March 29, 2023
Inkjet color may be more consistent than any other print process, but it still needs regular checkups to maintain top pop.
March 23, 2023
Shopping for Inkjet at Hunkeler Innovation Days
Attendees at the Hunkeler Innovation Days conference were motivated to seek new solutions to address their labor challenges. Their goals were: improving automation, simplifying workflow, improved throughput, and decreasing manufacturing time.
March 22, 2023
Making Money: Profit Takes More than Revenue
Controlling costs is essential to any business, but there is more to ending the year profitably. Find the data that can help you make the best decisions about what products to offer in the markets you serve, and then review a key set of performance indicators regularly.
February 21, 2023
Everyday Voice-of-Customer: How to Capture Insights from Every Customer Interaction
Whether you sell print services, printing presses, or support those industries, your sales and service representatives probably make hundreds of calls annually. You can multiply the value of those calls by applying simple, “Everyday VOC” techniques.
February 16, 2023
3 Inkjet Workflow Pain Points – 1 Answer Part 2
In Part 2 the focus turns to Paper and Capital Investments. In the world of inkjet, these are essential elements to understand and control. Let’s reduce the friction to allow the inkjet devices to be as productive as possible. Leverage your data to make good decisions.
February 15, 2023
Multi-faceted decision criteria drives inkjet and offset investments
Book and magazine printer, Maracle evaluates new digital, inkjet and offset to support growth. Workflow automation drives significant reductions in labor, time to market and paper waste complicating the TCO analysis between offset and inkjet decisions.
February 8, 2023
3 Inkjet Workflow Pain Points, 1 Answer – Part 1
In this series we look at three of the top inkjet workflow pain points and paths to reducing the friction they cause with one technique that pays off. It starts with data but doesn’t end there. Data requires analysis and interpretation.
January 19, 2023
Web-to-print is vital to inkjet: buy or build?
No two print operations are identical. Equipment mixes, selling cultures, customers and products all vary from site to site. With so much variation in business processes, when should inkjet producers buy their essential web-to-print or digital storefront solution off-the-shelf and when is the best path a customized solution? It starts with an assessment!
December 21, 2022
Three transition trends for 2023
Did your business change over the last couple of years? What have you done to cope? Did you hire new people, add automation to workflows, buy a company, sell a pieces of business, or find new ways to navigate supply chain issues? If any of these items look familiar, you are on the same ride as most of your peers. Let’s find the learnings to get ready for 2023.
November 21, 2022
You’re Invited to a Colorful Friendsgiving
Mary has a free color resource for her friends. Please register (for free) to download .ase files.
November 8, 2022
Print composition evolves in an omni-channel world
OpenText and Papyrus leading print/mail composition tools, are enhancing their products to support client migration to cloud and SaaS models for omni-channel communications. Clients are demanding product features for less technical users and a better UI.
October 17, 2022
BlueCrest Unveils Print+ StatementTM In-line Document Printing Solution
BlueCrest, the global producer in the high-volume postal and parcel automation market, is today announcing the launch of the Print+ Statement™.
September 28, 2022
What Support Should You Expect When You DIY Inkjet?
In the last episode, we recommended that before you begin a DIY inkjet project, a best practice is to define your needs and establish your expertise levels concerning the elements
September 7, 2022
Reconfiguring the Inkjet Roadmap with the Right Software
How we work is changing dramatically. It’s the reality of doing business in 2022. Enabling all-shore processes means embracing multiple locations, various time zones, and countless individual work environments while servicing them all seamlessly.
September 6, 2022
Face-to-face idea sharing is where I learn best
Attending in-person conferences provides the best environment for peer learning. SMEs will share insights and stories at Xplor22 Why “Build versus Buy” May Be the Riskiest Decision You Make. And Combat Paper, Ink & Labor Challenges! ROI and Customer Stories from the Trenches.
August 18, 2022
Sustainable Printing & Dusobox Partnership Delivers Eight-fold Prepress Staff Reduction
Release Date: Wednesday, August 17, 2022 Press release from the issuing company Leading automation provider Significans Automation (www.significans.com) has facilitated the launch of the country’s newest digital corrugate printing company,
August 17, 2022
What’s in YOUR Disaster Recovery Agreements?
Understand the agreements you have, review them with your legal counsel and vendors so that everyone is on the same page. Disasters don’t appear by appointment!
July 19, 2022
Inkjet Makes Staffing Easier
PSPs have had to increase wages, benefits and recruiting strategies to fill open positions. Inkjet adoption has enabled printers to attract new and provide flexibility for customers as the industry adjusts to the paper supply challenges. Automated workflow solutions are driving growth.
July 13, 2022
OOPS! Production Stopped and You Even Have a DR Plan!
For many companies, the Disaster Recovery Plan was put together in the past to check the box on RFPs, but if you aren’t practicing with it and updating it in a regular cadence, you may be missing key elements
June 28, 2022
What has Auto-Splicing Reels Ever Done for Us?
Press manufacturers usually offer a choice of the reel handling system to their customers to meet their individual preferences. Understand your options and their cost, productivity and sustainability impact.
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