1. . LP.Solution Component SAP-JDF-Interface Product launch IPEX April 2006 Speaker: Michael Lauterbach Source: MAN press services The JDF Pavilion Hall 20, Booth 20-C60 POD F

2. . Who is Dr. Lauterbach & Partner…? LP. is a SAP business partner and is doing international ERP- implementations solely in printing and packaging industry LP. has been successful in many packaging businesses in Europe and beyond ranging from global enterprises to small business LP. offers a predefined business solution based on the world leading mySAP™ERP system LP. has developed the first SAP-JDF-Interface between mySAP™ERP and leading Press- and Post Press Management Systems on the market In March 2006, our customer Rondo AG went live with workflow integration of mySAP™ERP and MAN Roland’s “Printnet PressManager Sheetfed”

3. . What are the key benefits for the customers…? The LP.Solution component SAP-JDF-Interface helps customers to tap all process improvements and cost reduction potentials offered by a JDF-enabled workflow; those are: JMF-upload of collected machine data reduces administration work and provides actual process information for planning department Transfer of reference order information for repeat orders reduces setup time due to automatic determination of presetting parameters Automatically transferred print job information from mySAP™ERP supplemented with the CIP3 pre press files reduce significantly setup time for technically new orders Avoidance of error friendly multiple data entries in non integrated systems Fast and secure information of all involved resources in case of last minute order changes

4. . Suppliers & Partners Customers & Channels Product DesignMarketing & SalesPlanningProcurementOrder ManagementManufacturingDistribution Time to Market New Product Development & Introduction Life-cycle Data Management Supply Chain Planning Demand & Supply Planning Transportation Management Procurement Operational Procurement Order Management & Execution Warehouse Management Sales Order Management Manufacturing Scheduling and Execution Customer Service Customer Interaction Enterprise Management & Support Analytics Financials Human Capital Management Corporate Services Operations Support How does the product support the workflow…? …Integrated job scheduling, executions and data collection powered by JDF!

5. . Detailed planning and sequencing of all production relevant resources in mySAP™ERP (material components, capacity, tools) and download of product and operation data Suppliers & Partners Customers & Channels Product DesignMarketing & SalesPlanningProcurementOrder ManagementManufacturingDistribution Order Management & Execution Manufacturing Scheduling and Execution Business process overview I Work SchedulingDetailed PlanningProduction Control  Availability check of materials and tools  Rough planning of capacity  Determination of basic start and end dates  Machine and hourly accurate dispatching  Set-up time optimization  Release of production orders  Download XML-IDOC’S incl. product and operation data

6. . Seamless workflow integration of Press- and Post Press Management Systems with mySAP™ERP applications is now available for sheet based offset printing, flatbed die cutting and folding-gluing Suppliers & Partners Customers & Channels Product DesignMarketing & SalesPlanningProcurementOrder ManagementManufacturingDistribution Order Management & Execution Manufacturing Scheduling and Execution Business process overview II Press- and Post Press Management SystemsIDOC to JDF  Conversion of XML-IDOCS into JDF-Job-Tickets  Provision of link to reference order data for automatic machine pre- setting in case of repeat order  Provision of print sub- strate, print substrate surface, inks, ink sequence and blank specification for new product orders

7. . Press- and Post Press Management Systems permanently receive collected process data from the machine. This information is documented in JDF and forwarded real time as JMF-Messages to mySAP™ERP Suppliers & Partners Customers & Channels Product DesignMarketing & SalesPlanningProcurementOrder ManagementManufacturingDistribution Order Management & Execution Manufacturing Scheduling and Execution Business process overview III Order Execution and Production Data CollectionJMF to IDOC  Job execution  Machine data collection (statuses, time events, produced yield and waste, processing end date etc.)  Supplementation of recorded production data by operator (reasons for down time, waste and rework) directly on the machine control unit  JMF-messages and JDF- Job-Tickets are con- verted into a SAP XML- IDOCS and imported for further processing

8. . Suppliers & Partners Customers & Channels Product DesignMarketing & SalesPlanningProcurementOrder ManagementManufacturingDistribution Order Management & Execution Manufacturing Scheduling and Execution Business process overview IV Production controlling Production control  Real time order progress monitoring provided by JMF- Message confirmation data  Continuous update of production schedule  Order post calculation  Analysis of quantity variances  Analysis of price variances  KPI monitoring

9. . Dr. Lauterbach & Partner Software and Consulting Amerikastr. 15 66482 Zweibrücken Germany Phone+49 (0)6332/485 0 Fax+49 (0)6332/485 103 E-mailsales@dr-lauterbach.de Internetwww.dr-lauterbach.de If you want to learn more about LP.Products or if you have specific questions, please give us a visits on our booth! On the IPEX: The JDF Pavilion Hall 20, Booth 20-C60 POD F