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• Howie Fenton
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• 19 April 2017

When Is the Right Time for In-Plants to Invest?

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

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• Howie Fenton
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• 21 March 2017

The Future of In-Plants

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,

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• Elisha Kasinskas
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• 27 February 2017

From Potential Outsourcing to Outstanding- One In-plant’s Adaption to Save Itself

FVTC offers more than 200 associate degree, technical diploma and certificate programs, and instruction related to 15 apprenticeship trades, in addition to providing services to business and industry.

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• Howie Fenton
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• 20 February 2017

7 Tips To Increase In-Plant Awareness, Generate Leads and Sell More

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

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• Vince Tutino
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• 16 August 2016

Web to Print Best Practices for In-plant Print Centers

Why Web to Print Best Practices are Important and Why This Series This series was inspired by in-plant managers who wanted information online about Web to print that they were not seeing. While there is information available about features and case studies, other than some of our own white papers, there isn't a lot available

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• Elisha Kasinskas
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• 09 August 2016

Deciphering Conflicting Web to Print Research

In the July issue of In-Plant Graphics Magazine (IPG), editor Bob Neubauer wrote an article entitled, "In-plant Research: IPG vs IPMA — Who Is Right?" The article compared results from a recent IPMA (In-Plant Printing and Mailing Association) survey, "State of the In-Plant Industry: Challenges, Opportunities, and Outlook" to results from the IPG biennial

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• Elisha Kasinskas
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• 19 July 2016

Sun Life Financial’s Success with Web to Print

In a recent webinar, the staff at Sun Life Financial talked about their strategy, decision making process and success in their implementation of RSA's WebCRD in-plant Web to print software. The webinar was moderated by In-plant Graphics Editor Bob Neubauer, who discussed the magazine's recent survey

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• Elisha Kasinskas
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• 14 July 2016

IPMA Web to Print Best Practices Webinar 8/17

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• Elisha Kasinskas
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• 14 June 2016

3 Steps for More Effective Workflow Software Implementations

In previous blogs and white papers we have talked about the critical success factors (CSF) required for the implementation of Web to print solutions. One CSF is that leading in-plants are more effective at implementing new software. Why are some in-plants better at implementation? Because they make better choices early in the process. 

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• Elisha Kasinskas
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• 23 May 2016

Ownership and Licensing Web to Print Software

At RSA, a common question we hear is "Who should I acquire my Web to Print solution from?" Our recommendation is to expand the question to include ownership of the software license. Acquiring the software from you primary production print vendor is generally the best option— provided that you have provisions to own the software

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• Elisha Kasinskas
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• 16 March 2016

The Five Leading In-Plant Issues Series (And How Top In-Plants Solve Them)- No. 1 Outsourcing

Like never before, in-plant printing operations are faced with challenges. In this five-article series, we address the top five issues in-plants are facing today and how leading in-plants are solving these issues. We'll cover: Outsourcing and how to combat it Reducing costs and increasing

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• 07 March 2016

Why Should You Consider Web to Print for Your Print Center?

Learn what makes Web to print software a leading improvement for in-plant print centers. Find out why and how in-plants succeed when they implement a Web to print workflow solution.

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• Elisha Kasinskas
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• 08 February 2016

Build a Better In-Plant - 3 Workflow Automation Tips You CANNOT Afford to Miss

Here are three must know tips you cannot afford to miss that will improve your automation and entice your customers to bring business back to your shop.

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• Elisha Kasinskas
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• 17 January 2016

Unique Ways 3 Higher Ed In-Plants Grow, Remain Relevant

At a recent In-plant Printing and Mailing Association (IPMA) lunch-n-learn session, three higher education in-plant managers from UC Davis, Fairfield University and Cedarville University discussed how they've remained relevant and grown, leveraging graphic design services, marketing and Web to print. Web to Print and a Unique Graph Design Retainer Fuel Growth for

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• Elisha Kasinskas
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• 10 January 2016

Progressive's 7-Step Insourcing Journey

At a recent presentation sponsored by Rochester Software Associates, Tom Rohrbach, IT Systems Engineer Consultant at Progressive, shared a 7-step framework that Progressive utilized to determine the optimal balance of in-house and outsourced work for their firm. In addition to the 7-step process, Rorhbach related the key project learnings. Watch the entire

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• Elisha Kasinskas
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• 21 December 2015

Build a Better In-Plant – 3 Tips to Create a Better Marketing Plan

A good marketing plan engages your existing customers, entices prospects to move work into your shop, and explains who you

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• Elisha Kasinskas
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• 13 December 2015

Build a Better In-Plant - 7 Tips for Increasing Staff Productivity to Improve Your Workflow

It is possible to have a single integrated workflow that moves seamlessly from customer order all the way through accounting and reporting. A great place to focus your improvement efforts is around staff productivity. It is not

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• Elisha Kasinskas
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• 13 December 2015

Build a Better In-Plant – 4 Tips to Provide Premium Service Tuned to Customers

In this "Build a Better In-Plant" article, we share four tips on how you can provide premium service to your customers by integrating with customer flow; and being informational, intuitive and capturing their

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• Elisha Kasinskas
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• 06 December 2015

Build a Better In-Plant - The 4 Value Axes

Each of the Four Values Are Present in Every Order Experience, Production Process and Delivery. Print services depend on 4 Value Axes: Time, Cost, Quality and Quantity. Each value is present in every order experience, production process, and delivery. You will be successful if you align you

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• Elisha Kasinskas
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• 09 November 2015

Build a Better In-Plant – 4 Valuable Tips for a Customer-Centric Online Experience

Read our four valuable tips for in-plant printers (below), for providing a customer-centric online experience. By making the process intuitive and flow the way your customers think, you'll create a great sense of

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