SolPrint Version 15 incorporates a new look while keeping all of the features that made version 14 such a success, according to Iteba. Clients already signed up to the SolPrint MIS automatically have their systems updated. It was launched in early April.

Iteba managing director Peter Griffin said: “The new version basically has general improvements throughout, with the general look and feel of the sites. It has been revamped and we have included some new catalogue functionality.”

This simplifies the estimating and ordering processes. Each item can be linked with either a W2P system or a third-party workflow, which creates a sales order. Each item then drives whatever workflow the item is defined for. Print buyers can go through purchasing, or internally they can go through production.

Griffin added: “The previous version had a lot of the functionality but the look and feel have been enhanced and so have a lot of the automated processes.”

Iteba has also worked on integration development and the document management system within the MIS is now fully integrated with Microsoft Outlook. This module allows for copies of emails to be held centrally on the SolPrint document management system, whether it be about jobs, quotes or customers.

Griffin is pleased with the feedback on the MIS so far. “Feedback has been very good. Everybody we show it to likes it. The process is now all about automation, reducing speed of jobs and so on," he said.

“MIS is a reasonably mature area and I would say there are areas that would grow off the back of it. If you can automate the process, this ties the client in and means they will find it difficult to move.”

London-based Iteba’s SolPrint MIS is the company's main area of sale. It was developed when Iteba first started in 1992 and clients now using it include Tesco, Henry Ling, Capita and Blackmore Press. Iteba has 15 staff in its London office and is looking to move into overseas markets later this year.

It also develops bespoke software for clients and has an office in Pakistan.