A print shop consolidation system for consolidating processing of a first
group of print jobs and a second group of prints jobs at one of a first
print shop and a second print shop is provided. The print shop
consolidation system includes a print shop consolidation print shop
consolidation management system, including an application. The
application is used to (1) evaluate, with a set of information, an
operational capacity of the first print shop to process both the first
and second groups of print jobs, (2) evaluate, with the set of
information, an operational capacity of the second print shop to process
both the first and second groups of print jobs, and (3) consolidate
processing of the first and second groups of print jobs at one of first
and second print shops, with the evaluations of (1) and (2), so that
either (a) processing of the first and second print jobs occurs solely at
the first print shop, or (b) processing of the first and second print job
occurs solely at the second print shop.