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How the Cloud Made Print Automation Affordable
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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’
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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
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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
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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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PressWise Digital Workflow
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Prepress Cycle Auto Validate PressWise Digital Workflow
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Prepress Cycle Auto Validate PressWise Digital Workflow
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Prepress Cycle Auto Validate PressWise Digital Workflow
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Pickup/ Local Delivery Inventory Prepress Cycle Customer Notifications Accounting Auto Validate PressWise Digital Workflow
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Order Capture
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Streamline Order Entry Multiple Entry Points Traditional Quote Cycle PressWise Storefronts 3rd Party Storefronts APIs
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Prepress Management
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Manage Your Custom Order Workflow Prepress task queues Manage assets Revisions & proofing Online job approvals
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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
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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
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Production Management
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Production Automation 10,000-foot view of all production Real-time tracking Click links to drill-down to get job details
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Production Automation Drill-down by press, status, due date, priority, product… Select jobs and release to press
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Production Automation Manual or Auto batching Control panel gives easy access to status, imposition and job tickets
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Auto-Impose Custom Jobs On-The-Fly
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Finishing Management
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Managing Finishing Tasks Manage all finishing tasks real time with single view Use barcodes or key manually to complete jobs
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Shipping and Fulfillment
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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
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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
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Business In The Cloud is becoming common in many professional channels …SaaS products deployed through cloud services How Is This Automation Deployed?
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The Traditional Approach to Managing Workflow MIS MAILING IMPOSITION STOREFRONT SHIPPING Purchase and maintain separate, disconnected applications that over time add costs, reduce flexibility
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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
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Managing Print as a Service Web Storefronts Estimating Proofing Order Management Mail Processing Shipping Sales Reps Print Automation Accounting Custom Order Capture
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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
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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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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: sales@presswise.com Call: 888 227-7221
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