens for easy data entry, along with bar code readers used to identify the activities that are going to be developed in each resource and by each employee.

Quality Control
It allows the products/services of the company to conform to the specifications, either before execution, or during and after production. By carrying out various tests and experiments and registration of results, it is possible to proceed with the processing and, if necessary, register non-conformities, to act in accordance undertaking immediate, corrective and preventive actions.

Treasury and Accounting
In order to control current accounts with the different entities with which the company maintains commercial relations, whether customers or suppliers, the Treasury module assumes primary importance as it allows having access to all the information relating to the due amounts and proceed with the settlement, contributing to an effective control of payments/receipts made or the ones that should be made.
EKOL OFSET, adopting the European accounting standards, can use all the features of Sistrade® Print accounting module, to make accounting records of the company, completing all movements, from launches to settling, and the availability of various reports and consultations of various accounting items from balance sheets, analysis of results or statements.

About Sistrade
SISTRADE - Software Consulting, S.A. is a Portuguese Information Systems company of engineering and consulting, with offices in various countries. Bringing innovative IT solutions for printing and packaging industry markets. The company has customers and partners in countries like Portugal, Spain, Germany, Slovenia, Poland, Lithuania, Belarus, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Colombia, Turkey, Tunisia and Thailand. SISTRADE is certified by IAPMEI as PME Leader, and is certified in ISO 9001 and NP 4457 standards.
ERP|MIS Sistrade® Print is a vertical solution specialized for companies in the area of packaging, which will allow EKOL OFSET integrated management of all the departments, from specific estimating (parameterized) according to the product type (packages, cups or corrugated cardboard), invoicing, purchases from suppliers, stocks management, job orders management, production data collection to treasury and accounting.