Design, Print, Procurement, and Publication Industry
Filemaker / Software Architect: Francis Lim
Operating Platform: Macintosh, Windows, and mobile.
In Year 2006, I was working for a Design, Printing and Procurement Industry in Innerpraxis company as a Filemaker and Software Architect in supporting proprietary solution integrated system known as PPM4 developed by InnerWorkings, USA. In a short span of time, I got posted to Hong Kong and Shenzhen, China.
InnerWorkings is a global marketing execution firm serving Fortune 500 brands across a wide range of industries in US and from all over the world with offices in North America, South America, Europe and Asia. InnerWorkings provides a managed service solution inclusive of sourcing, management and infrastructure to drive sustainable quality, saving and efficiency through Proprietary Procurement and Management Technological (PPM4). PPM4 has become the most efficient system in the marketplace for quoting, buying, managing and tracking print production.
PPM4 is a fully-integrated, proprietary solution that stores equipment profiles of supplier network and price data for jobs we quote and execute, which matches print jobs with the suppliers that are optimally suited to produce the job at a highly competitive price. The technology efficiently manage the critical aspects of the print procurement process, including gathering job specifications, identifying suppliers, establishing pricing, managing print production, maintains full data integrity as job transitions from quote to print order to invoice, and coordinating purchase and delivery of the finished product.
PPM4 functionality:
· Dynamic end-to-end procurement
· Production and management processes
· Printer selection
· Scheduling and workflow
· Order Management
· Reporting
· Quality Control
· Supplier Network
· Fulfillment tracking and logistics management
· Billing/Invoicing