Process Manufacturing

Printers and publishers: pre-press approvals that stop reprints.

Pre-press approvals over text messaging — reprints follow.

The Leak Assessment: 30 minutes, and a written plan within 48 hours, whether or not you hire us.

Printing & Publishing production floor

Cluxn builds job tracking, digital pre-press approvals and customer status portals for printing and publishing companies with 50–500 employees. Approvals are recorded in one place, status calls stop interrupting the floor, and missed changes get harder to miss. Custom software typically takes 8–14 weeks, at a fixed price in writing after a 30-minute Leak Assessment.

Printing & Publishing: common problems

What it's costing you.

01

Missed Approval Changes

Pre-press approval chain managed via text message — color corrections and text changes missed when messages stack up, wrong version sent to press

Missed Approval Changes
02

Constant Status Calls

Job progress not visible to clients without calling — the production coordinator spends 2+ hours daily answering status calls instead of managing the production floor

Constant Status Calls
03

Rush Ink Procurement

Substrate and ink inventory managed informally — rush procurement at premium cost occurs when low stock is discovered at the press during a live job

Rush Ink Procurement
04

Broken Delivery Promises

Delivery commitments made without machine capacity visibility — promises broken when production load shifts and no one has a cross-floor view

Broken Delivery Promises

How it works

The Leak-First Method

Five steps, in this order.

  1. Step 1

    Find the leak

    30-minute Leak Assessment

  2. Step 2

    Get the plan

    Tasks and a fixed price in writing within 48 hours

  3. Step 3

    Fix it first

    First working version in about 4 weeks

  4. Step 4

    Train and hand over

    Your team trained; code, docs and logins are yours

  5. Step 5

    Next leak

    Support, or the next fix on a monthly plan

Step 1 of The Leak-First Method

See it built for printing & publishing.

We will show you the first fix and what it costs. No pitch.

The Leak Assessment: 30 minutes, and a written plan within 48 hours, whether or not you hire us.

01

Find the leak

30-minute Leak Assessment

02

Get the plan

Tasks and a fixed price in writing within 48 hours

03

Fix it first

First working version in about 4 weeks

04

Train and hand over

Your team trained; code, docs and logins are yours

05

Next leak

Support, or the next fix on a monthly plan

Every project includes

  • 30-minute Leak Assessment
  • Written plan within 48 hours
  • Fixed scope and price in writing
  • Weekly demos
  • Your team trained before go-live
  • Code, documents and logins handed over
  • Support after go-live
  • Written exit clause, no license fees