Business Management - Operations

University in-plants are very different from corporate and other in-house printing operations. For one, their goals are different, and they can frequently shift as administrative focuses change from year to year.

Often, the VP and the in-plant manager have different perceptions of which data is important to measure and report on. The in-plant manager needs hard numbers to guide shop performance. But the VP needs to know why these metrics are important. Make sure you ask which metrics management wants to see.

Printers everywhere are looking for a way to achieve effective color management across their various production processes. G7 qualification may be the answer.

SpencerMetrics LLC has donated the spencermetrics connect system to Arizona State University (ASU) Print and Imaging Lab.

Over the past week I had two conversations about outsourcing, one with a vendor and the other with a manager. One theme that popped up in both chats was how important it is for in-plant managers to have a good relationship with the vendors who call on them — even the vendors whose companies have outsourcing divisions. You can get a lot of great ideas from vendors, they both said.

I hear it over and over again when in-plant managers talk about copier vendors: on one hand, we need these companies because they manufacture the equipment we use, on the other, we feel threatened by them. I spent the last few months working very closely with one of these vendors, and I can tell you what I think works.

This webinar will review the elements in getting started with data management and then provide real life applications.

This webinar will focus on the top areas that print and marketing service providers should focus on in 2017.

At Graph Expo 16, Canon U.S.A. debuted PRISMAsync Print Server version 5.

What is your philosophy of quality, and what are you intentionally doing to combat poor quality issues?