SYSTEM AND METHOD OF EVALUATING PRINT SHOP CONSOLIDATION OPTIONS IN AN ENTERPRISE

摘要

A print shop consolidation system including a print shop consolidation management system with an application is provided. The application is used to (1) evaluate, with a set of information, an operational capacity of a first print shop to process both a first group of print jobs and a second group of print jobs, (2) evaluate, with the set of information, an operational capacity of the second print shop to process both the first and second groups of print jobs, and (3) use the evaluations of )1) and (2) to consolidate processing of the first and second groups of print jobs at one of first and second print shops.