Large Format in Sync: Manage Complexity. Deliver Projects with Confidence.

What Sets symphony Apart

Hundreds of Variants. One Reliable Product Model.

Custom-sized banners, location-specific retail graphics, vehicle graphics for different models, or textiles with individual artwork, sizes, and finishes: In Large Format, hardly any two orders are exactly alike.

symphony keeps the stable characteristics of a base product separate from the variable details of each order. Format, material, color configuration, printing method, finishing, assembly, packaging, delivery location, and other parameters can be combined flexibly. Each combination is automatically assigned the intended production and logistics route.

Multi-part products and projects are managed as a connected structure. Print files, cut contours, technical drawings, visualizations, and other assets remain clearly linked to the correct product, component, or location.

This allows new variants and customer-specific services to become production-ready faster, while product maintenance remains manageable even with a large number of possible combinations.

Approvals Protect Deadlines and Brand Integrity

A Large Format project often begins with a site survey, a design, or a visualization. File review, material samples, revisions, and approvals from multiple stakeholders follow. Every delayed decision reduces the time available for production and installation.

symphony maps responsibilities, sequence, deadlines, and results within the workflow. Measurements, photos, proofs, print files, color specifications, cut contours, and installation documents are assigned to the appropriate order item and version.

Once final approval is received, the defined downstream process starts automatically. Later changes trigger the required reviews and approvals based on the current status. The central order list shows what is waiting, approved, in production, or at risk.

This ensures that the approved version reaches production and the committed delivery date stays on track.

Every Order Takes the Most Cost-Effective Production Route

Roll-to-roll or flatbed printing, digital or screen printing, sublimation, DTF or DTG, cutting plotter or CNC cutter: The most cost-effective production route depends on the product, material, quantity, format, deadline, and available capacity.

symphony's No-Code workflow engine uses product and order parameters to determine which steps, systems, and equipment should be used. Processes are automated, while custom products follow the route that fits their requirements.

Orders can be grouped into batches by delivery date, material, production process, or calculated area. Connected nesting and ganging solutions receive the required data and return layouts, material requirements, and other results to symphony.

AI-assisted planning takes capacity, costs, setup times, qualifications, outsourced services, transportation routes, and delivery dates into account. New orders, equipment downtime, and deadline changes are automatically incorporated into the next planning cycle.

From Printing to Installation, Everything Stays in Sync

Large Format products pass through numerous production steps: printing, drying, laminating, mounting, contour cutting, routing, hemming, sewing, grommeting, assembly, inspection, packaging, and installation. Depending on workload and in-house capabilities, some services are performed by external partners.

In symphony, workstation-specific WebApps present jobs to teams in the intended sequence. Detailed views provide dimensions, artwork, materials, specifications, visualizations, and work instructions. Status, quantities, times, and material consumption are reported through machine interfaces, WebApps, or scans.

External printing, finishing, and installation partners receive exactly the jobs and information they need through their own WebApps. Status and completion reports flow directly into the central process and trigger the defined next steps. Tracking IDs are automatically assigned to the relevant order, making shipping status centrally traceable.

The complete project status remains transparent from order intake through final installation.

Material Usage and Actual Costs Become Visible

Material costs, waste, and manual labor have a major impact on margins for custom orders. Reliable control requires available materials and actual consumption to be linked to the relevant order.

symphony manages rolls, sheets, textiles, films, inks, supplies, semi-finished goods, and installation components together with their storage location, inventory, and availability. Required materials are reserved, provided, and their consumption is recorded through scanners or interfaces. Thresholds and forecasts support timely replenishment.

Batches and nesting improve material utilization. Shop floor data collection records times, quantities, operations, material consumption, and outsourced services. This information is available for actual job costing, reporting, and further process decisions.

symphony shows which products, processes, and order types are profitable and where improvements will deliver the greatest benefit.

The Right Materials at Every Location, Right on Time

Retail campaigns, store installations, wayfinding systems, and vehicle fleets consist of many location- or asset-specific components. Each delivery location needs the correct version, language, dimensions, mounting hardware, and installation information at the scheduled time.

symphony groups components by location, recipient, or installation order. Finished items can be stored temporarily and provided as a kit at the right time. Scan-based pick-and-pack processes verify that each location-specific delivery is complete.

Packing lists, shipping documents, and tracking IDs are generated automatically. Deliveries can be sent directly to stores, installation teams, end customers, or distribution centers. Status updates from transportation and installation complete the operational process.

Even extensive rollouts remain centrally manageable.

Your Existing Software Keeps Playing. symphony Conducts.

Large Format companies have invested in ERP/MIS, customer portals, DAM/MAM/PIM, proofing systems, RIP and DFE, nesting software, printers, cutters, warehouse applications, and custom project solutions.

symphony connects this landscape as the central process and orchestration layer. Orders, assets, statuses, production decisions, material information, shop floor data, and tracking information flow between the systems involved. The achievable depth of integration depends on the technical capabilities of each solution.

Existing systems continue to perform their specialized tasks. Missing capabilities are added through individual modules. When a legacy application needs to be replaced, symphony can take over its processes step by step while operations continue.

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