Since 1983 we have devoted all our efforts to developing business solutions for the printing industry. With more than 100 installations at renowned printing plants across Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Portugal, Spain, Russia and the US , we are among the largest software providers in and for the industry. We swear by DISO, which stands for Digital Integrated Steering and Organisation System. Our target groups are sheet fed printing and web offset printing presses, display manufacturers, fan fold and form printing plants, label manufacturers, industrial book binderies, calendar manufacturers, screen printing plants, intaglio printing plants, gravure printing plants, packaging manufacturers and newspaper printers.
For more than 15 years, SSB-GmbH has provided support services and set up operational information systems for firms active in the printing industry. Our organizational consultants are trained printing experts with a broad background of experience in the graphics industry. The solutions we implement enjoy a high degree of acceptance among both management and users. Familiarity with industry needs makes a major contribution to this success. This is complemented with professional introduction support and training by the SSB consultants.
We offer our customers full service – before, during and after the conclusion of the project. We set up performance profiles, making it possible to process business transactions efficiently. Once the project has been wrapped up we can, if desired, handle maintenance functions. Specialized training is offered at the customer’s site to familiarize users with DISO procedures and routines.
DISO performance spectrum covers sales that gives complete customer information. The market demands customer-oriented salespeople with both professional expertise and the willingness to take on a challenge. Quick access to information is becoming important to enable pro-active salespeople to provide perfect advice to the customer. DISO supports these requirements with a parameter-driven customer information system, a structured profits calculation routine, and an information-packed inquiry and bid monitoring function. Operational activities are simplified by transferring inquiry data to job costing, online, and then processing that data automatically.
Job Costing System
To achieve success with the job costing system, salespeople will find in DISO pre-defined calculation schemes with extensive feasibility checks, an intelligent pricing system, and a variable text editor for automatic bid generation. The DISO Customer Data System lets the user define customer databases for sales call reports and to store individual client information such as birthdays, Christmas campaigns, etc. A report generator makes it possible to prepare assessments on the spot.
Follow-up reports on pending inquiries and quotations, on anticipated job profits, the current manufacturing status for job orders, and the results from customer orders which have been invoiced, can be called up at any time. The information is prepared and structured for complete clarity. The DISO job costing system features reflects all the standard production steps and the associated output tables, waste allowance schedules, price lists, and checking tables. If the job costing figures deviate from the operational values, then the master user can quickly modify the control tables to reflect changed conditions. Easy-to-use maintenance programs for output tables, waste allowance catalogs, price lists and feasibility schedules are available.
Retrograde Costing
To ensure fast and reliable pricing, DISO also provides retrograde costing. The most important data for pricing are taken directly from the quotation pricing. The user enters the desired contribution margin or the planned sales price; the system takes care of the rest and reports back immediately with the anticipated profit. If the conditions behind costing change later, then the retrograde costing feature also provides active support to sales. The new price is determined immediately, using multi-step contribution margin accounting. The rock bottom price can be identified immediately. Once the price has been fixed, generating the quotation with DISO is easy. It is possible to use a text editor to insert costing data into running copy; the text for the quotation is generated automatically. The speed at which bids can be prepared with this retrograde costing module is amazing. With the database – uniform in structure from the inquiry through to the quotation – flawed bids will, in the future, be a thing of the past.
Job Processing Software
The DISO job processing software takes the ``work`` out of paperwork to ensure easy, efficient and error-free order handling. The DISO job processing software includes production and business papers which are parameter-driven and designed for easy modification. These include the order confirmation, pallet tags, delivery notes, labels and invoice forms. A detailed order information system shows at ``push-button command`` the current status of the order, indicates which products have been shipped and billed, and provides data on yields and contribution margins. The DISO job processing software supports the user by transferring costing data to the job order. Where there are repeat orders, DISO offers additional useful functions for copying details from earlier jobs.
Production instructions can be generated automatically by the job processing software and linked to an electronic workflow routine for display or print instructions when required. A barcode-based feedback system in the job processing software keeps the user up to date on the status of his job order. On-screen information is available at all times, including facts about the pallets which have been finished and shipped.
