Driving Profitability in the Right Direction 2007 ING Conference

Driving Profitability in the Right Direction Hardware that Makes Money Color on Every Page Color on Every Page Variable Web Widths Variable Web Widths Specialty folding Specialty folding Bindery Equipment Bindery Equipment Split and Double Out Production Split and Double Out Production

Driving Profitability in the Right Direction Color Anywhere Full color wherever the customer wants it Full color wherever the customer wants it New revenue opportunity for commercial customers New revenue opportunity for commercial customers Easy production planning Easy production planning

Driving Profitability in the Right Direction Variable Web Former Widths between 24” and 36” on a double wide press Widths between 24” and 36” on a double wide press Variety of formats from booklets to oversized tabs Variety of formats from booklets to oversized tabs Self-covers on heavier stocks Self-covers on heavier stocks

Driving Profitability in the Right Direction Specialty Folding In-line Quarter- folding variable webs from 16 to 96 pages In-line Quarter- folding variable webs from 16 to 96 pages Provides many format/size options Provides many format/size options Speeds up to 45,000 Speeds up to 45,000

Driving Profitability in the Right Direction Bindery Equipment Glue quarter-fold products at press speed Glue quarter-fold products at press speed Stitch tabs from 8 to 120 pages Stitch tabs from 8 to 120 pages Trim for a neat finish and to provide image “bleeds” Trim for a neat finish and to provide image “bleeds”

Driving Profitability in the Right Direction Split and Double Out Runs Split – Produce 2 products at once using both folder deliveries Split – Produce 2 products at once using both folder deliveries Double Out- Produce same product on each side of the press running straight and double output Double Out- Produce same product on each side of the press running straight and double output

Driving Profitability in the Right Direction Why Invest? Commercial potential drives new revenue Commercial potential drives new revenue Creative formats for customer specific and target market products drives revenue and saves outsourcing expense Creative formats for customer specific and target market products drives revenue and saves outsourcing expense Efficiencies save money and drive competitive pricing to attract new customers Efficiencies save money and drive competitive pricing to attract new customers

Driving Profitability in the Right Direction On the Wish List…. UV Inking UV Inking Closed loop color Closed loop color Ink jet labeling for direct mail Ink jet labeling for direct mail

Driving Profitability in the Right Direction 2007 ING Conference

Driving Profitability in the Right Direction Print Dashboard Created in 2006 Created in 2006 Winner of 2007 NAA Innovative Operations Award Winner of 2007 NAA Innovative Operations Award Automatic import of press data Automatic import of press data Prepress information Prepress information Customized reporting Customized reporting

Driving Profitability in the Right Direction Data Import Every 3 minutes Every 3 minutes Auto import after a press run Auto import after a press run

Driving Profitability in the Right Direction Press Report Calendar After import After import Accessible by a link on the Intranet Accessible by a link on the Intranet By publication date By publication date

Driving Profitability in the Right Direction Press Report 5 areas of info 5 areas of info press run stats press run stats start & stop information start & stop information all stops all stops drop-ins drop-ins all messages from the press run all messages from the press run

Driving Profitability in the Right Direction Searching Waste Report Search using a number of variables Search using a number of variables

Driving Profitability in the Right Direction Waste Report Extremely valuable Extremely valuable Quoting for in-house and commercial jobs Quoting for in-house and commercial jobs

Driving Profitability in the Right Direction Throughput Another very useful tool for quoting Another very useful tool for quoting

Driving Profitability in the Right Direction Other Features A quick glance at metric ton usage A quick glance at metric ton usage

Driving Profitability in the Right Direction Other Features A quick look at newsprint stats A quick look at newsprint stats

Driving Profitability in the Right Direction Paper Consumption How much did, or will we use? How much did, or will we use?

Driving Profitability in the Right Direction Web Usage What size rolls do we need? What size rolls do we need?

Driving Profitability in the Right Direction Production Summary How did last night’s Prerun & ROP run go? How did last night’s Prerun & ROP run go?

Driving Profitability in the Right Direction Prepress Report Currently filled in manually Currently filled in manually

Driving Profitability in the Right Direction Other Uses Billing commercial jobs Billing commercial jobs Statistics for ABC Statistics for ABC More uses to be added in the future! More uses to be added in the future!

Driving Profitability in the Right Direction What’s next? Packaging Reports Packaging Reports OmniZone inserter MSSQL database OmniZone inserter MSSQL database Currently designing reports by directly accessing this database Currently designing reports by directly accessing this database Certain fields will be filled out manually by Packaging personnel Certain fields will be filled out manually by Packaging personnel Shift information, in-charge, comments, etc. Shift information, in-charge, comments, etc. Flash charts Flash charts And More! And More!