Modernization and Integration of Legacy Print Management Software for Enhanced User Experience and Scalability

The client’s existing print management software, developed in the 1990s, has not received significant UI updates despite extensive functionality expansion over three decades. Its outdated interface undermines the company’s image as a modern, high-tech provider, risking loss of market competitiveness as newer, more user-friendly solutions emerge. Additionally, the system faces difficulties integrating with modern cloud infrastructure and IoT devices, limiting scalability and operational efficiency.

A medium to large-scale manufacturing enterprise specializing in label printing and flex pack production, seeking to modernize their legacy software systems to improve usability, integration, and scalability.

• Update the user interface to a sleek, modern design that improves user experience and enhances market perception.
• Retain and extend existing core functionalities such as estimation, inventory management, order processing, job costing, reseller tracking, and reporting.
• Design and integrate a new API gateway to facilitate remote system management and system integration with external cloud services.
• Lay the groundwork for future modernization efforts, including rewriting the core system in a modern programming language.
• Develop a cloud-based data storage module for large data management and analytics, enabling users to analyze production data from multiple viewing angles.
• Support ongoing maintenance and future system enhancements through a dedicated development team.

• Sleek, modern, and user-friendly visual interface optimized for print production workflows
• Integration of existing functionalities including estimations, raw materials inventory, order management, job costing, reseller tracking, and reporting
• Development of a secure, scalable API gateway hosted on cloud infrastructure for remote system management
• Ability to interact with and monitor printing equipment via IoT protocols
• Implementation of cloud data storage solutions capable of handling large datasets from enterprise customers
• Creation of an internal analytics dashboard for data-driven insights from stored production data
• Facilitation of future extensions including system rewrites in modern programming languages for easier maintenance and scalability

• IoT devices for equipment status monitoring and interaction
• Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems for data synchronization
• Third-party reporting and analytics tools
• Cloud-based storage and data processing services

• System scalability to support increasing data volume and user base
• High performance with minimal latency for user interactions and data processing
• Robust security measures to ensure data integrity and compliance
• Extensibility to facilitate future upgrades and feature additions
• Reliable availability with 99.9% uptime

This project aims to modernize the existing print management software, resulting in an enhanced user experience and improved market perception. The updated system is expected to increase sales activity by enabling more efficient operations, provide scalable infrastructure to support large enterprise data, and facilitate future system enhancements. Overall, these improvements will help the client maintain competitiveness, expand their customer base, and streamline production management processes.