Acquisition

Three Reasons Why Marketing Needs Its Own Supply Chain

If you ask marketing people how their organization sources marketing materials and services you’ll likely get one of two answers. One is “we order them from places that did other work for us.” The other is “we have our procurement department do it for us.” There are good points, and bad, for both of these […]
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eLynxx Solutions to Promote Outreach to Print Buyers Facing Printing Industry Turmoil

After a decade of acquisitions and mergers, the printing industry appears to be in turmoil. eLynxx Solutions is pleased to promote open discussion of print buyers’ concerns through sponsorship of webinars and sharing 40 years of experience in the changing print marketplace. As one of the oldest, continually advancing technologies known to mankind, printing is […]
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Print Industry in Throes of Consolidation

Are you a print buyer with increasing concerns over the loss, or potential loss, of longtime suppliers? If not, you should be. RR Donnelley’s success in stopping Courier Corporation’s previously announced merger with Quad/Graphics and acquiring Courier for itself means a victory for Courier’s investors. But what does it mean for Courier’s clients? Standard Register’s […]
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Change Management – Knocking Down Barriers to Benefit

A company is very much like a complex organism. The workers serve as different organs, each with a specialized function, and the organism as a whole thrives and exudes energy if each organ is healthy. Like every other organism, an organization is part of a great race, competing and fighting to survive and be the […]
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The Marketing Supply Chain Field Guide: Conclusion

If the concept of a supply chain dedicated to the production of marketing materials never crossed your mind before you began following along, don’t worry, you’re not alone. That is exactly why we began The Marketing Supply Chain Field Guide. Now, after twelve installments, it’s time to put the wraps on our exploration of one […]
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The Marketing Supply Chain Field Guide: Part 7 – Procurement Roles

Any organization that produces materials used in marketing is going to have marketers. There is also always some level of executive and financial management. There are some roles that, depending upon the organization, may not be so simply defined. So Who Does the Procurement in the Marketing Supply Chain? In many organizations the function of […]
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