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MIS↔prepress wiring that survives production.
Getting jobs from your MIS into AE or Cloudflow — and getting status back — sounds simple until you’re debugging a JMF callback at 2am while a shift waits. PWS builds integrations that fail loudly, recover gracefully, and leave a trail your team can follow.
MIS experience
Systems we’ve integrated with.
| MIS / ERP | Integration pattern |
|---|---|
| ePS Pace | JDF job intake, JMF status callbacks, cost round-trip |
| EFI PrintSmith Vision | Job ticket sync, status updates |
| Avanti Slingshot | REST API integration, JDF output, status sync |
| Label Traxx | Job intake, spec mapping to AE/Cloudflow |
| Cerm | JDF/XML job intake, production status reporting |
| ePS Radius | API integration for packaging converters |
| PrintVis | Dynamics 365-based integration patterns |
| NetSuite | Custom connector — REST / SuiteScript |
| JD Edwards | Oracle-based integration via REST or direct DB |
Scope
What we build.
- JDF input ticket parsing, field mapping, and validation
- JMF status callback construction and delivery to MIS
- Round-trip costing: actual make-ready and production time back to the estimating system
- XML and CSV job intake for MIS systems without native JDF support
- REST API integration with modern MIS platforms (Avanti Slingshot, PrintVis)
- Hot folder configuration wired to MIS job release
- Error handling: failed jobs surface in MIS, not just in AE/Cloudflow logs
- SFTP and file-drop patterns for legacy MIS without API access
- Integration with AE workflows and Cloudflow portal job creation
- Custom adapters where vendor connectors don't exist or don't fit
Tell me what your MIS speaks.
30-minute technical call. Fixed-fee scope follows. No obligation.