As Christmas approaches, CoCoCo is spreading cheer and efficiency with our 12 Days of CoCoCo! This December we’re counting down to Christmas by showing how the CoCoCo Platform can transform your print business. Each day we’ll reveal a new way to streamline operations, boost productivity, cut costs and lift quality, just in time for the new year.
Maybe your team is still re-keying job tickets from emails and PDFs. Maybe your presses, MIS and prepress each tell a different story about the same job. You are not alone. So grab a festive brew (or a glühwein) and unwrap what’s possible when everything finally talks to everything else.
On the first day of Christmas, the CoCoCo Platform gave to me… a streamlined order intake process.
Picture the Monday morning inbox: orders arriving by email, webshop CSVs and phone calls, and an operator typing job specs off paper sheets into the MIS. Every re-key is another chance for a typo that turns into a reprint.
The CoCoCo Platform is the central hub connecting your machines and IT. It brings all your production data into one place, a single source of truth. Orders and approved estimates flow straight into production as jobs, complete with parts, quantities and substrates, so nobody has to type them in twice.
Because data is captured automatically, it stays accurate and up to date. Fewer errors mean better output, and information moves between connected systems without anyone chasing it, from order intake through every stage of production.
On the second day of Christmas, the CoCoCo Platform gave to me… efficient scheduling.
Rush jobs land, a press goes down, and suddenly the whiteboard schedule is fiction. Sound familiar?
The CoCoCo Platform schedules print jobs against your real machines, weighing deadlines, priorities and set-up times, so your resources work harder and downtime shrinks. That’s a Christmas gift every production manager would happily unwrap.
Everyone works from the same live information, from the shop floor to the office. Problems get spotted earlier and decisions get made faster, so production runs as smoothly as a well-planned Christmas dinner.
And because the platform is open and scalable, it grows with you. Add a new press, a finisher or a new piece of software and the CoCoCo Platform adapts, now and in the future.
On the third day of Christmas, the CoCoCo Platform gave to me… advanced print management.
Sleigh your print jobs with real-time monitoring for perfect delivery. Tracking job status shouldn’t mean walking the floor with a clipboard, and flying blind costs you deadlines.
With the CoCoCo Platform, checking on every job, whatever its size or complexity, is as easy as ticking off your Christmas shopping list. Live dashboards show every job and machine in real time, from start to finish. No more missed deadlines or forgotten tasks: everything sits in one place, even in the busiest season.
Real-time updates mean you spot issues the moment they appear, not at the end of the shift. Adjust quickly, move work to where the capacity is, and get every job out of the door on time and to your standards.
On the fourth day of Christmas, the CoCoCo Platform gave to me… consistent quality control.
Every vendor speaks its own dialect. JDF/JMF (Job Definition Format and Job Messaging Format) in theory, local accents in practice. When your software can’t understand each other, someone ends up making manual adjustments, and that’s where errors creep in.
The CoCoCo Platform’s Data Model translates the chaos of different data formats into one unified language. Automated workflows run the checks your team used to do by hand, and live quality metrics show how every job is performing, like Santa checking his list twice.
The result is a well-oiled operation that delivers on time and keeps customers happy, building your reputation with clients and team alike.
On the fifth day of Christmas, the CoCoCo Platform gave to me… huge savings.
Disconnected software drains margins quietly: wasted substrate, repeated set-ups, hours lost to copy and paste. This Christmas, unwrap the gift of savings.
The CoCoCo Platform gives you clear visibility of your production costs and helps cut material waste. The workflow engine automates repetitive, time-consuming tasks (think flowcharts that run themselves), which speeds up production and takes the manual brake off your team, so they can focus on work that really adds value.
Every resource gets used wisely and jobs are done right first time. No costly mistakes, no reprints. Just more margin from the fleet you already have.
On the sixth day of Christmas, the CoCoCo Platform gave to me… smooth integration.
Worried that switching systems means weeks of disruption? Moving to the CoCoCo Platform feels more like a sleigh ride through a winter wonderland.
Our expert team plans and carries out the integration carefully, so your operations keep humming along like Christmas carols. We take the time to understand your needs and existing systems and find the right technical fit, as snug as a cosy Christmas jumper.
You get better workflows and proper connectivity without the usual pain or downtime of a system upgrade. A good way to ring in a more efficient new year.
On the seventh day of Christmas, the CoCoCo Platform gave to me… scalable technology.
Continuing our Christmas countdown: the CoCoCo Platform lets you start with what you need today and expand as your business grows. Take on higher volumes or more complex projects and the platform grows with you.
Scale up without compromising on quality. The platform optimises workflows and schedules work across your available machines, so peak times don’t slow production to a crawl and bottlenecks don’t build up.
When you add new equipment or software, it connects easily, so you can upgrade your technology stack as you evolve without the disruption.
On the eighth day of Christmas, the CoCoCo Platform gave to me… integrated workflows.
Closed software silos are the enemy of a smooth Christmas rush. When your MIS, prepress, presses and finishing each keep their own records, your team spends its days copying data between them.
The CoCoCo Platform weaves your systems together like the strands of a twinkling Christmas garland. Integrations connect your business software, while Edge Apps sit right next to your presses on the local network, talking MQTT, OPC UA, SNMP or Modbus. Data flows from order intake to final delivery, and your team gets better coordination and quicker decisions.
Add automation on top and critical processes run with far less manual intervention and far fewer errors. A faster, more consistent operation, all year round.
On the ninth day of Christmas, the CoCoCo Platform gave to me… custom solutions.
Off-the-shelf software rarely fits the way your shop actually works. So people build workarounds: spreadsheets, sticky notes, brittle single-use scripts.
Custom Apps give you a better option. Build pages, kiosks and dashboards directly on your live production data, with zero infrastructure setup. Need a bespoke job view for the shop floor, or a dashboard for the numbers you care about most? You can build it.
Behind the scenes, the Lua scripting runtime gives developers direct access to live data without wrangling servers. And because everything is built on the same unified data as the rest of the platform, everyone stays on the same page, just like Santa’s workshop.
On the tenth day of Christmas, the CoCoCo team gave to me… customer support.
From the first steps of implementation to the daily rhythm of operations, we’re with you every step of the way. We’re print people, and we want to be a partner, not just a software vendor.
Onboarding is tailored to your needs, so your staff can make the most of the CoCoCo Platform, from the basics to the advanced features. Your team works with confidence from day one.
Once you’re up and running, our commitment to your long-term success continues. Technical troubleshooting, best-practice advice, help exploring new opportunities: our support team is always ready to help, so your operations shine all year round.
On the eleventh day of Christmas, the CoCoCo Platform gave to me… future-proof technology.
The print industry changes fast. New presses, software updates, new customer demands. Staying competitive means responding quickly, without ripping out your systems every few years.
The CoCoCo Platform is an open platform, so new features and technologies slot in as they emerge, and there’s no vendor lock-in holding you back. Changes go in without disrupting your operations, so your system evolves with your business.
Real-time reporting and monitoring give you clear insight into your performance. Stop guessing, start knowing: make informed decisions, optimise your processes and act on new opportunities as they arise.
On the twelfth day of Christmas, CoCoCo gave to me… increased satisfaction.
Deliver faster, more reliable, higher-quality print jobs this Christmas with the CoCoCo Platform. Like Santa’s helpers, it works tirelessly behind the scenes so your operation sparkles and your clients’ expectations are met every time.
At the heart of your workflow, the platform is your guiding star: one central hub that organises all your production data, cuts manual errors and speeds up turnaround, so every job leaves as swiftly as Santa’s sleigh on Christmas Eve. Integrations and Edge Apps bring your machines and software together, while Custom Apps give your team tools shaped around the way you work.
That reliability builds trust. Satisfied clients become loyal partners who know they can count on you, even in the busiest weeks of the year.
So here’s the choice for 2025. You can keep wrestling with disconnected systems and spreadsheets that never quite agree. Or you can give your print business one system and a unified foundation, and start the new year knowing exactly where every job stands.
Merry Christmas from all of us at CoCoCo. See you in January 2025!
