A smart MIS for print shops — one system from enquiry to invoice
Legacy MIS platforms charge like enterprise software and move like it too. Sign OS is a modern management information system for print and signage manufacturers: quoting, jobs, production scheduling, purchasing, dispatch and invoicing in one place — with an AI assistant across all of it and pricing that doesn't punish you for hiring.
One record from enquiry to invoice
The quote becomes the job. The job carries production, dispatch, purchasing, files and accounts in one hub — no re-keying between a CRM, a spreadsheet, a whiteboard and an accounts package. When the deposit invoice goes out, it's generated from the same record the floor is working from. The Sign OS Sync desktop app keeps job folders on your shop drive in step with the platform on Windows, macOS and Linux, so prepress files land on the job without anyone uploading them.
That single spine is what an MIS is supposed to be: every department looking at the same truth, each seeing only what their role needs. Granular permissions (75+ per-user grants) keep prices off the floor and production noise out of sales.
- Quotes, jobs, production, purchasing, dispatch, invoicing — one record
- Role dashboards for owner, sales, projects, production and accounts
- Granular permissions: 75+ per-user grants
- Global search across every record in the shop
Production scheduling the floor will actually use
Jobs schedule onto a department Gantt timeline with overload warnings, so you can see Thursday's bottleneck on Monday. The floor works from big-button tablet boards — start, finish, next — and QR-coded job sheets clock real time against real steps. Print queues, cutting queues, fabrication and install dispatch all live on the same timeline.
- Department Gantt timeline with capacity overload warnings
- Realtime floor kanban boards with time clocking
- QR job sheets — scan, step, clock
- Install dispatch with site details and contractor portal
Commercial control built in
Purchasing links to jobs so costs land where they belong, stock reserves on release, and quoted-versus-actual margin is visible per job while it's still in the building — not a quarter later in your accountant's report. Invoices sync two-way with Xero and QuickBooks (MYOB built, not yet switched on), and shops that sell standard products can switch on their own online storefront and VIP client portals for account customers.
- Job-linked purchase orders and stock reservations
- Live quoted vs actual margin per job
- Two-way Xero invoice and payment sync
- Optional online storefront + VIP client ordering portals
Half the price of the incumbents — deliberately
Sign OS plans are AUD $89 (3 users), $169 (10 users) and $249 (20 users) per month, with no onboarding fees and no per-user fees inside each bucket. Published pricing for the incumbent MIS platforms, as reviewed mid-2026, ran roughly US$400–$740/month for ten users before implementation costs. That gap is not a discount — it's the point: modern architecture costs less to run, and Australian shops shouldn't subsidise legacy software.
Frequently asked questions
- Is Sign OS a full MIS or just a quoting tool?
- A full MIS: quoting, job management, production scheduling, floor boards, purchasing, stock, dispatch, invoicing and reporting live in one system, with two-way Xero sync for accounting. Quoting is where most shops start because it's the fastest win.
- We're a print shop, not strictly signage — does it fit?
- Yes. The engine's recipes handle sheet and roll media, print machine time, finishing and labour — wide-format, flatbed and general print manufacturing map naturally. If you make physical things from sheets, rolls and machine time, the model fits.
- How does migration from our current MIS work?
- Start in parallel during the free trial: bulk CSV import brings in customers, materials and suppliers, and the shared catalogue gives you a head start on products. Most shops run their next few new quotes in Sign OS while old jobs finish in the legacy system.
- Is our data safe, and where does it live?
- Your data is isolated per shop with row-level security, protected by granular per-user permissions, and handled under the Australian Privacy Principles — see the privacy policy. You can export your records (CSV/Excel/PDF reports) at any time.