The PRIMA Returns Manager - the latest development from Harland Simon in association with Harland Simon plc., will be officially launched this year at NEXPO 2005.

Designed to facilitate accurate acquisition of newspaper returns figures without over complicating the returns procedure, The PRIMA Returns Manager is the latest addition to Harland Simon’s PRIMA range of printing management information system products, which have become a market leader with over 150 systems installed at over 70 sites world-wide including Wall Street Journal and the New York Times.

Designed as a robust unit, with a touch screen interface for ease of use, wheels for maximum flexibility and locking features for storage, this system is capable of processing up to 10,000 returns in an 8-hr day and eliminating all double data entry.

“The real beauty of this system is in the simplicity of its operation whilst solving the age old problem of accurately recording every return in a timely manner and removing the requirement for long term storage of paper top sheets.  This was only possible because the design team included a group of newspaper publishers and ABC (UK)" says a Harland Simon spokesperson.

"At all times the balance was kept between accuracy, speed and cost. The result has been astonishing in terms of sales and interest expressed in the first month since its introduction to the UK market. With our extensive customer base in North America for our other solutions we believe this system will become the defacto standard for returns management in North America within the next 2 years”.

PRIMA Returns Manager demonstrations will be held throughout NEXPO 2005, at 11.00am & 2.00pm on each of the 4 show days, with other times available upon request (Booth No: 3725).

Harland Simon is a subsidiary of Harland Simon plc, who specialize in the supply of industrial automation, controls and computer systems for the production of newspapers.