ADDRESSING NEWSPAPER CHALLENGES
by Ron Sams and Sabine Sirach
Newspapers have more challenges than ever before. pressupdate is manroland's initiative to address the need of today's newspapers publishers to extend the life of their investment and position their enterprise for the future to accommodate potential consolidation
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New Math and the Future of the 40-inch Press
by Al Reijmer & Hal Stratton
The 40" sheetfed press is the mainstay of many pressrooms worldwide. Two industry veterans from manroland take a fresh look at the full size press as the economic engine that powers printing companies. Al Reijmer, VP of Sales and Hal Stratton, Director of Applied Technologies, discuss the key trends in technology, advances in productivity, the press connectivity to the shop's digital workflow, ROI and investment payback. They offer insights into the allocation of investments in the printshop capital plan and how to include the increase in production capability in the printer's strategic plan.
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Making Quality Pay
by Project Management Team, manroland North America
manroland's Director of Quality, Roland Warmuth, explores the systems and framework of a high performance
print quality system. Centered on the press, print quality programs extend upstream into prepress and
downstream into the post-press bindery areas.
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Large Format Sheetfed
by Michael Mugavero, Vice President of Sales
In this White Paper, Michael Mugavero establishes a powerful competitive "value position" for Large Format sheetfed presses. He outlines the "must-have" press features, points out possible roadblocks, and gives tips for cost-effective and productive transitions to this increasingly popular press size.
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Michael Mugavero of manroland talks about wide format technology
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Project Management
by Kai Schuler, Director, Web Project Management
This White Paper generates a discussion on how broadening Project Management's traditional role can generate earlier payback as well as greater long-term bottom line results.
manroland's Kai Schuler examines the key factors that contribute to the "over-promised and under-delivered" printer feelings, and what you should expect from the new role of
project management in today's commercial web projects.
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Kai Schuler of manroland discusses the importance of project management
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Life Cycle Management: A New Profit Center for Pressrooms
by Jon Surch, Vice President, Sheetfed Service Operations
One way for printers to cut costs - while also adding to growth and profits - is by partnering with their vendor for press lifecycle services. New data confirms that an interactive relationship of this type pays significant dividends, not merely in reduced maintenance costs and press downtime savings, but as an income-producing, money-making tool.
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John Surch of manroland talks about Life Cycle Management at their Print Technology Center in Chicago
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Addressing newspaper challenges