Business Management - Operations

We share industry data on the emerging services that printers are offering their customers as they make the digital transformation.

The approximately 140 in-plant managers at this week's IPMA conference received the first look at the new 5th Color Kit from Ricoh. The kit provides a variety of applications printers can use to demonstrate five-color output to their customers.

With support from Canon U.S.A., John Foley Jr., CEO of interlinkONE, has released a book that can help in-plant managers expand their capabilities and better serve their customers. Foley will be at next week's IPMA conference to take part in book signings.

A Web to print solution for one school district that saved thousands, could work for your in-plant. We’ll share steps they took.

Benchmarking cost competitiveness and operational performance is one of the critical strategies used by in-plants to demonstrate their value. Unfortunately, the operational and competitive pricing data have not been updated in years, making comparisons questionable.

Reduce setup times, eliminate bottlenecks, free up staff. Use automation to increase your in-plant’s value and ensure your success.

Gain strategic insight to the trends within the market and technology innovations you need to remain highly competitive.

To put it simply, data security is a big deal for in-plants. IPG is hosting a webinar on Wednesday, June 10 to tackle this issue and provide in-plant managers with advice on implementing data security strategies. 

As in all communications, you know you have to keep your messaging and branding consistent—but how does that change across multiple channels? You wouldn’t say the same exact thing in an email as you would on a post card. So how do you decide what to say in each unique channel without jeopardizing brand consistency?

Managed print services vendors pose a potential threat to in-plants with their aggressive attempts to convince management that in-house printing is unnecessary. Ray Chambers provides a sneak preview of his upcoming ACUP presentation on this topic in a new blog entry.