Job Optimiser

Your True Planning Advisor.

With the Job Optimiser, you can perfect your production planning down to the smallest detail – from the optimal job sequence to precise material provision. This saves you time, resources, and stress.

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Reduce lead times

Increases machine productivity

More efficiency for your business

The Job Optimiser automates your detailed and capacity planning. Intelligent algorithms analyse job data, delivery dates, substrates, and finishing options to create the optimal production sequence. This allows you to save on setup times, avoid downtimes, and react flexibly to last-minute changes. Thanks to the Job Optimiser, materials such as printing plates, paper, and inks are available just-in-sequence. This reduces lead times and increases your machine productivity – for noticeably more efficient print production.

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Features

Import of Pre-planning Data

Automatic import of all pre-planned production jobs from the MIS to ensure that all relevant job information is quickly available.

Intelligent Job Overview

Always keep an eye on the current production status: thanks to a clear job view with a traffic light assistant. This allows you to immediately see whether all materials, tools, proofs, and approvals are available.

Machine Occupancy Planning with Load Balancing

Thanks to intelligent load balancing, operations are automatically distributed to suitable printing and finishing machines to optimally utilise machine resources.

Convenient Quick Filter Function

With just a few clicks, you can filter out all production-ready jobs and transfer them directly to detailed planning.

Dynamic Resource Planning

Intelligent control algorithms automatically adjust the load distribution – depending on job parameters, automation level, and capacities. This ensures your detailed planning remains reliable, even with last-minute changes.

Optimised Sequence Planning

The automatic sequencing of jobs minimises your setup times. Print and machine-specific parameters such as varnish type or automation level are always taken into account. Planning changes? No problem – re-planning and setup time adjustments happen automatically. And for perfect process synchronisation, the optimised list is transferred directly to LogoTronic.

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Job Optimiser in action

Job Optimiser in action

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Your benefits

Unbeatable Efficiency Increase

Reduced planning effort, minimal lead times: this sustainably increases your productivity and secures you a clear competitive advantage.

Less Downtime, Lower Setup Costs

Thanks to optimally planned production sequences, machines are used with maximum efficiency, thus reducing your unplanned expenses.

Optimised Resource Planning

Intelligent material requirements planning minimises your storage costs and guarantees the on-time completion of all products.

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Real Planning Security –
Our Customers Are Delighted!

"Jobs with less than 24 hours lead time are now truly profitable – with perfect production planning!"

Wolfgang Silber, Managing Director, Druckerei Silber Druck oHG

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Digital Packaging Workflow

with PrintFusion

With PrintFusion, the interface between Koenig & Bauer Rapida presses and the prepress software from HYBRID Software, your workflow becomes even more efficient. PrintFusion enables a bidirectional exchange of information that ensures seamless integration and automation of production processes. Thanks to the jointly developed PrintFusion interface, data such as setting parameters and positions of measuring elements are automatically exchanged between prepress and the printing presses. The automated data exchange leads to significant increases in efficiency and error prevention, as manual intervention and repetitive tasks are eliminated.

Long-term technology partnership for innovative 360-degree packaging workflow

For the development of PrintFusion, HYBRID Software and Koenig & Bauer have combined their expertise to create a highly automated and efficient production environment that meets the requirements of the modern printing industry. This collaboration will continue on an ongoing basis in order to constantly optimise the interface and integrate new functions. One example of this is the automatic feedback to compensate for process-related substrate stretching, which is already being introduced as part of a pilot customer programme.

A look into the future at drupa 2024

PrintFusion has been presented to the public for the first time at this year’s leading trade fair for printing technologies. Visitors will have the opportunity to gain an exclusive insight into the first results of the close partnership between HYBRID Software and Koenig & Bauer. Through automation and the intelligent exchange of data between prepress and press, PrintFusion will set new standards in print production and pave the way for a sustainable and high-performance future in the printing industry.

Connected Packaging

FOLLOW combines print and the digital world

With FOLLOW, Koenig & Bauer is building a bridge between analogue packaging and the digital world. Discover the universe of new possibilities that the cloud-based platform and the associated app have in store for printing businesses, brand owners and consumers.

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Printing goes Metaverse

with NFT-Technology and “Gemme”

Under the project title “Printing Goes Metaverse”, Koenig & Bauer is building a bridge from classic printing to the metaverse in collaboration with NABA (Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti, Milan) and epda (european brand & packaging design association). With the support of Italian design students, a project was realised that uses NFT technology to authenticate luxury goods such as limited edition handbags, jewellery or valuable trading cards. The luxury jewellery brand “Gemme” was created as an exemplary visualisation.

Classic print meets metaverse

Digital proof of ownership is used instead of conventional paper certificates of authenticity. The forgery-proof blockchain technology is impressively demonstrated using special printing technologies and a digital app. This innovative combination of digital proof of authenticity and the traditional art of printing shows how the printing industry is connecting with the new digital reality of the Metaverse.

What advantages does NFT technology offer

An NFT is a blockchain-based token that represents digital or physical assets such as artworks, digital content or media. Unlike other cryptocurrencies, each NFT is unique and non-exchangeable. It serves as a digital certificate of ownership and authenticity and enables owners to trade and sell their assets.

Brands from the luxury goods segment in particular are using NFT technology to enable customers to connect the digital and physical worlds. The main focus here is on the experience of being able to use the purchased product in the digital world. In addition, forgery-proof authentication can be guaranteed by NFT’s unique verifications with a complete history and absolute security.

How does the printing work?

Using a special printing process, functional structures that react to the touch of smartphone sensors can be applied to almost any printed product, creating a link between the physical product and the digital application. In combination with QR codes, this creates a forgery-proof proof of ownership. Customers receive both an origin-verified, printed NFT-Twin and the physical original.

The future is now

Navigating the digital frontier at drupa 2024

With ten revolutionary products and technologies, Koenig & Bauer set a strong signal for the future of the printing industry at drupa 2024. Here you will find an overview of all product novelties and exclusive video highlights!

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