Production Workflow Workshop

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2 Production Workflow Workshop

3 The Challenges of a Modern Print Room

4 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

5 Printing Run Lengths % of all print runs were <10,000 in volume % of all print runs are likely to be <10, % 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

6 Job Turnaround Time

7 Digital Print Runs

8 The Print Room s Product Mix

9 CRD - Do you offer offset printing?

10 How Does Traditional Printer Adapt? Traditional Work-Force Skill-Sets Knowledge of Ink & Chemistry Typesetting Pre-Press Scanning Plate-Making Press Minder Tradesman - Skilled

11 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

12 What is the Result of this Skill-Set Shift? 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 I m a digital I m a Printer! communications solutions provider! More focus on e-commerce More focus on Customer Consultancy Printers need to be more than just Printers!

13 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

14 How much work do you produce in house?

15 The EFI & Danwood Solution

16 From Analogue Silos Creation & Submission Prepress Prepress to Integrated Digital Processes Press Finishing & Fulfillment Press Customer Engagement Customer Engagement Production Integrated through JDF Finishing Business Expanded Print Offerings Creation Print Shop Management Estimating & Costing Purchasing & Inventory Business Applications Scheduling & Job Control

17 Best of Breed Products from Industry Leaders

18 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

19 A Unique Offering from a Unique Company EFI Xerox Konica Minolta

20 70% 30%

21 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

22 Web to Print

23 How are jobs submitted?

24 Customer Satisfaction

25 Customer Satisfaction

26 Problems without W2P 50/50 how do you grow volume? Job submission without W2P FTP Walk up Litho or Digital Files print ready? Different formats? Multiple Job Bags External suppliers Satellite departments Waste reduction On demand ordering Customer Satisfaction? Interaction? Customer service?

27 Web to Print Demonstration

28 Typical Job Submission Problems File / Job submission Job Ticketing Interaction with External Suppliers Satellite departments? On demand ordering / re-ordering

29 Automated Workflow

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31 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?

32 Typical ROI Calculation 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 , % 1,125 File correction , % 1,125 Imposition and layout % 375 Approval routing % 375 File archive % 225 Image correction , % 1,500 Totals ,725-4,725 Cost Savings Per Week Month Year 4,725 18, ,700 Efficiency Gains Time Saved Average Work Average Revenue Additional Per Week Week (Hours) Per Employee Revenue Opportunity , ,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. SAVINGS X hours per week X in Revenue

33 What issues are caused in job approval?

34 How do users decide the best fit printer? Busy Too Small Just right

35 How do you decide where to send the print?

36 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

37 Automated Workflow Demonstration

38 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?

39 Summary

40 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

41 Conclusion of Frank Romano Research Digital Printing Online Ordering Customer / Company Satisfaction & Cost Savings Automated Workflow

42 70% 30%

43 Thank You Q&A What Else Can We Do To Help?