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 delivery How 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 margins Customers wanting 24/7 access and more services Increased competition Internal Forces: Complexity of print workflow and growing number of W2P solutions have led shops to acquire multiple products Reacting 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!

PressWise Digital Workflow

Prepress Cycle Auto Validate PressWise Digital Workflow

Prepress Cycle Auto Validate PressWise Digital Workflow

Prepress Cycle Auto Validate PressWise Digital Workflow

Pickup/ Local Delivery Inventory Prepress Cycle Customer Notifications Accounting Auto Validate PressWise Digital Workflow

Order Capture

Streamline Order Entry Multiple Entry Points Traditional Quote Cycle PressWise Storefronts 3rd Party Storefronts APIs

Prepress Management

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 screen Build jobs and preview imposition Integrated proofing and approvals Manage job assets Plan shipments

Manage Your Web Order Workflow Electronic job submission Auto Processes: Preps artwork assets Preps data for mailing Process credit card payments Verifies jobs are ready and sends them to production

Production Management

Production Automation 10,000-foot view of all production Real-time tracking Click links to drill-down to get job details

Production Automation Drill-down by press, status, due date, priority, product… Select jobs and release to press

Production Automation Manual or Auto batching Control panel gives easy access to status, imposition and job tickets

Auto-Impose Custom Jobs On-The-Fly

Finishing Management

Managing Finishing Tasks Manage all finishing tasks real time with single view Use barcodes or key manually to complete jobs

Shipping and Fulfillment

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, NCOA Link 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 deployed through 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 HostedCloud Computing 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 Lower implementation costs Faster implementation Faster ROI Lower ongoing IT costs Flexibility/scalability Anytime/anywhere visibility Risk aversion

Managing Print as a Service Web Storefronts Estimating Proofing Order Management Mail Processing Shipping Sales Reps 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?

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