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these challenges. In fact, International Greetings began with 4 individual Preactor systems that looked after the processes of printing, conversion, packing and outwork. During this time, however, the overall Preactor system has considerably evolved through 5 distinct phases as a result of Harris working together with Preactor reseller SFJ Systems. The 4 separate plans are now linked together and feed an overall master plan, which offers 100 per cent company- wide, joined-up information.
Unsurprisingly, the benefits International Greetings has achieved through Preactor have also evolved over time; the most significant being the cumulative facilitating of the company’s growth from £20 million to £70 million while reducing its Planning department from 12 to 5 members of staff. Examples of specific benefits include the process of manually collating worksheets and updating the plan reduced from 2 hours to 2 mouse clicks and a time saving per job bag issued of one hour. Planning manager David Davies singles out Preactor’s ‘What if?’ capabilities for praise. “With such finite capacity constraints and
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a very intense peak period, Preactor is invaluable for letting me know whether any given job can be done by a certain time and then managing the outcome.”
Both Davies and Harris also make mention of the valuable role of SFJ systems’ deep understanding of the way International Greetings operates and what its changing requirements are. Davies positively
Storage space at each stage is a key consideration.
concluded: “Preactor really is a dream for us – it has enabled us to grow in terms of size and success, and has proved time and time again it is flexible enough to grow with us.”
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