PrintStream Fulfillment

Pros: Uses SQL Server as database. DEV Express reporting tool

Cons: Performance and integration issues. We can't stay current on PrintStream due to integration with other EFI software.

Pros: It does the job for us. It can be quirky but support is usually pretty good at assisting us.

Cons: Many applications are very old. Some buttons are oddly placed or hard to find.

Pros: Efficiency; eliminating potential mistakes by simplifying the process

Cons: Lack of options/limitations for specialized tasks

Pros: Integrated Pick Pack , Shipping , Inventory Management and Billing.

Cons: This software is impossible to deploy without consistent oversight of an IT administrator or specialist. Integration with DSF and Monarch is fragile. Things go wrong all the time.

Pros: We are using Printstream solely for Fulfillment. What I like about the software is that it integrates well with EFI Pace and Process Shipper. As an early adopter of the software, I appreciate how EFI shared with us its development plans for Printstream and sought and listened to our input and suggestions as we worked with the product after it had been acquired by EFI. We also liked the fact that there were SQL tables we could access and use them to create custom reports if necessary.

Cons: There was definitely a learning curve getting started with Printstream. Our trainer didn't have the knowledge of Pace that was needed to help us with the integration. Some of Printstream was still in Visual Basic and the naming conventions (e.g., project, nomination) were quite different than other fulfillment products we were using. It took some getting used to. Now, our biggest frustration is that there are files and tables that need to be changed when we have a problem that only a support rep can access, and we often have to wait days to get the problem addressed. Also, the software has no sensible way to create billing for storage, or to use a customer-owned inventory item as a raw materials for imprinting to create an on-demand finished goods item.

Pros: PrintStream was first in class fulfilment software. It was sold as being integrated to Monarch.

Cons: As we started into our integration we found PrintStream has basic integration with Monarch Foundation and none with Planner. While over the last two years EFI has improved the integration with Foundation and done some customer work for us with Planner, it is still not a first in class Fulfilment system when integrated to the Monarch Suite. During our first attempted at implementation EFI staff didn't know how the software worked with integrated to Foundation and the Foundation staff didn't now how the integration worked with integrated to PrintStream. The support staff has learned, but Walsworth has pointed out numerous integration shortcomings as we have attempted to integrate for over two years.

Pros: We are able to automate the Fulfillment order processing but integrating it to our MIS and Shipping solutions. Web2PS allows us to integrate Third Party Storefronts for ease of customer ordering and notifications. Having PrintStream Inventory connected to Fulfillment allows us to keep the Available Balances current on our external Storefronts at all times.

Cons: The Customer Sales Order ID doesn't print on the Invoice. This has been a request for the customers for many years.

Pros: Its interface is top-notch very easy to use

Cons: wish had more options for roll out on more types of servers

Pros: It's very helpful that we can tie everything from estimating through to production and on to billing.

Cons: I don't like that this software is not very intuitive. It takes a lot of training to get someone up to speed. We also experience a lot of bugs when updates take place - with little to no resolutions.