How the Cloud Made Print Automation Affordable. What We Plan to Discuss Today How to transform the...

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

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Prepress task queues

Manage assets

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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


Drill-down by press, status, due date, priority, product…Select jobsand releaseto press


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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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

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