How the Cloud Made Print Automation Affordable
What We Plan to Discuss Today
How to transform the way you do business by automating the print process from order to deliveryHow implementing a SaaS product will improve your productivity without ‘breaking the bank’
Are You Experiencing These Pain Points?
External Forces:Smaller jobs, faster turnaround times challenging existing business processes and profit marginsCustomers wanting 24/7 access and more servicesIncreased competition
Internal Forces:Complexity of print workflow and growing number of W2P solutions have led shops to acquire multiple productsReacting to change has resulted in increased costs and put additional stress upon a shop’s infrastructure
Managing Your Shop
......we feel a holistic view of the entire print workflow, from end-to-end, is necessary to address today’s challenges and in order to streamline today’s workload job automation is necessary
How Will Automation Benefit You?
Fewer touchpoints = more efficient use of resources
Increased throughput
Greater transparency & accountability
Reduces human error, improving consistency & reliability
Improved responsiveness
A greater variety of jobs become profitable (inc. shorter runs)
Provides adaptability & scalability
Existing applications united into a more centralized system
Greater profitability!
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Streamline Order Entry
Multiple Entry Points
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Manage Your Custom Order Workflow
Prepress task queues
Manage assets
Revisions & proofing
Online job approvals
Manage Your Custom Order Workflow
Full job control from one screenBuild jobs and preview impositionIntegrated proofing and approvalsManage job assetsPlan shipments
Manage Your Web Order Workflow
Electronic job submissionAuto Processes:
Preps artwork assetsPreps data for mailingProcess credit card paymentsVerifies jobs are ready and sends them to production
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10,000-foot view of all production
Real-timetracking
Click links to drill-down to get job details
Production Automation
Drill-down by press, status, due date, priority, product…Select jobsand releaseto press
Production Automation
Manual or Auto batchingControl panel gives easy access to status, imposition and job tickets
Auto-Impose Custom Jobs On-The-Fly
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Managing Finishing Tasks
Manage all finishing tasks real time with single viewUse barcodes or key manually to complete jobs
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Integrated Shipping
Multi-part shipments have unique codes for easy assembly
Shipping codes and due dates integrated into job ticketing
Generate shipping labels within PressWise
Third-party billing support
Barcode Job Ticketing
Mail Processing
Optional revenue generating service that is easy to learn and use
Unlimited CASS, DPV, NCOALink and PAVE
Aggregate mail for extra savings
Prepares USPS® postal paperwork and tray tags
Business In The Cloud is becoming common in many
professional channels
…SaaS products deployedthrough cloud services
How Is This Automation Deployed?
The Traditional Approach to Managing Workflow
MIS
MAILING
IMPOSITION
STOREFRONT
SHIPPING
Purchase and maintain separate, disconnected applications that over
time add costs, reduce flexibility
Nowadays You Have Options!Self Hosted Cloud Computing
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Software as a ServiceTraditional Model
Upfront payments
Annual maintenance fee(s)
Responsible for server acquisition & maintenance
Hire or contract out IT staff to connect & maintain applications
OR
Lower implementation costs Faster implementation Faster ROI Lower ongoing IT costs Flexibility/scalability Anytime/anywhere visibility Risk aversion
Managing Print as a Service
WebStorefronts
Estimating
Proofing
Order Management
MailProcessing
Shipping
SalesReps
Print Automation
Accounting
Custom Order Capture
How PressWise Can Help
PressWise offers a single, end-to-end platform with the tools needed to manage a growing business
Available cloud-hosted by SmartSoft or self-hosted
NO long term contracts
Browser-based for instant access, anytime, anywhere
Integrates with most third-party web storefronts, including Pressero, PixFizz, PTI, PageFlex, OPS, PageDNA, Red-Tie, Prisme, Saepio & more
PressWise helps you achieve Profitable Printing through Automation
Smart Shop of the Future
Your customers’ buying habits are changing - what new demands will this bring?
Zero tolerance for inefficiency
Connectivity will drive a new breed of printers
How will your business look 3 to 5 years from now?
Thank You For Your Time
For more information, including White Papers and customer Case Studies, visit:
www.presswise.com www.smartsoftusa.com
To schedule a web demo: Email: [email protected] Call: 888 227-7221