EFI Metrix Layout Engine for EFI Pace

EFI (Booth 1902) Metrix has long been recognized as an industry-leading job planning and layout tool, capable of saving businesses hours each day in the accurate preparation of jobs for production. The latest version of Metrix, now integrated with the EFI Pace Print MIS, offering an even higher ROI by giving more people in print operations the ability to generate smart layouts, streamlining estimating, planning and production processes.

• Metrix in the estimating department now automates the layout for each sheet – helping teams create an estimate that represents the best, most profitable way to produce the job.
• Metrix in the planning and production automates the press sheet layout by selecting the most efficient press and sheet size while considering production constraints. It empowers users team to generate plans for even the most complex job, a task formerly reserved for the most skilled and experienced planners. This process improves planning and scheduling while, at the same time, its ganging logic helps users make more money by laying out multiple jobs on a single sheet, eliminating make-readies and reducing labor, machine and paper costs.

When integrated into EFI Pace MIS, Metrix software’s benefits are readily incorporated into and an overall production workflow for optimized production, with reduced waste and improved work center utilization.

The integrated layout/MIS offering is part of EFI’s Productivity Suite of certified end-to-end workflows.