Hybrid Software has recently introduced AI-based products with real potential to transform how packaging and labels are printed, in conjunction with the acquisition of Conics, a software development and consultancy firm for the printing and packaging industry.
One of these products is Matches, an AI-driven application to search all jobs produced by a printer or trade shop to find jobs with similar attributes or elements, including text, barcodes, and even image content. Many packages are similar but differ in key areas such as sizes, flavors, or languages so identifying similar jobs produced in the past helps assure fast and error-free production of new jobs. Matches is based on AI technology developed by Hybrid Software’s customer and partner Saueressig and is available to users of Hybrid’s CLOUDFLOW software on a subscription basis.
The acquisition of Conics brings a higher level of AI expertise through their jAImes product. jAImes uses a trained AI agent to extract order data from natural language emails and prompts customers to supply missing information to complete their orders accurately and on time. It also interfaces with packaging MIS systems such as CERM to create production orders automatically for an even higher degree of automation, especially for reorders which make up a large percentage of production for many packaging printers and converters.
