Introduction
PRIMA.net pulls together information from the roll store, press hall and mailroom to provide real-time monitoring and historic reporting, minimizing the need for manual data input. Information is collected during the run from the existing plant, via sensors and directly from operator input, so that reports can be generated immediately without staff having to manually enter data after the event.

PRIMA.net provides

Copy counting on a per job basis

Roll inventory management

Web break monitoring and logging

Clear, concise production reports

Stop reason and downtime analysis

Planning of staff manning

Waste analysis

Real-time production monitoring

Since 1985 Harland Simon has installed over 100 computer systems at many of the world’s top newspapers. Our dedicated team of developers has industry experience second to none, supplying solutions using proven, industry-standard technology. The Dow Jones & Company, Inc have selected PRIMA.net to be installed at their 17 production plants across the US providing consistent and accurate information to the local sites and to their corporate headquarters.

Contact us to discuss your management information requirements.

Areas of Operation

The modules that form PRIMA.net fall into four areas of operation –

Production Office

Press hall

Mailroom

Roll store

Although PRIMA.net is available as a fully integrated system covering all of the factory areas, the modules for each area are also available separately. The complete system will allow monitoring of the production process from the moment paper arrives on site until it leaves again as the finished product.

PRIMA.net in the Production Office
The production office is at the center of the PRIMA.net system. It is here that the initial production schedules are set up and subsequent data analysis can be undertaken.

To begin with, the user inputs information about his pending jobs such as title, edition name, pagination, copy requirements and planned run times.

Once the production jobs are defined, the user is able to allocate press slots for the jobs via the production planning module.

Jobs shown in red are currently active on the press while those in green are ready to run. Job details can be viewed simply by moving the mouse pointer over the job. Template plans allow regular shift plans to be set up quickly.

A Manning module allows management to plan the requirements for staff on a shift basis and also to log crew performance.

Once production is underway, progress can be monitored at any of the PRIMA.net terminals and even remotely using web browsers.Views are graphical and easy to understand and can be on a job or press basis.

Views update every few seconds and can be made available to anyone on the network.

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