"red dot design award" for Prinect Workflow from Heidelberg
12/08/2004
Judges praise user-friendly operation and user interface design
An international panel of expert judges from the Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia Design Center) has awarded Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) the "red dot" for its Prinect workflow in the "red dot design award: communication design 2004" competition.
"The 'Prinect' workflow system scooped the red dot seal of quality for exceptional design in the "Digital Media" category of our red dot award: communication design competition. The judges were full of praise for the workflow system, which optimizes work processes in printshops, and particularly stressed its clear structure and design and excellent navigation," says Prof. Peter Zec, Head of the North Rhine-Westphalia Design Center and chairman of the judging panel, explaining the judges' decision.
"Receiving the red dot award for Prinect shows that Heidelberg has a workflow system in its portfolio which, thanks to its outstanding usability, has also made it easy for small to mid-sized print shops to start leveraging process integration. The design of the Prinect system enables the workflow applications to be operated ergonomically by keyboard and mouse, but also via a touchscreen display on the machines. End-to-end navigation at all the stations integrated in the workflow is easily learnt. The resulting reliability has a positive effect on customer productivity," says Jörg Bauer, Vice President Product Management Prinect.
The panel of judges, made up of nine international design experts, this year faced a flood of 2,936 entries from 27 countries. The winners were honored at an awards ceremony on December 3, 2004 in the Essen Philharmonic Concert Hall and at the opening of the special exhibition in the red dot design museum.
The award-winning works are displayed in the "Design Innovations 2004: red dot award: communication design" special exhibition until January 9, 2005 in the red dot design museum located in the "Kesselhaus" of the former "Zeche Zollverein" mining complex in Essen.
The "International Yearbook Communication Design 2004/2005", published by avedition to accompany the competition, will appear shortly before the awards ceremony.
Prinect - Integrated JDF-based workflow system from Heidelberg
Prinect encompasses Heidelberg's complete offering for comprehensive workflow management in print shops. Prinect enables the creation of what is essentially an open network of workflow components that are able to communicate with each other based on JDF. Modular Prinect components enable production planning and control, integrate business management processes with technical workflows and thereby ensure an end-to-end flow of data and work processes. Prinect records and optimizes print-specific work processes from prepress to production and finishing. It also supports constant monitoring of the entire process, thus providing a precise stock of data for commercial planning and control.
In practice, we can identify three main applications for Prinect: Management, production and color solutions. These applications, combined with specially coordinated implementation services, provide the driving force for boosting print shops' productivity and quality as well as cutting costs.
Image:
Prinect's user-friendly menu navigation via touchscreen makes it easier for the operator to work with the integrated workflow system.
For further information:
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
Corporate Communications
Matthias Hartung
Tel.: +49 (0)6221 92 50 77
Fax: +49 (0)6221 92 50 46
E-Mail: matthias.hartung@heidelberg.com
An international panel of expert judges from the Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia Design Center) has awarded Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) the "red dot" for its Prinect workflow in the "red dot design award: communication design 2004" competition.
"The 'Prinect' workflow system scooped the red dot seal of quality for exceptional design in the "Digital Media" category of our red dot award: communication design competition. The judges were full of praise for the workflow system, which optimizes work processes in printshops, and particularly stressed its clear structure and design and excellent navigation," says Prof. Peter Zec, Head of the North Rhine-Westphalia Design Center and chairman of the judging panel, explaining the judges' decision.
"Receiving the red dot award for Prinect shows that Heidelberg has a workflow system in its portfolio which, thanks to its outstanding usability, has also made it easy for small to mid-sized print shops to start leveraging process integration. The design of the Prinect system enables the workflow applications to be operated ergonomically by keyboard and mouse, but also via a touchscreen display on the machines. End-to-end navigation at all the stations integrated in the workflow is easily learnt. The resulting reliability has a positive effect on customer productivity," says Jörg Bauer, Vice President Product Management Prinect.
The panel of judges, made up of nine international design experts, this year faced a flood of 2,936 entries from 27 countries. The winners were honored at an awards ceremony on December 3, 2004 in the Essen Philharmonic Concert Hall and at the opening of the special exhibition in the red dot design museum.
The award-winning works are displayed in the "Design Innovations 2004: red dot award: communication design" special exhibition until January 9, 2005 in the red dot design museum located in the "Kesselhaus" of the former "Zeche Zollverein" mining complex in Essen.
The "International Yearbook Communication Design 2004/2005", published by avedition to accompany the competition, will appear shortly before the awards ceremony.
Prinect - Integrated JDF-based workflow system from Heidelberg
Prinect encompasses Heidelberg's complete offering for comprehensive workflow management in print shops. Prinect enables the creation of what is essentially an open network of workflow components that are able to communicate with each other based on JDF. Modular Prinect components enable production planning and control, integrate business management processes with technical workflows and thereby ensure an end-to-end flow of data and work processes. Prinect records and optimizes print-specific work processes from prepress to production and finishing. It also supports constant monitoring of the entire process, thus providing a precise stock of data for commercial planning and control.
In practice, we can identify three main applications for Prinect: Management, production and color solutions. These applications, combined with specially coordinated implementation services, provide the driving force for boosting print shops' productivity and quality as well as cutting costs.
Image:
Prinect's user-friendly menu navigation via touchscreen makes it easier for the operator to work with the integrated workflow system.
For further information:
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
Corporate Communications
Matthias Hartung
Tel.: +49 (0)6221 92 50 77
Fax: +49 (0)6221 92 50 46
E-Mail: matthias.hartung@heidelberg.com
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