When it comes to prepress departments, there are no one-size-fits-all solutions. Every company is different, and every job has its own peculiarities. Trying to connect a ERP/MIS and prepress workflow system out of the box is like opening a package that doesn’t have all the parts you need inside.
That’s where Frozentraffic comes in. Frozentraffic helps companies configure their order management and workflow systems for the specific needs of their prepress departments.
Here’s an example. You have a customer who used to order a year’s supply of labels oncek every twelve months. Now they’ve gone to the Just In Time system, and they order in smaller batches, twelve times a year. So, your pre-press department is doing setup work twelve times a year for the same price as they did for one order once a year. In So, the company buys a fancy new order management system and sets it up with the help of the seller’s whitepaper. But because the whitepaper can’t explain all the ways the system can be modified for this particular company, there are inefficiencies that result in delayed orders, production snafus, and other problems, and the system doesn’t work as well as it was designed to do. Frozentraffic can fix all that.
Our CEO Robert Kohl has more than twenty years’ experience in the printing industry, working for industry leaders like Agfa, Kodak and Esko, among others, and he knows how to get the most efficiency and productivity out of a prepress department. He is an expert in digital workflow systems for the printing industry, and he knows how to work with your engineers and technical people to configure these complex systems so they are perfectly tailored to your specific needs.
What is our focus?
Optimizing the ERP/MIS prepress connection
We optimize an effective ERP/MIS solution to establish an independent connection between ERP and print data.
Automating the prepress process
We help you automate recurring prepress tasks by integrating ERP data successfully.
Integrating production
We optimize your production through target-oriented and comprehensive integration of print and ERP data.
How do we work?
1. Analyze your workflow and establish goals. We do a thorough analysis to understand your day-to-day situation. We work hand in hand with you to form an accurate picture of your process and to define the goals we will work toward.
2. Identify your strengths and weaknesses. After the analysis, we will be able to give an honest assessment of what you do well and what areas you need to work on. We always listen to your feedback during this process, so we can work together to find a solution.
3. Make a plan to achieve your goals. Once we understand the situation, we make a plan and a timetable for achieving the goals. This is the time for careful planning and strategizing to find the best way to get to the goal line.
4. Implementation of the plan. We work the plan, adjusting it wherever necessary, but always working toward a successful end result.
Our Team
Robert Kohl
founder and CEO
Robert Kohl, our Founder and CEO, has had a distinguished career in the printing industry, starting with a publishing company he founded when he was only 18. He went on to work for such industry leaders as Agfa, Kodak and Esko, and gained experience in areas like printing, IT, quality assurance, and packaging. He has developed products and companies in the industry, and is now guiding Frozentraffic to success in packaging prepress workflow management. He lives with his girlfriend and his four cats in Bavaria, although they (girlfriend and cats) have no expertise in the printing industry - as far as he knows. His two children are studying in Europe.
Christina Kerkenrath
prepress specialist
Christina has many years of experience as a graphic designer, which helps her to understand the perspective of the end user of printing services. At Frozentraffic she specialises in workflow management for customers. She works closely with them to understand their needs, building trust and working with the customer’s production team to find the best way to optimise the prepress process. In her free time Christina takes piano and boxing lessons, and says she enjoys the challenge of learning new skills – although she thinks learning to play Bach is going to be a lifelong challenge.
Erol Sener
ERP specialist
Erol started out in the commercial printing industry, working for many years in a family business that did pre- and postpress-production. He left that business and went out on his own as a consultant to the packaging and printing industry. Erol’s expertise is in production planning, configuration, and estimating within different ERP systems. With Frozentraffic he concentrates on those ERP areas along with prepress integration, workflow systems, mobile warehousing, and more, with the goal of maximising the benefits of an automated prepress for the customer. In his free time Erol travels with his son, who races cars and last year qualified for the Worldwide Challenge in Italy. “I’m the mechanic, not the driver,” he says, but he enjoys the experience and the time he gets to spend with his son.
Our products
Prepress Analysis
Accurate data analysis
Inventory and goal setting
Data creation, control and processing
Evaluation of current process and targets
Identify potential areas for improvement
Automation Assistance
Implementing of digitization processes
Data control and processing
Development of a workflow system
Smooth implementation of measures for improvement
Integration and validation
ERP connection; PrePress automation and production integration
Project Management
Professional organization and structure
Planning, management and control of the processes
Transfer of the processes into a project plan
Fine tuning the plan for your specific goals
Defining the content, costs, and timeline for the measures
Transparency and reporting
Support
An individual contact person
Ongoing advice throughout the implementation process
Training and introduction to the system
Software support and maintenance
Continuing support after implementation