The COVID-19 pandemic and shortages in many areas have led to rocky times
The global supply chain is in danger and we are currently experiencing a crisis in regards to the global supply chain. We discuss in this infographic the steps it took to bring us to our current situation.Company adds managed print services capabilities to its MSP software
Just a couple of weeks ago Tigerpaw released v22.1 of its flagship solution, an update that expanded managed print services (MPS) capabilities to the business management software originally designed for the managed services provider (MSP) community. For my money, this is an important development. The opportunities in whichever direction you look at it from are, in a word, real. That alone was enough to make me want to speak with Tigerpaw’s Trevor Moses, the lead architect on the project.Particularly for students, the method of reading impacts comprehension!
The pandemic has changed so much about how we work, shop, interact with one another, and even how we learn. We discuss here how digital learning has affected students and means to overcome these challenges.Production print and digital transformation central to company’s new Client Engagement Center
Making the Client Engagement Center the centerpiece of this week’s Konica Minolta 2022 Dealer Summit was clearly the right move. Located at the company’s US headquarters in Ramsey, New Jersey, the CEC houses devices Konica Minolta offers in production print, wide format, labels and packaging, as well as digital embellishment. These represent growth areas (industrial print is up 151% year-over-year) and are, obviously, critical for the company as it shifts into high gear with its dealers.An important new insight for all printer, supplies, and paper brands
No one needs to be told that online purchasing increased during the pandemic, but Keypoint Intelligence’s latest Multi-Client Study, A4 Hardware and Supplies in the E-Commerce Channel, looks much deeper at future “stickiness” for many customer groups.The effects of paper-hoarding and other supply related issues are impacting growth for 2022
Imaging Network Group (INg) kicked off its 31st year with the spring meeting in Tucson, AZ.A quick recap of the three-day event
Document Strategy Forum (DSF) took place near Chicago at the Hyatt Regency Rosemont from April 4-6, 2022 and was the organization’s first in-person three-day event since DSF 2019 in Anaheim.The workplace after COVID, vertical market resurgence just two of the topics
In this Interview Insights with Chris Marshall, Commercial Director of Brother International Europe, we discuss Brother’s continuum of solutions in relation to the pandemic.Breaking down consolidation figures in the print industry
Cue COVID. Movement in the channel took a nosedive as 28 acquisitions were closed the year COVID took hold in the US—not surprising given the conservative financial behavior of companies during a pandemic, but perhaps still a surprisingly high amount to some of you. Activity then increased to 35 acquisitions in 2021. During this two-year span, where lockdowns came and went and the urgency of vaccines took root, mega dealers were responsible for 21 transactions, with over 75% of those acquired dealers having annual revenue of less than $5 million.Value-based manufacturing and micro-factories are disrupting the norm
Large quantities of fashion and apparel items that are manufactured are not sold at full retail price. We make too much that does not sell, and the traditional volume-based manufacturing model is broken.
