Three Critical In-plant Trends for 2010

Productivity and cost reductions can be achieved through process improvements or technologies. Although less expensive and rare, one strategy to increase productivity is to use continuous process improvement. That means critically evaluating how you are doing things and looking for a better way.

The automation of the print workflow using a PDF workflow solution is a good example of a technology solution. A PDF workflow starts with an estimate that was accepted as a bid and then sent to the service provider as a electronic file. The electronic file would carry all of the post press and printing information, such as number of pages, colors, paper stock, binding/collating parameters, folds, perforations and shipping data, as well as contain information about the copy, such as the images, text, color schemes and layout.