2. Recipes for Success
• Deep dive into several successful print and
digital print operations
• Find the recipe, review the ingredients, go
though the order, prep, execution and
delivery process
• Look at throughput, efficiency, touch
points, successes and failures
• Review and discuss solutions to workflow
bottlenecks and challenges
3. About the Businesses
• PSP’s ranging from $10 to $80 million in sales.
• Profitable with a wide variety of products and
services from offset to digital and grand format in
production size, with many stock, finishing and
high value added sheet options
• Most are diversified or in the process of
broadening the service spectrum to include
multiple channels and other communication and
service avenues.
• Indigo volumes range from 5% to 75% of revenue
base, print is typically only one of many output
and revenue channels.
4. Digital Business Review Process
• CEO survey on business model, near-term future
plans, challenges facing the business today
• On-Site review of organizational structure,
business process, infrastructure, customer
connectivity, asset acceptance and workflow, order
entry into production, production systems, systems
integration and quality assurance process
• Interviews with key stakeholders questioning
vision, objectives, job description, current
initiatives, highlights, challenges and frustrations
5. Quick Hit Issues - Solutions
• Imposition manually via Smartstream at local desktop
• Manual Whiteboard for Implementation of WTP Software
• Lifting 100# plus rolls of material to grand format machine
• Scheduling complex job installations in MS Word
• Frequently missing files for jobs with two files (Print, Cut)
• Gathering requirements for web portals
• No standardized scope of work document for portal dev
• Measurement of adoption rates of web portals
• Jobs schedule printed on paper and distributed manually
• 5 different sharepoints for production files
• No current jobs status listing without deep dive into job
• Over 30% of emails are routing files
7. The Meal Plan
The end result of a
good recipe, select
ingredients, careful
preparation and
good presentation
8. Digital Business Review – Strategy
Each business has a unique strategy and “Recipe” for
success. Some of the Recipes:
– Conventional sales and marketing team
• Mix of retail and BtoB Sales, Never say no philosophy
• Culture of innovation and development
• Focus on market segment and cradle to grave (vertical market)
support and service
– Digital print is one channel of many, technology driven
• Embracing SAAS model to deliver services via multiple channels
• Major initiative to expand services and create networked production
with many partners, moving to the “cloud”
– Indirect sales effort, with brokers and service providers
• By offering unique production and visual enhancement
technologies
• Provide innovation otherwise unavailable to many partners without
significant capital investment
9. Digital Business Review – Structure
Some unique and innovative ingredients for success
- Product focused with specific product management teams
and resources aligned to support the product
- Highly vertical product manufacturing with turnkey support
and services centered around the development, production
installation and ongoing support of the product
- Fully automated distribution of assets from digital
storefronts to imaging engines in local and remote
environments creating widely scaleable production network
- Leveraging in-house development efforts to create web-based
SAAS solutions that are extensible to other PSP’s,
but maintaining product integrity though control of
development and deployment process, becoming a more
vertical service provider
10. Business Review – Leadership
• Strong CEO involved in many day to day
operations including pricing, sales and jobs
management
• Pros: In touch with pulse of business, hands on with
customers results in significant customer satisfaction
– high perceived value to customer, highly visible to
employees, able to communicate vision directly if
that is where the focus of effort lies
• Cons: Difficult to make and spend clear time to plan
and orchestrate vision, removes the empowerment
of downstream team, can cause perceived
favoritism, can create a dependant culture, what
happens when you are unavailable?
11. Business Review – Leadership
– CEO limited in day to day operations focused
on financials and performance
• Pros: Able to focus on the ongoing direction and
necessary vision, can be very aware of profitability of
products and services, focus on bottom line will
weed out non-profitable functions
• Cons: Lack of visibility in organization, must have
powerful leadership team, can be unaware of pulse
of organization or perception of leadership group,
can make decision based on purely financial
performance and not potential, or how to get the
potential out of team
12. CEO – Best Practices – Organizational
Organization and Function
– Corporate objectives are tied to personnel and
department or business unit performance goals
– Personnel are challenged and measured
frequently, position and accountability are clearly
visible in organization
– Don’t be afraid to cut ties with the past, what was
good before may not cut it today
– Reinvigorate people by making sure you are a
high character functional leader and aware of the
value your employees provide
13. Fuel Your Business
1. Functional Leaders Drive Profits
2. Vision and Purpose Ignite Forward Momentum
3. Truth and Clarity Motivate Action
4. People are Driven to Live Out a Purpose
5. Freedom Turns Ideas and Vision into Reality
6. Creative Expression Fuels Change and Growth
7. Human Connectivity is the Source of Energy
8. Humanity is the Future
14. Digital Business Review – Personnel
Training and Development Observations
– To busy for formal structure
• Limited formal training program
• Desperately need to get the process under control
– Rock and roll full speed ahead
• Limited formal training program, no measured personal objectives
• Limited process and procedures documentation
• Self-initiatives supported and embraced but often result in
development of silos of knowledge
– Planned and Organized
• Comprehensive process and procedures documentation
• ISO certification, online knowledgebase including process
• Standardized on-boarding process including orientation
and cross-training, ongoing measurement
15. Best Practices – Personnel Structure
Put structure in place – revisit often
– Positions are documented and measured
– Development results are documented and
understood in regular reviews
– All are engaged in regular process
documentation and have ownership of the
processes and in training
– Employees are empowered to develop new
processes and to refine existing – there is a
reward for this
– Positions are visible, managed and continually
refined as new technologies can make a huge
impact in efficiencies and labor needs
16. Best Practices – Structured Process
Processes need management
– Processes are documented and measured,
results are displayed and understood by all
– All are engaged in the process documentation
and have ownership
– Processes are available for reference at any
time and continually updated (Knowledgebase)
– Employees are empowered to develop new
processes and to streamline operations
– Processes are visible, managed and continually
refined as new technologies can make a huge
impact in efficiencies
17. Best Practices – Structured Products
• Products
– Need to be engineered, critical components include: materials,
pricing, production process, efficiency, marketing, sales and
estimating process, sales toolset, product production workflow,
raw materials supply chain
– Need an “owner” in the classic product management scenario,
someone whom is responsible for product, pricing, profitability
and promotion. Products should be analyzed by volume,
manufacturing cost, margin, customer uptake, velocity, labor
required to produce
• Production
– Continual measurement, dashboard mentality, real-time
analysis, scheduling and visibility
– Products should be developed per a standard for development,
including; manufacturing process, value add possibilities,
automation potential, marketing promotion, margin and sales
targets
18. The Order
The process of getting an accurate estimate is crucial to
a commercial print operation – If a complex product
that you cannot list price - do you have the right
resources in place to ensure the job is priced at a
profitable margin, within expectations of the customer
and should be taken on?
19. Challenges in the everyday - Order
Most Common Job Flow Bottlenecks
– Estimating Process
• Traditional
• Price list
• Wizard Driven
– Materials and Processes Selection
• Materials pricing – availability of information
• What is the most efficient production center
• Staffing – availability of resources to produce
– Why Can’t it Scale?
• Process or product knowledge limitations
• Silos of information within organization
• Training and experience
• Inability to see production center loading
20. Challenges in the everyday - Estimate
What Can be Done
– Estimating Process
• Add structure or systems
• Divide by products amongst team creating experts
• Education by product owners
– Conquer the need for Information
• Create Knowledgebase
• Create corporate project collaboration portal
– Blow up the model
• Create Super CSR’s – Project Managers
• Establish cross-training programs
• Create knowledge cells – with planners, estimating and
project managers grouped physically together, sharing
process knowledge
21. Challenges in the everyday – Order
One-Off Jobs Submission
• E Mail Hell
– Typical CSR receives 200 – 300 emails per day
involving jobs with incoming files, inquiries about jobs
status, change notifications, questions from plant
– It is estimated over 20% of a csr’s time is used for
storing, filing or locating project related emails
• How many emails could you take away with the
following technologies:
– On-line and accurate job status
– On-line collaboration portal – by customer or project
– On-line file submission portal passing jobs into the
workflow and only notifying on failures
22. One-Off Jobs Submission - Tools
• On Line File Submission Portal
– Web based front end form – with upload capabilities
– Tied into customer database
– Tied into the MIS system to provide resources
– Tied into workflow – for automatic preflight and
validation
– Prepare and place files into structured storage, ready for
a touchpoint – if necessary
• Tool Types
– High end commercial – Kodak Insite - $40-60K requires
RBA for scripted actions and reactions – $20K
– Connect All – Switch Workflow $10-15K plus internal
time of 75 – 100 hours to build out workflows or $5K to
$10K in outsourced custom development
23. Communications - Tools
• Collaboration Toolsets
– Web based front end form – accepts emails
– Tied into customer database
– Tied into workflow – for job status updates
– Provide a “project center” view of a job containing all
inputs, schedules, critical documents
• Toolsets
– Smartsheet– SAAS easy to deploy monthly subscription
– HP Production Center
– PODIO – SAAS easy to deploy monthly subscription
– Does your MIS have this capability?
24. Knowledgebase - Tools
• On Line System
– It’s about the people! – need a team based approach
– Multiple authors – easy to contribute
– Web based system, simple upload capabilities
– Searchable Indexed database
– Highly visual and collaborative
– Can hold process, specs, procedure, standards
• Tool Types
– High end commercial – Moxie Knowledge space – used
by many Fortune 500 companies
– Bloomfire 50 users - $500 per month
– Shareware – Wiki – often times just a document
repository but can be customized and deployed
inexpensively
25. Retooled Process Jobs Submission
The Payoff
• Double the amount of Jobs handled
– Reduce staff overtime
– Repurpose staff to focus on higher end and more
complex jobs
– Increased customer satisfaction
• Case Study
– Decreased touchpoints resulting in 25% greater capacity
– Eliminate overtime for increased amount of jobs
– Eliminate errors to press by forcing into templates and
pre-proofing templates
26. Preparation
Moving the files and assets into the workflow is where
some of the new workflow automation tools can really
pay off
27. Digital Business Review – Workflow
• Each Business has a unique workflow
– Many are highly manual requiring many touch-points to
get jobs and files to production
Group Job Ticket File
Preflight
File
Routing
Imposition
“A” 95%
Manual
Manual Manual 85%
Manual
“B” 85%
Automatic
Mostly
Automatic
Automatic Automatic
“C” 80%
Manual
Manual Manual Manual
28. Increasing Productivity – Job Ticket
Job Ticket Automation
– Why it is important
• Bring Jobs into workflow and communicate back to customers 24/7
• Move jobs quickly through workflow handling by exception
• Communicate Job Information more quickly to shop and resources
• Allows measurement and analytics
• Free up talented labor for more complicated and profitable tasks
– How do we do it?
• Document workflow as it exists today
• Review of systems in place – Customer requirements
• Review of touch-points – analyze in detail what adds values what
does not
• What can be eliminated, what causes delays (or wait states) what
information moves
• Evaluate MIS and systems capabilities
29. Increasing Productivity – File Handling
Incoming File Handling Automation
– Why it is important
• Bring files into workflow and communicate back to customers 24/7
• Free up talented labor for more complicated and profitable tasks
• Move jobs quickly through workflow handling by exception
• Allows measurement and analytics
– How do we do it?
• Document workflow as it exists today
• Review of systems in place – Customer requirements – why do we
touch files and what value do we add
• Review file types submitted, frequency and state
• Review of touch-points – analyze in detail what adds values what
does not, what can be eliminated, what causes delays (or wait
states) what information moves
• If we know this, then we can automate that
30. Increasing Productivity -File Processing
File Handling Automation Tools and How To
– Toolsets
• Enfocus Switch – Pitstop Server – Connect All
• HP Smartstream Production Center
• Impostrip – On Demand
• Xerox Freeflow – Puzzle Flow
– How do we do it?
• Build out team – Project Manager, Prep, Pressroom
• Detailed product workflow
• 80/20 rule – go for the low hanging fruit – examine files and
jobs for repeatability, frequency, similar attributes
• Review toolsets
• Start simple and add complexity as experience grows
31. Increasing Productivity
Real Time Data Collection
– Why it is important
• Communicate Status to Support Team and customers 24/7
• Allow visibility into any job without leaving desk
• Communicate Job Information and Status quickly to
Customer Support
• Allows measurement and analytics on a real-time basis
• Free up talented labor for more complicated and profitable
tasks
– How do we do it?
• Analyze and Establish data collection points in plant
• Review toolsets
• How do I tie back into my MIS, if I am outside of it?
• Look at capabilities of shop floor systems as they exist today
• Develop plan and procedures
• Plan to enforce
32. Increasing Productivity
Web to Print Systems
– Why it is important – What is Critical
• Allow access by customers 24/7
• On demand reporting
• Workflow Automation on the backend
• Removing touchpoints from process
• Allows measurement and analytics on a real-time
basis
• Free up talented labor for more complicated
and profitable tasks
33. Execution
Execution is all about
timing, resource
management, scheduling,
materials and files coming
together at the right time
34. Materials
• Managing materials flow
– To the press on time ready to go – handling fixtures
– Pull or push system – who is responsible for movement?
– Materials to be acclimated – pulled for job
– Process for controlling counts
– What happens when we need more?
– Tagged for post press handling and finishing
– Inventory maintenance – counting and verification
• Tools and Resources
– Presswise Inventory management
– HP Smartstream
– Other systems – your MIS
– A sound process on the floor – tooling and fixturing
35. Pressroom
• Managing job flow and challenges
– Where are the files
– Do we have a production sample
– What are the customer requirements
– Systems in place for daily production
• Managing job flow solutions
– Server centric based file repository for pull method
– Push to server for fully automated jobs
• Tools and Resources
– Presswise direct to press
– HP Smartstream direct to press
– Centralized file servers or virtualized storage
36. Finishing
• Managing job flow
– What are the customer requirements
– Where are the files – die lines, JDF or XML info
– Do we have (need) a production sample
• Managing job flow solutions
– Systems in place for daily productivity
– Set schedule for production types
– How do we manage the schedule – staffing
• Tools and Resources
– HP Smartstream Digital Finishing
– Duplo iPad machine setup solution
– Horizon Standard networked finishing
– CP Bourg Off-line Finishing
37. Increasing Productivity
Infrastructure Solutions
– Why it is important – What is Critical
• Phone systems are moving to the cloud providing
scalable, flexible integration into other systems such
as a CRM
• CRM Integration provides screen pops
• On-line chat services can provide greater service
• Servers are moving to the cloud virtualized processes
and power can be quickly scaled.
• MIS Systems can be moved to the cloud as well
providing scalable solutions
• Workflow Automation in the Cloud – Smartsoft
Presswise
38. Want to Know More – Right Here
Presentations at Dscoop 9
• Print MIS Technology
– Friday 2:30pm – Naples Room
• Improving Productivity and Utilization through Metrics
– Friday 5:00pm - Sun Ballroom C
• How to Automate Incrementally
– Saturday 11:00am – Sun Ballroom A
• Automation and Lean Manufacturing
– Saturday 2:30pm - Sun Ballroom D
• Improving Productivity Roundtable
– Saturday 2:30pm – Miami Room
39. Want to Know More - Resources
Resources at Dscoop 9
• Smartsoft Presswise – Booth 411
• Enfocus Switch – Booth 934
• HP Smartstream Production Center – Booth 113
• Duplo Production Finishing – Booth 307
• Horizon International – Booth 730
• Rollem International – Booth 617
• Baum/Mohr Cutters
• Avanti Slingshot MIS – Booth 801
40. Consulting to the Industry since 2003
Dscoop member since 2006, Chair of Operations/Tech
Committee from 2007-2010, Board of Directors from 2008
to 2011, Active on Membership and Web Committees
Strategic and Tactical Expertise in Management, Business
Development and Operations
Have 28 years GA experience, worked “both sides” in the
Marketing Communications space, with Fortune 500
companies, Agencies and PSPs
Work with PSPs and MSPs from $5-70 Million in sales
with offset, digital, screen, wide, grand format capabilities
Focused on business development both internally and
externally
41. Consulting to the Industry since 2003
David B. Smith
cell 423.834.0159
dave@dynamicprintsolutions.com
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Good Morning – I am excited to be one of the first presenters at Dscoop 9 and hope to share with you some insights gained through a lot of miles and travel across the country to see shops that are innovative, responsive and forward thinking as they continue to grow and prosper in this challenging business climate. They are however, not with out challenges and indeed flaws – so this Morning my hope is provide you with some great ideas on where to look in and out of your organization for the Recipes – By the Way my request for a Bloody Mary bar at the back of the room was denied but I will be glad to share any of my recipes reviewed here after the presentation – so let’s begin
Can I get a quick survey of the room this morning?
How many are CEOs in your organizations?
How many here have both Offset and Digital
How many are involved in Wide and Grand format
How many have multiple indigos?
How many are at there first Dscoop event?
Initial survey of the CEO on business model as it exists today, near-term future plans and challenges facing the business today
On-Site review of organizational structure, business process, infrastructure, customer connectivity, asset acceptance and workflow, order entry into production, production systems, systems integration and quality assurance process
Personal interviews with key stakeholders in each business, questioning vision, objectives, job description, current initiatives, highlights, challenges and frustrations
You know its hard for me to keep my mouth shut when I start to dive in and the ideas start to bubble to the surface - Segway into Preparing the meal -
The meal plan is really the first stage in the business review, do you have a plan? Is it based on goals driven by products, more customers, additional sales focus, new technologies, increased capacity? Where are you going and how will you get there?. Nothing is accomplished without the Ingredients, first and foremost are your personnel, and the care and feeding of them – so they grow, prosper and want to contribute. Secondly, what resources do you have available for personnel development, production technology and infrastructure development? The quality of your manufactured products and services is dependant on process, capabilities, standardization, measurement, analysis and ongoing improvement. Last are your raw materials and the selection, procurement and management of the process and the materials as they are acquired, stored and consumed in production.
Lets take a look at some of the plans that are proving successful today – As the “Executive Chef” the leader has a responsibility to the organization to provide vision, direction and communications in an open and sharing environment
Conventional sales team with marketing team, Mix of retail and BtoB Sales, Never say no philosophy, Culture of innovation and development, Focus on market segment and cradle to grave (vertical market) support and service
Digital print is just one channel of many, technology driven company embracing the SAAS model to deliver a multitude of services via multiple channels, major initiative to expand services and create networked production with many partners, moving to the “cloud”
Indirect sales effort, many brokers and service providers in network drive the print services model. By offering unique production and visual enhancement technologies they provide innovation otherwise unavailable to many partners without significant capital investment
Takeaways –
For example - some very successful printers right now are moving up in the raw material chain, buying sheeters and getting into paper distribution
Some unique and innovative ingredients for success
Product focused with specific product management teams and resources aligned to support the product
Highly vertical product manufacturing with turnkey support and services centered around the development, production installation and ongoing support of the product
Fully automated distribution of assets from digital storefronts to imaging engines in local and remote environments creating widely scaleable production network
Leveraging in-house development efforts to create web-based SAAS solutions that are extensible to other PSP’s, but maintaining product integrity though control of development and deployment process, becoming a more vertical service provider
Strong CEO involved in many day to day operations including pricing, sales and jobs management
Pros: In touch with pulse of business, hands on with customers results in significant customer satisfaction – high perceived value to customer, highly visible to employees, able to communicate vision directly if that is where the focus of effort lies
Cons: Difficult to make and spend clear time to plan and orchestrate vision, removes the empowerment of downstream team, can cause perceived favoritism, can create a dependant culture, what happens when you are unavailable?
I think of a group I worked with about 5 years ago – when I started working with them, their prepress group was still moving files from machine to machine with no centralized server, no standards for file management or creation – reprint jobs were impossible to find, imposition for the digital press was being done by hand in In Design, there were no standards for customer file creation and the attitude towards customers was they are all a problem and are too stupid to create a good file. The prepress rip software was over 2 versions behind and they were struggling with current files as only one person had the current version of the Creative Suite. My point is the head of prepress was clearly not with the program and was toxic to employees and customers… I recommended he be removed to the CEO and was told 12 years ago in a time of need, he had crawled under a film processor and made it work on a critical deadline. I think the statute of accomplishment had passed on that feat. I think we all heard Jason Jennings making a strong case yesterday for not holding on to the past
We are transitioning into high tech businesses, from Gina Soleils book” Fuel Your Business” there are 8 principles of business that lead to success
Functional Leaders Drive Profits – Be visible, functional and with high character
Vision and Purpose Ignite Forward Momentum – Provide a strategic vision- this is possibly the most important function of a leader
Truth and Clarity Motivate Action – I briefly went to work leaving consulting for an organization – I asked for financials and they gave me the “second set” of books- I signed on only to realize they had no capital to make the critical investments needed to grow the business – they did not even have a single server for prepress and were years behind in critical software updates – but the owner had 3 cars, 2 houses and had just sold a 70’ houseboat – the only action this motivated was his employees looking for other jobs
People are Driven to Live Out a Purpose – think about it, why do you go to work each day? you want to feel good about what you do – you want to satisfy your customers make your employees feel wanted and happy and fulfilled in what they do.
Freedom Turns Ideas and Vision into Reality – Create a safe and trusting environment and the passion for business will fuel itself - I need to be comfortable coming to you with this idea because I am emotionally connected
Creative Expression Fuels Change and Growth – Change and growth are propelled forward by environment. A healthy visual and culteral environment brreds confidence in individuality, intellect, and common sense. Strive to live in the present, if you are depressed you are living in the past, if you are anxious , you are living in the future, If you are at peace, you are living in the present
Human Connectivity is the Source of Energy– I have seen first hand in this research that the lifeblood can be drained from a business by constant deadline pressure and tight margins. The solution is greater connectivity in the organization and the following process: People first, own your own story, and do no evil.
Humanity is the Future – Improving the health and well-being of humanity is the only answer to preserving a world that will continue to fuel business – honor your connection with those in the business
Training and Development Observations
To busy for formal structure – Limited formal training program, we have made an attempt at structure years ago but have drifted away from when we were busy, yet desperately need to get the process under control
Rock and roll full speed ahead – Limited formal training program, no measured personal objectives for review and rating, limited process and procedures documentation, self-initiatives supported and embraced but can result in development of silos
Planned and Organized – Comprehensive process and procedures documentation, ISO certification, online knowledgebase, standardized on-boarding process including orientation and cross-training
Put structure in place – revisit often
Positions are documented and measured
Personnel development results are documented and understood in regular reviews
All are engaged in regular process documentation and have ownership of the processes and in training
Employees are empowered to develop new processes and to refine existing – there is a reward for this
Positions are visible, managed and continually refined as new technologies can make a huge impact in efficiencies and labor needs
Processes need management
Processes are documented and measured, results are displayed and understood by all
All are engaged in the process documentation and have ownership
Processes are available for reference at any time and continually updated (Knowledgebase)
Employees are empowered to develop new processes and to streamline operations
Processes are visible, managed and continually refined as new technologies can make a huge impact in efficiencies
I am somewhat amazed how little process improvement research is done – It should be a requirement for the management and supervisory team
Products need management
Products are often produced with little thought as to the most efficient workflow, in a manufacturing organization this is your lifeblood
no optimization of material flow, material handling, finishing or packaging
Products
Need to be engineered, critical components include: materials, pricing, production process, efficiency, marketing, sales and estimating process, sales toolset, product production workflow, raw materials supply chain
Need an “owner” in the classic product management scenario, someone whom is responsible for product, pricing, profitability and promotion. Products should be analyzed by volume, manufacturing cost, margin, customer uptake, velocity, labor required to produce
Production
Continual measurement, dashboard mentality, real-time analysis, scheduling and visibility,
Products should be developed per a standard for development, including; manufacturing process, value add possibilities, automation potential, marketing promotion, margin and sales targets
A tool to help in the estimating process is very valuable – If you have an MIS system does it have a simple process for creating these estimates? Several solutions exist for this outside of the estimating system – if the product contains value added processes it may be significantly easier to estimate in a spreadsheet type product. One tool that comes to mind for this is a SAAS product such as Smartsheets – which is a combination spreadsheet and collaboration model – Templates could be constructed for more complex projects and the collaboration component could be used to loop in critical process owners in the organization in the estimating process.
One of the notes I made yesterday after Jason Jennings keynote was the comment we have the production capacity, we just need to get the order in faster
A tool to help in the estimating process is very valuable – If you have an MIS system does it have a simple process for creating these estimates? Several solutions exist for this outside of the estimating system – if the product contains value added processes it may be significantly easier to estimate in a spreadsheet type product. One tool that comes to mind for this is a SAAS product such as Smartsheets – which is a combination spreadsheet and collaboration model – Templates could be constructed for more complex projects and the collaboration component could be used to loop in critical process owners in the organization in the estimating process.
Email is incredibly in-efficient for inquiries – waiting on a response even as quick as 5 minutes means you (or your customers) have likely moved on to some thing else typically triggering another email or a series of emails off to production centers to track status
Even some web to print solutions bombard you with email – but integrating with a production system can automatically route jobs into production and allow you to deal with exceptions and not every job
Email is incredibly in efficient for inquiries – waiting on a response even as quick as 5 minutes means you (or your customers) have likely moved on
Your prepress team should be aware of switch
Email is incredibly in efficient for inquiries – waiting on a response even as quick as 5 minutes means you (or your customers) have likely moved on
Silos of information – on-line reference
CMS case study jobs submission into system
As Jennifer Matt pointed out in a recent article – maybe your customers don’t want to talk to you
As Jennifer Matt pointed out in a recent article – maybe your customers don’t want to talk to you
As Jennifer Matt pointed out in a recent article – maybe your customers don’t want to talk to you
As Jennifer Matt pointed out in a recent article – maybe your customers don’t want to talk to you
As Jennifer Matt pointed out in a recent article – maybe your customers don’t want to talk to you
You can’t just put an ecommerce (Shopping cart program) in place and expect it to remove any kind of bottleneck, it just moves it to the backend – with proper design you should know enough about the asset to preflight it and route it to the next production step(s) without a human touch-point.
– we are looking at a plant wide radio and forklift visual paging systems for lift drivers
Do you have a proofing requirement?
Are you color managed
Infrastructure is evolving steadily – I have one customer whom has $7000 in cell phone charges monthly as they have abandoned there legacy phone system – we are looking at a plant wide radio and forklift visual paging systems for lift drivers