Vic Barking offers his thoughts on digital printing and the type of services that in-plants will need to provide in the years ahead.

By Vic Barkin

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“Non-print services will increase to 16.7 percent by 2010. These ancillary services include mailing, fulfillment, database management, digital asset management, CD services and other offerings.”
—NAPL, 2005

Taken collectively, those ancillary services translate into what it takes as a service provider to serve your customers’ needs. Historically a silo approach has been taken by printers. Perhaps the industry is only now coming out of the dark ages. The “communications provider” philosophy has got to take a broader hold.

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Vic Nathan Barkin has more than 35 years of experience in the printing, paper and wood products industries and currently owns a consulting practice specializing in business development, workflow, and technology implementation, focusing on “Green Procurement and Production” practices. Vic is a QMS Lead Auditor certified to ISO 9001:2008 standards, is a consultant for the Rainforest Alliance as an FSC Chain of Custody and Controlled Wood senior auditor, is an FSC, SFI and PEFC lead auditor for PricewaterhouseCoopers and SGS North America, and has engaged in more than 700 site assessments and audits.

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