Kleine Zeitung in Austria is rebuilding its newsroom. Print and digital now work in separate teams. Editor in chief Oliver Pokorny describes the new organisation as a way to speed up the digital transformation (kress).

Read that from the printing side. When print gets its own team, it also gets its own targets, its own budget and its own scorecard. Soon someone asks a simple question: what does one copy cost us, and what does it earn?

Separate teams make the print P&L visible

In an integrated media house, print costs often sit inside shared overheads. Paper, plates, press hours, inserts, distribution and staff spread across several departments. Once print stands on its own, those costs move into plain view. From that day on you need answers per edition, per title and per day.

The questions your print unit will get

  • What does each edition cost, from plate to pallet?
  • How much paper went to waste on last week's runs, and why?
  • Which titles, zones and inserts earn their place on the press?
  • Where does press capacity sit idle, and which commercial jobs could fill it?

When those answers live in spreadsheets and in the heads of your most experienced people, each one takes days.

What a Print MIS gives you

A Print MIS built for newspaper and commercial printing connects planning, production and cost in one system. With Print365 you plan editions and inserts in the publishing calendar, follow what happens on the press and run post calculation on every job. Your print unit then reports at the same pace as digital: per title, per edition, per week.

Separate teams, one shared view

Separate teams work best when management still sees the whole operation. With print data in one system, you compare print and digital on facts, plan capacity together and decide where each euro goes.

Print is investing too

Several of our customers are investing in digital print to complement their printing operations and to meet what the market asks for next: shorter runs, versioned editions and personalised products. Your press hall gains a second production line, and with it a second stream of data. In Print365, offset and digital run in the same system and are planned from the same view. Read how European newspaper printers are adding digital capacity.

Are you about to decide on a digital press? Or have you just invested and now see a data gap between the new machine and the rest of your production? Get in touch with us directly. We go through your setup with you and show how Print365 brings both lines into one view. Book a call or write to jan.aleite@mwm.se.

FAQ

Why does a standalone print unit need a Print MIS?

A standalone unit is measured on its own results. A Print MIS shows cost, waste and capacity per edition and per job, so the unit can prove its value with numbers.

What should a print unit report on?

Cost per edition, paper waste per run, press utilisation and the contribution of each title and insert. A Print MIS collects these figures from planning and production, so they are ready when management asks.

Can Print365 plan offset and digital print together?

Yes. Offset and digital print run in the same Print365 system and are planned from the same view, so you see both lines, their capacity and their costs side by side.