KODAK UPFRONT Production Planning Software provides the tools for an automated, repeatable, digital workflow for production planning. This one software package can deliver economic and envronmental savings that directly improve your bottom line.

Cut planning time from hours to minutes

Traditional production planning involves pencil, ruler and calculator—and years of expertise to avoid costly errors.

Traditional planning

1. Fold sheets to create signatures.
2. Stack the signatures to create a “dummy” book, noting page numbering and direction.
3. Unfold the “dummy” to create an imposition layout.
4. Redraw the job plan with a pencil or CAD software, and write the job data on the plan.
5. Calculate all measurements with care.
6. Attach the hand-drawn job plan to the job ticket and send it to production. 

Planning with UPFRONT Software

1. Import job data from the management information system (MIS).
2. Using a production planning wizard to create job plans.
3. Export the accurate job plans to prepress and bindery using PDF/JDF.

UPFRONT Software can add up to 1.5% to your bottom line. At customer sites throughout the world, actual production data has shown that UPFRONT Software can dramatically reduce labor costs and waste:

• 25% reduction in planning labor
• 10% reduction in prepress labor
• 4% reduction in non-chargeable material waste
• 33% reduction in spoiled plates
• 5% reduction in make-ready waste
• 60-90% reduction in setup time of bindery equipment