Data & Software
Working on a daily basis with almost every type of print-ready and data file in use has given us a thorough understanding of the data our customers use. Coupled with our industry-leading expertise in both hardware and software we are able to extend and enhance the services that we bring to our customers, both current and prospective.
Our IT services rely heavily on the infrastructure and tools we have built up at CMCS and the experience our in-house team possesses. The following is a summary of each service, and how you can benefit from them.
Data Processing
Using our in-house software development team and the latest industry-leading document management tools we can process and manipulate your data, regardless of its format. We have the capacity to handle almost all print-ready formats and directly work with them, converting them if required in order to pass data between disparate systems.
We can also add value to your documents with bespoke solutions tailored to your requirements, performing processes such as reprocessing or converting data, adding or removing text or images, or adjusting control marks, such as OMR and 2D. We can also apply just-in-time fixes to your data to correct faults which cannot otherwise be corrected in order to meet SLA’s.
Document Composition
We have our internally developed tools, coupled with industry recognised application platforms that let us take your raw data and produce print-ready documents, typically at a fraction of the cost of our competitors.
There are no limits to what we can place onto your composed documents, so they can be as simple or visually rich as you require. Once your documents have been produced, we can then pass them back to you, or print and mail them as part of the process.
We can create bespoke software applications to suit your requirements, allowing your data to be adjusted, or to integrate systems on any equipment (physical or virtual) you may have hosted at CMCS.
Software Development
Data is required before any work can be printed or enclosed but once data is obtained it may be many steps away from being usable. Data may need reprocessing, converting to a different file format or document structure, or adjusting in some way. Logo’s may need to be added or removed, additional messages may need placing on documents or control marks, such as 2D Barcodes, may need inserting.
This is assuming that all the data is correct initially – often data may have a fault which cannot be corrected in time to meet SLA’s. Then there are the savings that can be obtained if data is mailsorted, cleansed, or otherwise optimised.
In order to achieve all this CMCS has its own in-house development team and a suite of custom software which allows us to make sure your data will reach its intended target. We can manipulate data as required by customers and will create bespoke software as required.
We also provide document composition functionality, again using our own in-house software, so we can help our customers produce documents from raw data. And if customers have any integration requirements with existing applications, we will create the links in the chain that ensure your data flows smoothly between systems.