If you are struggling to find new prepress staff, an alternative is to add prepress automation software. Often overlooked when hiring inexperienced staff is the increase in rework. This blog shows that prepress software automation costs less than hiring inexperienced prepress staff.
As production volume increases and staffing remains a challenge, we have a choice to hire inexperienced staff and train them or increase the amount of automation. We compared these options and found that more rework resulted from hiring inexperienced staff, which cost more and reduced the availability of paper. When comparing hiring/training to automation, remember that the costs and risks of hiring inexperienced staff are higher now because of the staffing crisis and paper shortage.
At a recent in-plant conference I was reminded of the benefits of remaining focused on long term strategic goals. Spending too much time on production issues like finding paper and rehiring staff can shift your focus away from strategic issues like remaining aligned with your parent organization. An excellent presentation about workflow automation showed how one in-plant has benefited from remaining focused on working toward their strategic goals for over a decade.
In this post, Howie Fenton previews his IPMA conference presentation designed to help in-plants in your recovery from the last two and a half years. He offers suggestions for dealing with four top issues: declining volumes, hiring new staff, and minimizing complaints about pricing, and the impact of the paper shortage.
Some in-plant print centers, including a university in-plant, survived through the pandemic by consolidating staff, cross-training everyone, and performing more like a nimble, small commercial company where all staff could perform all the shop's tasks. We discuss the motivation, previous in-plant consolidation trends, and five stumbling blocks to consider if you need to plan for the consolidation of staff or services.
RSA's Elisha Kasinskas talks with industry consultant, Howie Fenton about three areas where in-plant print centers can be doing things differently post-pandemic, including staffing, using video for sales, and workflow. Five-minute video.
Will your print shop be ready for what’s next? No one knows exactly what’s coming, but you can be more ready when it does. Working with In-plant Impressions, RSA has developed resources that you can use to put you on a path to future-proof your operation, whether you are an in-plant print center, commercial print or service bureau operation. See all of the future-proof resources in this blog.
RSA, provider of production print workflow software solutions for in-plant print centers, commercial printers and PSPs announces its inclusion in DPS magazine's 11th Annual Reader’s Choice Awards.
This article talks about using an older strategy to increase customer satisfaction, awareness, productivity, and sales. The ability to demonstrate shop value has been threatened as more customers work from home, and more communication, marketing, and sales activities have switched to video communications. Adapting the demonstration of operational excellence can help in-plants increase satisfaction, awareness, and sales.
To celebrate the IPMA's in-plant awareness month, this article talks about combining some new strategies to increase customer satisfaction, awareness, and sales. The ability to demonstrate shop value has been threatened as more customers work from home and more communication, marketing, and sales activities have switched to video communications. Using video for communications and demonstrating services can help in-plants increase satisfaction, awareness and sales.
Soon after arriving at the Richardson Independent School District (ISD), Print Services Manager Laura Galipeau knew that the shop needed to add a Web to Print solution as a first order of business. Read why WTP was one of her first priorities, why she chose WebCRD, the remarkable results and benefits they've achieved in a short time using WebCRD, and what's ahead.
RSA provider of production print workflow software solutions for in-plant print centers, commercial printers, and PSPs has expanded their business development team. Bobby Pierce has joined RSA as Director, Business Development in the east US region.
In December 2021, a critical security vulnerability was announced for the Apache Log4j software library. After determining that certain versions of RSA’s WebCRD and QDirect software solutions were vulnerable, RSA automatically “pushed” changes and a patch to most customers, protecting them within several days. There is no evidence that any of systems were breached due to this exposure.
Despite pandemic challenges remaining, typically there is a sense of new hope associated with the beginning of a new year. There are two planning scenarios. Planning for recovery/rebound while addressing staffing needs, and researching the root cause(s) of lingering low volume and overcoming volume declines. Both involve planning for growth, and we discuss planning and tips for each scenario.
Research shows that not only will we continue to experience supply chain and staffing issues in the coming year, we could also experience customer pushback about price increases and slower turnaround times. In the worst-case scenario, this could result in questions about the value of print or, worse, the value of the in-plant. This article will discuss the threats and offer three strategies to overcome them.
RSA, provider of production print workflow software solutions for in-plant print centers, commercial printers, and PSPs announces the latest version of QDirect™ output management software.
RSA, provider of production print workflow software solutions for in-plant print centers, commercial printers, and PSPs announces the latest version of their online variable data print (VDP) template design and ordering software, ImpactVDP™.
This post summarizes the current state of the in-plant Industry, describes three long-lasting adverse effects that will persist, and offer strategies to help you reduce the impact of these challenges.
RSA, provider of production print workflow software solutions for in-plant print centers, commercial printers, and PSPs announces the launch of the next generation ReadyPrint universal prepress suite.
Put the workflow automation in our four new releases into your print shop's software lineup to up your performance. With new innovations and customer-requested features, each new software release further reduces manual touches and increases efficiency to give you game-changing automation -- from submission to output and everywhere in between -- that will keep you competitive. Explore what's in each release and find out more.