Introduction
What Is the Production Summary?
The Production Summary provides a consolidated, aggregated view of production costs. It allows production partners to monitor daily volumes and validate production costs.
The Production Summary also serves as the foundation for generating monthly production invoices, summarizing costs such as printing, postpress operations, packaging, and special materials.
The Production Summary is a dynamic table view where:
All production outputs are aggregated by day, partner, product group, and relevant attributes.
The system provides a consistent and fixed set of columns to display production-related information.
Users can analyze, review, and validate production output and cost data.
How Production Costs Are Calculated
Production costs are calculated in the agreement currency and populated into the Production Summary at different moments depending on the cost type:
Printing and Postpress Costs
Linked to the Print Plate.
Calculated when the Print Plate status changes to Printed.
Packaging Costs
Linked to the Package.
Calculated when all jobs in the package change their status to Shipped.
Frames, Hangers, and Envelopes
Linked to individual Print Jobs.
Calculated when the specific Print Job status changes to Shipped.
Each production cost type (printing, postpress, packaging, special materials) is aggregated and reflected in the monthly invoice summary.
The Production Summary groups these costs into categories used for payout and reporting.
Important:
If a Print Plate is canceled, failed, reverted, or involved in a reprint,
then all associated costs (printing, packaging, frames, etc.) are excluded from the Production Summary and from invoicing.
How Users Interact With the Production Summary
1. Viewing the Summary
Navigate to the Production Summary page in the menu tab under Workflow - Manager item.
Select the Date Range to review production data.
Expand section related to the customer or select the customer and download XLSX file.
2. Understanding the Data
Columns display key production and cost details:
Order IDs
Package IDs
Customer Order IDs
Product Models
Quantities produced
Associated production costs
3. Reviewing and Validating
Verify production outputs are complete and correct.
Confirm cost values are populated correctly based on signed agreements.
Use the Production Summary for internal reporting and preparation of the invoice.