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Is Data Readability on Your Preflight Checklist?
What does it take to get the data right? It’s more than ensuring that all of the fields are filled in correctly and the data itself is accurate. In addition to all of the technical issues, you also...
View ArticleIt’s more than Print that’s changing
Paper making has changed over the past decades. The industry uses renewable energy more that ever, it has reduced water usage and has increased the use of recovered fiber; forest certification and...
View ArticleMetrics – Results or Drivers
We all know how important metrics are to successful business. The sayings, “What you don’t measure won’t get done”, and even, “If it didn’t get measured, it didn’t happen”, have become proverbs....
View ArticleCross Functional Teams Critical to Problem Solving
In a recent discussion with a number of folks at a client company, the point was raised that one of their main issues was that problem resolution by one function or department often resulted in a new...
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Preparing for the Cross-Media World: The Future is NOW!
For operations executives and marketers alike, the number one challenge in today’s market is reaching the customer. Customers are clearly in control of the media that they consume. Mobile devices,...
View ArticleWhy should we care so much about data security?
As I regularly share with employees there are two main ways I think about this question. First is being a good corporate citizen and recognize that we have a responsibility to secure the data we are...
View ArticlePart VIII: Social Networking’s Role
Note: This is Part 8 of a 9-Part series based on the book “Business Transformation: A New Path to Profit for the Printing Industry” Social networking is certainly one of my favorite passions. I truly...
View ArticleIncreasing Corporate Value
What is your organization doing to improve its value for the shareholders and stakeholders? Companies in general, and specifically those in the print and communication industry, have been working hard...
View ArticleWhat is the “right” tool for improving business performance?
When to use which one, and the need for flexibility! Every day we hear about tools and programs for improving operating performance. There are many of them, with more versions coming out all the time....
View ArticleWhat’s Your “Critical Turning Point” 1:1 Technology?
It’s hard to believe that I’m finally at the age when I can say, “I remember when. . .” Just like those “old codgers” who used to remember technologies and processes so foreign to me back in the early...
View ArticleWide Ranging Responses to Digital Print Quality: Who’s Right?
Last Friday, I wrote a post on data in “The Digital Print Survey: 2014″ published by WTT / Unisource on the issue of print quality. I cited data that 61% of respondents indicated that quality was...
View ArticleDigital Print Quality Issue: Punch, Counterpunch
I have spent a lot of time over the past several weeks starting and moderating discussions about the output quality of digital print and different perceptions of what can be produced. It has been so...
View ArticleHigh-End Digital Print: What Does It Take to Get It?
What does it take to produce consistently high-quality pieces on a digital press? Not just solid commercial-quality work, but output that consistently meets the most demanding client expectations?...
View ArticleWhat You Need to Know About “S Curves”… No, it’s Not about Baseball
We can all debate about what the most important goal in business should be. It’s always been my opinion that the most important goal is to “create a sustainable competitive advantage”. From that point,...
View ArticleWhy Direct Mail Is Seldom Sorry
What was on the mind of Neil Berman when he wrote about “Our Love Affair With Apology Emails” for a November Email Insider post? Admittedly, the direct mail “oops!” is not unheard of. Dan Kennedy,...
View ArticleIs Data Readability on Your Preflight Checklist?
What does it take to get the data right? It’s more than ensuring that all of the fields are filled in correctly and the data itself is accurate. In addition to all of the technical issues, you also...
View ArticleIt’s more than Print that’s changing
Paper making has changed over the past decades. The industry uses renewable energy more that ever, it has reduced water usage and has increased the use of recovered fiber; forest certification and...
View ArticleMetrics – Results or Drivers
We all know how important metrics are to successful business. The sayings, “What you don’t measure won’t get done”, and even, “If it didn’t get measured, it didn’t happen”, have become proverbs....
View ArticleCross Functional Teams Critical to Problem Solving
In a recent discussion with a number of folks at a client company, the point was raised that one of their main issues was that problem resolution by one function or department often resulted in a new...
View ArticleAchieving Consistent Color Across all your Print Processes
Contributed by: Ed Jansen, Vice President, Professional Services at Canon Solutions America As a print service provider, you want color to remain consistent and repeatable, especially when you use...
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