Print management system and method

A computer-implemented control and monitoring method for print shop management of multiple geographically dispersed printers, the method monitoring at least one print server and at least one insertion device for inserting printed material into envelopes, the method comprising:

• implementing programmed computer processing components for performing steps including,
• communicating with the at least one print server for collecting print status data;
• communicating with the at least one insertion device for collecting insertion status data;
• automatically integrating the collected insertion status data with the collected print status data;
• and
• providing a user application including multiple user interfaces for displaying the integrated print status data and insertion status data in an interactive format, wherein the multiple user interfaces further display multiple selectable views, the views including at least a job monitoring view, a product monitoring view, and a site monitoring view.

A computer-implemented control and monitoring method for print shop management, the method monitoring multiple print servers and insertion devices for inserting printed material into envelopes, the method comprising:

• implementing programmed computer processing components for performing steps including,
• receiving print status data and insertion status data from the multiple printing and insertion sites;
• matching the print data with the insertion data for each submitted print job and integrating the print status data with the insertion status data;
• and
• providing a user application including multiple user interfaces displaying the integrated print status data and insertion status data in an interactive format;
• and
• providing a statement processing dashboard having multiple selectable views, the views including at least a job monitoring view, a product monitoring view, and a site monitoring view.