More Than Just Invoices

packets. These items are sent out to provide information to recipients and show them who their claim specialist will be.

Much like the invoices, the shell for the injured worker packet was produced outside and the in-plant would print the black-and-white content. Coley says the Pinnacol Print Shop produces around 8,000 injured worker packets per month.

Decreasing Inventory

While Coley calls the ability to take on the production of Pinnacol Assurance’s collateral materials a “happy by-product” of obtaining the new press, it has also contributed other benefits. In particular, he explains that by being able to print collateral items as they’re needed, the in-plant doesn’t need to store as many of those items. In the past, he says, he sometimes had to store hundreds of posters.

One of the four employees in the in-plant is in charge of fulfillment, Coley says, and when she notices that the poster supply is running low, she can just make a request for 20 or so more to be produced.

While the press has certainly increased the quality of the items printed in the Pinnacol Print Shop, the ability to cut costs, reduce waste and diminish inventory has made it an even more appreciated member of the team.

“Not only can we [print] professionally in-house,” Coley says. “But we’re saving a lot of money because we’re not ordering in bulk. We’re not wasting material, we are saving a lot and it’s the same professional look that we’d get elsewhere.”