PTI’s best in class SaaS web-to-print solution, MarcomCentral® now seamlessly integrates with Onpoint Connect Shipping to automate shipping via UPS, FedEx, DHL, USPS, company truck and local courier from a single web-based interface. The integration of the two solutions allows print service providers to automate shipping for orders originating in MarcomCentral. The new workflow significantly reduces the need to manually key scheduled shipment information, and nearly eliminates the need to manually close jobs in the MarcomCentral dashboard.

"We are extremely pleased to announce the new Onpoint Connect Shipping integration." said Coleman Kane, CEO and president at PTI Marketing Technologies. "Reducing valuable employee time with an automated shipping option only further magnifies MarcomCentral’s potential for cost savings."

"Image Reproductions, Inc. of Irving, Texas, a mutual customer of PTI Marketing Technologies and Onpoint, is the first to implement the integrated solution. "We don’t have to manually key shipping information anymore, and the automation provides us with a means to dramatically improve quality control in our shipping process" – Greg Wood, CEO. "It’s a real time saver on the backend of our process, because we don’t have to manually enter tracking information into MarcomCentral to close orders or settle credit cards. It’s all done automatically when we ship. We are saving up to two hours a day in our shipping department with the automation Onpoint Connect give us."

"Onpoint Connect Shipping is specifically designed for small to mid-sized printers," said Gary Noseworthy, CEO, Onpoint On Demand. "Product features and pricing are configured to generate immediate ROI for printers who ship as few as 15 packages per day. We believe that current shipping solutions are out of reach for small printers and we are focused on delivering low-cost, high-value solutions to this segment of the market."

PTI’s MarcomCentral™ also integrates with Onpoint On Demand’s Symbio platform to create ultra-efficient POD manufacturing capability. The integration of the two solutions allows print service providers to unify and automate production workflows resulting in reduced production cost, increased speed, and greater output capacity from existing resources.

A key strength of MarcomCentral is it’s ability to connect powerful workflow solutions. OnPoint On Demand’s Symbio solution enhances our client's ability to be successful."

GSB Inc., a mutual customer of Onpoint On Demand and PTI Marketing Technologies, was the first organization to employ the new integration. “We wanted to automate our POD manufacturing capability to increase our profit and scalability,” says Stephan Steiner, CEO of GSB, Inc. “We use both PTI's MarComCentral and Fusion Pro ServerTM to support client programs. We purchased Symbio to unify workflows between systems and optimize our manufacturing capability. It appears GSB has made a wise choice in choosing Symbio to automate our workflow. Onpoint has been super easy to work with, and very responsive when the rubber hit the road and our sites went live. Most importantly, their software works and works well.”

Clients currently owning both Symbio and MarcomCentral now have the ability to automate POD production to a wide array of digital press and finishing equipment. Other benefits of the integration include: dynamic file retrieval, pre-order and pre-production preflight, intelligent equipment routing, job batching, integrated shipping, and automated credit card settlement.

Onpoint On Demand is a leading provider of POD manufacturing automation solutions. Onpoint Symbio is an end-to-end, JDF-enabled workflow platform which reduces production costs while increasing throughput speed and capacity. Onpoint Connect is a supply chain management solution which enables printers to distribute and print client documents. Onpoint creates POD profit leaders. For more information go to http://www.onpointod.com