Production Workflow Workshop

The Challenges of a Modern Print Room

The Studies   Corporate Reprographics Trends and

Opportunities   Frank Romano & team of Graduates   Interviewed 600+ In-Plant / CRD Managers, Print Buyers   Focused on European Market

  Digital Printing Directions   Rochester Institute of Technology School of Print Media   Frank Romano & team of Graduates   Report commissioned by Canon Europe

Printing Run Lengths   2000 - 62% of all print runs were <10,000 in volume

  2010 - 70% of all print runs are likely to be <10,000

  2020 - 75% of all print runs are expected to be <10,000

  If these were A4 Sheets Production time is ~4hr

  Turnaround time is Key

  Efficiency is Paramount

Job Turnaround Time

Digital Print Runs

The Print Room’s Product Mix

CRD - Do you offer offset printing?

How Does Traditional Printer Adapt?   Traditional Work-Force Skill-Sets

  Knowledge of Ink & Chemistry   Typesetting   Pre-Press   Scanning   Plate-Making   Press Minder   Tradesman - Skilled

How Does Traditional Printer Adapt?   Digital Work-Force Skill-Sets

  Graphic Design   Web Design   Cross-Media Knowledge   Database Management   Variable Data Acceptance   IT / Networking Skills   Marketing Know-How   “Jack of all Trades”

What is the Result of this Skill-Set Shift?

I’m a Printer! I’m a digital communications

solutions provider!

  Skilled trades-people retiring & not being replaced – like for like

  Make-Ready needs to be easier

  Printing process needs to be easier – even for digital jobs

  More focus on e-Commerce

  More focus on Customer Consultancy

  Printers need to be more than just Printers!

Where Does This Leave Print - Summary   Print is reducing at the high volume end

  CRDs have to turn jobs around more quickly – Digital is not enough   Old technology will become even more redundant & unfit for the job

  Margins are still being eroded, so printers have to produce MORE jobs for the SAME return

  In order to become more cost effective “Make-Ready” times have to be shorter and more efficient – even for digital work

  It has to be easier for a client to interact with his print supplier   Customers demand more from their Printer

  Marketing Support   Consultative Account Management – NOT Order Takers!   Cross Media and VDP Campaigns crucial to drive print volume   Ability to use e-Commerce to make their lives easier

How much work do you produce in house?

The EFI & Danwood Solution

Prepress

Finishing

Business Applications

Creation

Press

Customer Engagement

From Analogue “Silos”…

to Integrated Digital Processes

Production

Business Customer

Engagement

Press

Scheduling & Job Control

Purchasing & Inventory

Finishing & Fulfillment

Prepress

Estimating & Costing

Print Shop Management

Expanded Print Offerings

Integrated through JDF

Creation & Submission

Best of Breed Products from Industry Leaders

A Cohesive Front End Solution   Familiar Fiery Front End

  Market Leading Technology

  Visual CWS5 Interface

  No Learning Curve

  Synergy between OEMs

  Drag & Drop Functionality   From KM to KM   From KM to Xerox   KM & Xerox to Canon, Ricoh & Océ

Konica Minolta

EFI Xerox

A Unique Offering from a Unique Company

30% 70%

EFI Workflow Solutions

Creation & Submission EFI Digital StoreFront

Print Shop Management Fiery Central

EFI MIS Solutions

Production Management EFI Fiery Central

EFI Command WorkStation 5

Web to Print

How are jobs submitted?

Customer Satisfaction

Customer Satisfaction

Problems without W2P   50/50 how do you grow

volume?

  Job submission without W2P   FTP   Email   Walk up   Litho or Digital   Files print ready?   Different formats?

  Customer Satisfaction?   Interaction?   Customer service?

  Multiple Job Bags

  External suppliers

  Satellite departments

  Waste reduction

  On demand ordering

Web to Print

Demonstration

Typical Job Submission Problems   File / Job submission

  Job Ticketing   Interaction with External Suppliers

  Satellite departments?   On demand ordering / re-ordering

Automated Workflow

Typical Job Tasks   File Preflight

  How do you ensure a file is good to print?

  File Correction   If it needs correcting – how do you do this?

  Imposition / Layout   Who decides the best most cost effective way to submit the job?

  Image Correction   Once printed, how do we ensure the best output quality?

  Approval Routing   How do you get approval for the job – is this recorded?

  File Archive   How do you then store the job for future reprints?

Typical ROI Calculation

SAVINGS X hours per week

£X in Revenue

Cost Savings Completion Number of Total Hours Burdened Potential Adoption Realized

Task Time (minutes) Tasks/Week On Task Hourly Cost Savings Rate Savings File preflight 15 100 25.00 £45 £1,125 100% £1,125 File correction 15 100 25.00 £45 £1,125 100% £1,125 Imposition and layout 5 100 8.33 £45 £375 100% £375 Approval routing 5 100 8.33 £45 £375 100% £375 File archive 3 100 5.00 £45 £225 100% £225 Image correction 20 100 33.33 £45 £1,500 100% £1,500 Totals - - 105.00 - £4,725 - £4,725 Cost Savings Per Week Month Year

£4,725 £18,900 £245,700

Efficiency Gains Time Saved Average Work Average Revenue Additional Per Week Week (Hours) Per Employee Revenue Opportunity

105.00 40 £60,000 £157,500

Yellow Boxes are for customer entry of current print shop data. For additional instructions or explanations of the formulas, please see the Instructions tab.

What issues are caused in job approval?

How do users decide the “best fit” printer?

Busy

Too Small

Just right

How do you decide where to send the print?

Problems without Automated Workflow   50/50 how do you grow volume?

  Job submission without Workflow   Fonts   Spot Colours   Image resolution   Overprints   Imposition   Proofing / Approval

  Production Management   Job Routing   Load Balancing

Automated Workflow

Demonstration

Typical Workflow Job Tasks   File Preflight

  How do you ensure a file is good to print?

  File Correction   If it needs correcting – how do you do this?

  Imposition / Layout   Who decides the best most cost effective way to submit the job?

  Image Correction   Once printed, how do we ensure the best output quality?

  Approval Routing   How do you get approval for the job – is this recorded?

  File Archive   How do you then store the job for future reprints?

Summary

What does automation mean for your CRD?

Reduce Learning Curves

Maximise Productivity

Eliminate waste

Reduce Make-Ready time

Automate Repetitive

Tasks

Utilise Print Room investment

Conclusion of Frank Romano Research

Online Ordering

Automated Workflow

Customer / Company

Satisfaction & Cost Savings

Digital Printing

30% 70%

Thank You – Q&A

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