Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Save jobs by reducing costs

Looking to Save Jobs by reducing costs?

We consult for Fortune 1000 companies to propose lean solutions to reduce costs and improve productivity for CRM BackOffice operations (Business communications, billing and marketing materials). Our comprehensive overview provides processes to reduce operational waste and recommend the best document supply-chain model.

Why hire Image for Print consultation?

If you use Attorneys, Accountants and Information Technology experts to help your business grow, then you are missing one more component: The Business documentation expert, “Print Consultant”.

FACT: For every $1 dollar you spend on printing you spend $30 to $40 on the administrative costs associated with that printed document. Do you know your real costs to print an Invoice or Purchase Order?

Workflow analysis is an important factor to your bottom line as is the cost of the printing. Why concentrate solely on reducing printing costs when you can reduce your overall workflow costs.

We successfully reduce our client’s overall costs by:

· Reducing Inventory and Warehousing costs

· Integrating Technology into their Workflow and Business Communications

· Implementing Print-on-Demand Technology

· Lowering Distribution & Fulfillment Costs

· Reduction in Information Obsolescence and input errors

· Eliminating unnecessary forms and procedures

· Increasing Marketing and Sales Response

· Maintaining Graphic Standards, Brand Identity and Brand Management

Image Printing Solutions is ONLY rewarded when you are successful at reducing costs and increasing productivity.

Whether you are a Fortune 1000 or want to become one, Image Printing Solutions is the “Print Consultant” company dedicated to implementing lean growth ideas and saving money.

Call for a consultation. Our 25 years of experience will be an asset for success.

Jim Gross 714.624.4061

jgross@imgps.com

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

RFiD for Ski Resorts: The RFid Lift Tickets

We recently consulted with a ticket manufacturer and ski resort on the pros and cons of using RFiD lift tickets. European ski resorts commonly use this type of system with great success. The pros definitely outweighed the cons. RFiD has helped resorts streamline operations with faster orderly lines with less manpower verifying daily tickets. Customers commented they found that lift line operaters invaded personal space by touching tickets and ski staff agreed that with RFiD tickets the skiers do not have to hunt for tickets with layering during weather changes. Season Ticket holders especially enjoy them because their RFiD ticket is encoded onto a plastic card that can just fit inside their pocket or on a lanyard. Verifiying photographs is often difficult with hoods, goggles and scarfs. Other than the cost increasing about 25 cents to 30 cents more per ticket, the only other downside was confirming tickets or passes could not be easily transferred to other users.

The most interesting development was on the operational and marketing aspects of RFiD. By placing fixed postion readers placed on the ski lifts and the lodges, operations could determine by usage on which lifts had high and low usages based on time, season and weather conditions. Engineering could determine when the best times to perform routine maintainance procedures and capital investment decisions in the off season from real usage results. Operations could use information for safety and construction issues on overly conjested areas

Marketing could gather the same usage information from results on which ski runs were most used to highlight those areas in marketing materials. Lodge information gathered can assist with vendor rental locations of high traffic areas and for advertisment placement.

RFiD ticketing can lead to increased revenue and better decision making based on client tracking.

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Need to manage your Marketing Materials and Graphics with web-to-print format?

Marketing develops ideas to create marketing materials with the purpose to increase sales and brand recognition and persuade potential customers to purchase with recall to your brand.

How companies produce, distribute and manage these items is Marketing Supply Chain. 45% of a marketing budget is on the conceptual ideas and product cost; the other 55% is spent on the ordering, fulfillment, mailing and freight.

Digital Asset Management is the strength of Image with our SupplyPrint web-based service gives you an easy and manageable ordering process for all your marketing materials and content.


Approved marketing collateral is easily managed and ordered in a web to print format by your company users then shipped anywhere.

Variable imaging, variable data printing (VDP), PURL’s and direct mail are just an easy click to all your marketing collateral. Brand management and our SupplyPrint application is an affordable web to print solution to converge with your branded images into low cost printed works of art.

· Integrating Technology into manageable Workflow

· Implementing Print-on-Demand Technology

· Lowering Distribution & Fulfillment Costs

· Web-to-print applications with virtual marketing resource centers (vMRC)

· Increasing Marketing and Sales Response

· Maintaining Graphic Standards and Brand Identity

Streamline your marketing department. We can show you example we have completed for Fortune 1000 companies. Visit www.supplyprint.com for more information or schedule a web demo.

Saturday, May 30, 2009

Welcome To Printing Fulfillment Blog by SupplyPrint

Welcome to the official SupplyPrint blog! This blog will receive printing fulfillment updates on a regular basis to keep our customers informed of new services and to introduce our services to prospective clients.

SupplyPrint is a dynamic online marketing supply chain solution with complete print fulfillment features. We make it easy for businesses to manage and order their digital media. Examples of this are:

  • Business Documents
  • Business Cards
  • Catalogs
  • Apparel
  • Training Manuals

We also offer media management services allowing businesses to store various types of media electronically. When it comes to uniform fulfillment SupplyPrint has got you covered. Our clients store the following types of files electronically.

  • PDF's
  • Movie Files
  • Photographs
  • Graphics
  • Customized Templates

In addition to these first two services SupplyPrint also acts as print consultants and a marketing supply chain. Through SupplyPrint you can offer your customers a retail style web store complete with secure ordering and the ability to track orders. SupplyPrint functions as a Application Service Provider in order to help other companies cut costs by automating the printing and marketing processes. Be it electronic storage, print fulfillment, uniform fulfillment, labels, tickets, or even tags, SupplyPrint has got you covered.

If you'd like to learn more about what it is that SupplyPrint does please visit our marketing supply chain website. You may also contact us directly to have any questions you might have answered.