Category Archives: Workflow

Glued or Duct Taped Software?

Building a model requires meticulous attention to detail and an abundance of patience. The parts are tiny and have to be assembled in a particular order. Whether building a model car, ship, or train, you glue the pieces together to form a tight bond where one part fuses to the other. Glue gives the right…

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Integrated Print Workflows: Start at the Mirror

A Clearer view of an Integrated Picture Jennifer Matt recently wrote an excellent article titled “Integrated Print Workflows: Overlapping Technologies” (paywall protected) in which she divided the business processes of print into three categories: order entry, operations, and financials. Her premise is that Web-to-Print, MIS, and production workflows are increasingly having feature overlap and challenges…

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Are you Navigating the Streams?

Every business process has input and output streams. An input arrives, labor is applied, and a value added output is fashioned into the new input stream. The graphic arts industry lives on these streams. A customer’s project details are input, an estimator quotes the job, and a quote is returned to the customer. A file…

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