Howie Fenton shares a method to estimate staffing needs as your revenue changes using your current sales per employee ratio (SPE) and anticipated revenue changes. Adding automation and shifting and cross training staff can address workflow gaps and bottlenecks that result from staff imbalances.
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- Ryan McAbee
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- 18 March 2020
Tips to Build a Data-driven In-plant: Critical Information to Collect
Tips for the critical information in-plants need to collect to control costs and optimize operational performance. This post also reveals insights from recent Keypoint Intelligence research.
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- Howie Fenton
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- 18 March 2020
VLOG: Steps 7- 9 of Nine Steps to In-plant Profitability Series
This vlog is the final post of our three-part series about the nine steps that I see that in-plants need to take to increase their financial stability.
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- Rochester Software Associates
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- 17 March 2020
RSA COVID-19 Response
We want to assure you that we are closely monitoring the COVID-19 situation. People and relationships have always been at the forefront of what RSA does....
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- Howie Fenton
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- 13 March 2020
How To Change Your Workflow to Prepare for Post-COVID-19 Preparing to Return to Work
How to change your workflow to prepare for Post-COVID-19 discusses the impact of COVID-19 on workflow from preparing to return to work, working remotely and preparing for a recession.
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- Rochester Software Associates
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- 18 February 2020
RSA Shares News of Passing of Former SVP, Tim Kelly
Rochester Software Associates (RSA), provider of production print workflow software solutions, is sad to announce the passing of former Senior Vice President, Tim Kelly. On behalf of the entire RSA team, we extend our deepest sympathies to Tim’s family and friends....
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- Howie Fenton
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- 12 February 2020
VLOG: Steps 4 - 6 of 9 Steps to In-plant Profitability Series
This vlog is part two of a three-part series about the nine steps that I see that in-plants need to take to increase their financial stability. While not every in-plant has an operating model to be profitable, in-plants can use these steps to ensure that they are meeting their financial goals.
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- Rochester Software Associates
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- 27 January 2020
RSA Named to DPS Magazine's 9th Annual Top 30 Reader's Choice Awards
Rochester Software Associates (RSA), provider of production print workflow software solutions for in-plant, corporate print centers, commercial printers, and PSPs today announced its inclusion in DPS Magazine's 9th Annual Top 30 Reader's Choice Awards...
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- Howie Fenton
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- 27 January 2020
Nine Steps to In-plant Profitability
In this vlog, I start a three-part series about the nine steps that I see that in-plants need to take to increase their profitability. While not every in-plant has a model to be profitable, in-plants can use these steps to ensure they are not losing money or operating below cost, and are operating as efficiently as possible for their parent organization.
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- Ryan McAbee
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- 19 December 2019
Three Workflow Resolutions for 2019
This quarter, Keypoint Intelligence - InfoTrends' Ryan McAbee, Director, Production Workflow offers three tips for workflow resolutions to make in 2019. We'll visit each of these in-depth throughout the year to help keep you on track.
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- Howie Fenton
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- 10 December 2019
Seven Ideas for Creative Problem Solving and Five Examples
The idea for this post came from answers to interviews in a recent IPMA research report that shows how some in-plant leaders are trying new answers to old questions. This article describes five “out of the box” solutions in-plants have used and offers seven ways to help you get outside your “box.”
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- Howie Fenton
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- 18 November 2019
Video: Two Things In-plants Need for Survival
Howie Fenton interviews RSA about the two-pronged approach in-plants need to survive. Reducing print production costs and building more value-added products and services to offset the decline of traditional products are the two things in-plant print centers need to do to remain competitive and use the balanced scorecard approach
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- 21 October 2019
Trend #3: Is Cycle Time the Most Important Thing?
Customers always want work faster but could the ability to turn work around faster become the most important service an in-plant can offer? In our two previous trends articles we discussed how in-plants can prepare for 2020 by overcoming staffing issues and increasing the in-plant's value. In this article we will expand on the importance of fast turnaround time and discuss how it can also shield the in-plant from outside threats.
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- Rochester Software Associates
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- 17 October 2019
RSA and Ultimate TechnoGraphics Automate Prepress Workflow with Advanced Integration
Rochester Software Associates (RSA), provider of production print workflow software solutions and Ultimate TechnoGraphics, Inc., a leader in imposition and finishing automation software, today announced the availability of an advancement in the integration between the two firm's software that reduces costs by streamlining the print production process for commercial and in-plant print centers...
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- Rochester Software Associates
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- 15 October 2019
RSA and P3 Software Streamline Print Procurement Process with WebCRD P3Source Integration
Rochester Software Associates (RSA), provider of production print workflow software solutions and P3 Software, today announced the availability of an integration between the two firm’s software that reduces costs by streamlining the print procurement process for in-plant print centers...
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- Rochester Software Associates
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- 08 October 2019
RSA Showing Latest Software Releases that Automate Digital Workflow at Printing United
Rochester Software Associates (RSA), provider of production print workflow software solutions for in-plant, corporate print centers, commercial printers, and PSPs will showcase new software releases in booth 11146 at Printing United that automate digital production print workflows.
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- Rochester Software Associates
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- 03 October 2019
RSA Releases New QDirect Output Management Software Version at Print® 19
Rochester Software Associates (RSA), provider of production print workflow software solutions for in-plant, corporate print centers, commercial printers, and PSPs will demonstrate a new release of QDirect™ output management software in booth 527 at Print® 19 at McCormick Place South in Chicago, IL. October 3 - October 5, 2019...
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- Rochester Software Associates
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- 18 September 2019
RSA Automates Digital Workflow with Latest Software Releases at Print® 19
Rochester Software Associates (RSA), provider of production print workflow software solutions for in-plant, corporate print centers, commercial printers, and PSPs will showcase new software releases in booth 527 at Print® 19 that will automate digital production print workflows...
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- Howie Fenton
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- 04 September 2019
In-plant Value: Trend #2 to Address in 2020
In-plant Value: Trend #2 to Address in 2020 Just as the application mix for most in-plants will change so will the perceived value of the in-plant. In our first article about preparing for trends in 2020 we discussed staffing issues and four ways in-plants are addressing this trend. In this article we will discuss how
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- 15 August 2019
Trends for In-Plants to Address in 2020
Trends for In-Plants to Address in 2020 As we approach the end of the year it is worthwhile to consider the trends that we see this year and consider how we will address them. This is the first in a series of blogs examining these trends and how to plan for next year with these