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How Inflation Affects Your Procurement Solutions

Inflation continues to grow and companies are now seeing the rise in cost of many of their procurement solutions. This includes deliveries, procured goods, software contracts, and even the cost of team member retention. Pressure continues to rise for many companies to find the right solutions to help tackle the continuing rise of inflation. Everyone […]
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Q and A: The Problem With General Procurement

What is General Procurement? General procurement is the purchase of finished goods. Right now, the software and systems in place to help facilitate general procurement are not ideally designed for goods that are manufactured, no matter the goods. A specific good to think about are manufactured print goods. There are a lot more elements in printed items over items […]
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How To Avoid Disaster….

Imagine. You placed an order for marketing materials for an upcoming event.  The printer is in the process of producing your order.  Then suddenly their facility catches fire.  Their operation stops cold turkey.  And you are left starting the process of finding a replacement printer.  Worse yet, your artwork, specifications and paper went up in […]
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For Print Marketers, The No-Nonsense Path from the Pandemic is Expert Assistance

Most people—and perhaps marketers most of all—want to be trendy and to sound important. In fact, marketers seem to perpetually be reaching for language that sets their product apart. This effort is perpetual because the effect is temporary—other marketers quickly adopt the new jargon, lest they be perceived as falling behind. A recent New York Times […]
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Don’t Let Supply Chain Problems Hinder Print Marketing

As we begin to enter the economic recovery stage of the pandemic, managing your print marketing supply chain effectively will be critical for reengaging with customers and acquiring new ones. While some businesses and organizations found niches in marketing pandemic-related products or services in the past year, others necessarily scaled back on print marketing to […]
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Highly Regulated Health Insurance Sector Saves Average of 40% on Print Production

Print remains a heavily used channel of communication in the health insurance sector. This is because of the highly regulated, personal and official nature of healthcare information. At the same time, there is always pressure to control cost and maximize efficiency. So how does this business section save on print production? “Health insurance companies rely […]
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Print Procurement Efficiency

Print buyers have competing demands for their time. They juggle multiple priorities and projects, some of which can be quite complex, requiring many decisions and levels of approval. Further, print buyers are responsible for meeting deadlines, budgets, and quality standards. Many try to get it all done by being more efficient. They have the right […]
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Print Procurement in 2020

What’s ahead for print suppliers and procurers in 2020? As usual, reading tea leaves is an inexact undertaking—but it’s useful at this time of year to take stock of the market forces potentially affecting your goals. Analysts foresee continued challenges as well as bright spots for the printing industry in 2020. As a print buyer, […]
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