In-Plant Primer 101: Article #4- Recent Technology Changes and Their Impact on In-plants. This article is part of a print vendor and dealer education series to understand in-plants. We discuss technology like inkjet, SaaS and the big three software automation tools.
In a presentation recently, I was asked if there were specific times in-plants are more likely to invest. I had to think for a second because the commercial and in-plant investment plans are different in many ways. First, in-plants tend to hang on to equipment longer
In-plant Primer 101- Article #3- Typical In-plant Contacts to Engage. This in-plant primer article is the third article in a series of 12 articles designed to help dealers and print vendors understand in-plants. It doesn't matter if you're a customer or a salesperson, who you can talk with in an in-plant print center is based on the number of staff that work at the in-plant.
The latest State of the Industry report written by Andy Paparozzi, the Chief Economist at IdeaAlliance, was recently published. In his presentation at a recent conference, Andy spoke of the decline in overall work from a high of $98.3B in 2007 to a low of $77B in 2011. Since then however,
In-plant Primer 101- Article #2- 3 Typical Problems In-plants Face. This in-plant primer article is the second article in a series of 12 articles designed to help dealers and print vendors understand in-plants. In this article, we'll discuss the some overall challenges and the top in-plant issue- cutting costs.
Tips For Increasing Awareness of Your In-Plant Print Center February is the In-plant Printing and Mailing Association's (IPMA's) In-Plant Awareness Month. For everyone actively working to increase their customers’ awareness, congratulations. For those who don’t know where to start, here are seven ideas. Survey Customers and non-customers. Surveys can provide two functions. In our assessments
In-plant Primer 101- Article #1- In-Plant Print Centers Defined This is the first of a series of articles designed to introduce internal print production, corporate, in-house or in-plant production centers, as they are often called. Comprised of a 12-article series, two eBooks and a webinar, the initiative is called "In-Plant Primer: From Operations Basics to
Traditionally when we think about workflow we think about how fast equipment works. For example, how many pages per minute presses print, or how many sheets can be inserted into an envelope per hour.
It easy to get nostalgic around the holidays. As I write this, I am in the Northeast at holiday time which brings back memories of an earlier era, 25 years ago, when I first thought about production workflows in a quick copy shop, PostScript service bureau and the prepress department of a printer.
Calculating the Savings Associated with Web to Print In a recent seminar, while discussing the advantages of software automation, I mentioned that Web to print software can reduce manufacturing costs between 20-50%. Immediately, someone in the audience asked how that was possible when the cost of paper alone is 25% of the price