To PBO and PCPI Members, and the Print Industry Community-at-large,
We’ve heard many of you express how much things have changed
in our industry over the last few years, but that the tools needed to do our
jobs have not. By combining forces with revshop, inc., our mission is to
reinvent print buying, and develop new solutions to help members manage their
print projects more effectively. Here are some of the challenges we know you’re
facing:
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How complex the process of designing, configuring, finding the best price,
& managing a job can be
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Collaboration is key to a projects’ success but the process of managing a
project, along with the associated tools, don’t always offer a fluid and
collaborative workflow
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Print project process is fluid and ever-changing, systems are not
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It’s difficult getting a real-time price, and to immediately see price
changes when quantity & specifications shift
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Spending too much time managing jobs, not enough time using your knowledge
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From a staffing perspective, print buying is not an attractive vocation
for new employees and the retirement of traditional print buyers has caused a
knowledge drain
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Print buying has traditionally focused on the print supplier’s workflow.
Solutions have not been developed to reengineer the process for customer
efficiencies
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Even seasoned print buyers use antiquated methods, such as email and Excel
spreadsheets, to collect job pricing and performance data, which makes
continual improvement more difficult to achieve
Well, we’re listening, and we’re working on creating a
revolutionary new web-based platform to help the print community:
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Get instant and reliable pricing based on the right production equipment
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Collaborate with creative, marketing and production team members to be
more efficient
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Manage maverick print buyers in your organization and control quality
expectations
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Spend time using your hard-won expertise instead of managing menial tasks
We’re looking forward to sharing more on this new platform
as we prepare to launch. We’re excited to bring change and reinvention to our
community, and happy we can experience these changes together.
Best,
Mark Alioto
CEO
malioto@revshop.com
855-326-2677 x 702