Fespa Digital will see the introduction of Optimus Cloud for integrated online trading.
Nicola Bisset, Optimus group managing director, said: “Optimus Cloud was born out of extensive research and demand from different print sectors worldwide. We are entering an age when a seamless and intuitive approach to simplifying and automating print purchasing and having instant access to information is increasingly being considered by print buyers as mandatory not optional! Equally print providers continue to look at finding solutions to assist them in cutting unnecessary costs through automation, plus finding ways of keeping customer loyalty.”
Optimus Cloud seamlessly integrates with Optimus dash and Optimus 2020 and takes a holistic approach to viewing stock availability and ordering stock items, the raising of fully specified production jobs, the automated production of fast quotations and the automatic receipt of orders. It also allows customers to view previous jobs and invoices, plus the status of active jobs.
The full Optimus Cloud suite of modules includes:
- Optimus Cloud Variable Data Orders powered by NxPublisher
Ordered products can be downloaded as PDF’s or Adobe Indesign files, thereby ensuring that the printer can post-process with Adobe Indesign. The intelligent image server can handle most formats; gif, png, jpeg, bmp and even vector based eps.
Printers can import and export customer specific Indesign templates into Optimus Cloud Variable Data Orders Module. The customer can access the templates and directly edit, save, delete and order their products. Copy, paste and undo/redo, make the editor suitable for complex designs with all changes being immediately visible in WYSIWYG.
Optimus Cloud Variable Data Orders editor’s possibilities are almost limitless and support editing of: text, polygons, transparency, alignment, rotation and a lot more.
After the customer has completed modifications of the template, they simply click the order button; the product is then ordered and moved to their shopping cart for final order submission. The order is then automatically converted within Optimus dash into a full production job. A print ready PDF file is also generated and is submitted to the printer’s pre-press system or digital press; the customer then receives notification that the order has been received. All processes are completed with no intervention from the printer.
- Optimus Cloud Fast Orders
This allows the printer to ‘post’ thumbnails of standard static products. Customers can search and identify the products they wish to order, complete the number required and click to order, these items will then appear in their shopping cart for final order submission. Once submitted, the order is then automatically converted within Optimus dash into a full production job. The customer then receives notification that the order has been received.
- Optimus Cloud Stock Orders
This has been specifically designed to enable print companies to offer finished goods for order online. The customer is able to view stock levels to ensure there are sufficient finished goods available for their order. If not, the customer can simply re-order the items required. Again, the items will appear in the customer’s shopping cart for final order submission. Once ordered, the requirement will appear within Optimus dash or Optimus 2020 with an order confirmation going back to the customer. A sales order will then automatically be raised within the Optimus systems ready for fulfilment.
- Optimus Cloud Fast Quotes
Harnessing the power and flexibility of the dash Sales Enquiry System, Optimus Cloud Fast Quotes provides quotations of products specified within Optimus dash. It provides the print buyer with a price on screen – they can then request a hard copy or place the order with a simple click. The order will then appear in the customer shopping cart for final submission. Once submitted, the order will automatically appear in Optimus dash as either a full production job or can be held in an order queue for a final check.
- Optimus Cloud Customer View
Allows the print buyer to view anything that has happened, is happening, or is planned. A full view of sales, financial or production information including invoices, jobs in production, jobs finished and delivered, quotations, stock levels and job history is available; with the ability to re-order against a historical job.
All information available to the customer is a filtered and controlled view of the information which resides within Optimus dash or Optimus 2020.