Setting Up An E-Print Program

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Setting Up An E-Print Program

• BFMA
• March 22, 2001

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What Is An E-Print Program?

• Electronic Printing has Many Aspects.
• Desk top printing
• Distribute then print
• Network printing
• Production printing
• Production publishing (i.e. Docutech)
• Common need is managing digital files

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Why Should You Do It?

• Saves money
• Saves time
• Better customer service
• More flexible print capability
• Flexible marketing
• Takes advantage of the Internet

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What Are The Desired Outcomes?

• Cost
• inventory reduction
• obsolescence reduction
• freight reduction
• Service
• faster availability
• always the latest edition
• more reliable

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What Are The Desired Outcomes?

• More Revenue
• help your salespeople sell more
• one-to-one marketing
• faster time to market

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What Does It take?

• Start with an enterprise strategy
• Set clear, measurable objectives
• Dont force it - take what you can get
• Work towards end-to-end capability
• Technology? - not a lot
• Change management

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Think Future - Act Present

• Organize your data for planning
• Innovation - share resources peer-to-peer
• Build a digital asset management system
• Convert existing documents
• Sell digital color
• Become a knowledge leader in digital

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Getting Started

• Define specifications for digital
• Review existing forms
• Work with form owners and users
• Get IT involved early
• Survey users on potential candidates
• Be a change agent
• remember-print is not the enemy

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How To Use The Internet

• Understand how printing on the Internet works
• Standardize on PDF
• Use e-mail for distribution
• Build a catalog for the Intranet
• Find print partners

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Some Examples

• webprint.com
• kinkonet
• iprint.com