AI-native MIS for the
modern print shop.
APEX is the bridge between your locally managed artwork files and the cloud. Your files always stay on your network for fast access to embedded XMP product specs, with optional encrypted backup to AWS for redundancy. APEX connects local file data to web-based scheduling, the customer proofing portal, shared datasets, estimating, and press floor HMIs. AI-assisted onboarding, material inventory, and automatic QuickBooks invoicing. Purpose-built for labels, packaging, and flexible print.
From legacy files to a running print shop in four steps
Migrate
AI organizes your artwork directory into a clean, standardized structure
Import
Bring in customers, products, materials, tooling, and equipment specs
Embed
Product specs are written into artwork files as XMP metadata
Operate
Create orders, schedule production, track materials, ship & invoice
Everything a print shop needs. Nothing it doesn’t.
Most MIS platforms are built for offset and web with label/packaging bolted on as an afterthought. APEX is designed from the ground up for narrow-web, flexo, digital, and hybrid print.
AI-Powered Art Migration
Import your existing artwork directory and let the AI assistant analyze, reorganize, and standardize your file structure. No manual renaming or folder shuffling. APEX builds a clean, searchable library from day one.
Embedded Product Specs
Product specifications are embedded directly into your artwork files via the XMP metadata layer. Specs travel with the file so every downstream process (trapping, step & repeat, estimation, scheduling) reads from a single source of truth.
Customer & Order Management
Import your customer list, manage contacts, and use AI-assisted order entry to create tickets automatically. Repeat orders pull specs from the artwork file. No re-keying.
Material Inventory
Track substrates, laminates, inks, and consumables with min/max reorder points. APEX alerts you before you run out so emergency material orders don't hold up production.
Equipment Setup & Quoting
Configure press rates, labor costs, and run speeds per equipment. Generate accurate quotes and time/material estimates that feed directly into the scheduler for real vs. estimated comparison.
Production Scheduling
Auto-schedule jobs across your presses, finishers, and rewinders with shift-aware, dependency-chained Gantt scheduling. Drag-and-drop rescheduling with cascade push and pull-forward gap filling.
QuickBooks Online Integration
Ship a job, create a packing slip, and the invoice appears in QBO automatically. No double-entry, no end-of-day batch. APEX pushes invoices the moment shipments are confirmed.
Cloud Artwork Backup
Every artwork file is backed up to AWS automatically. Fire, ransomware, drive failure. Your artwork library is safe and recoverable. No manual backup routines, no tapes, no excuses.
Cloud datasets that power your entire operation
When you create products, equipment, and materials in APEX, those datasets are synced to the Botson cloud. Your HMI terminals, scheduler, and Illustrator plug-ins all pull from the same data. No CSV exports, no copy-paste, no version conflicts.
- ✓Product specs accessible across all Botson plug-ins
- ✓Scheduler reads estimated hours and footage from APEX tickets
- ✓HMI data collection compares actuals vs. APEX estimates
- ✓Material usage tracked from order entry through production
APEX Desktop
Orders, quoting, inventory, shipping
Illustrator Plug-ins
Preflight, trap, specs, estimation
Production Scheduler
Auto-schedule, Gantt, capacity reports
HMI Data Collection
Setup/run tracking, footage, goals
QuickBooks Online
Auto-invoicing on shipment
Botson Cloud
Single source of truth for all systems
Simple, transparent pricing
One flat rate. Every feature included. No per-seat or per-module fees.
APEX Print MIS
- ✓ AI-powered art migration & onboarding
- ✓ Embedded XMP product specs
- ✓ Customer & order management
- ✓ Material inventory tracking
- ✓ Equipment setup & quoting
- ✓ QuickBooks Online integration
- ✓ Cloud artwork backup to AWS
- ✓ Cloud datasets for all Botson modules
Stop managing your shop in spreadsheets
APEX replaces the patchwork of spreadsheets, sticky notes, and disconnected software that most print shops run on. One app, from artwork to invoice.
Folder chaos
AI-organized artwork library
Manual ticket entry
AI-assisted order creation
End-of-month invoicing
Invoice on shipment via QBO
Available for macOS and Windows. Includes onboarding support.