Business Management - Industry Trends

With its flexibility and its ability to produce small batches, digital printing is transforming book publishing, direct mail, product packaging, and even the garment industry. But will publishers use data-driven printing to customize ads and editorial and create fully personalized magazines for readers? Sort of.

Laura Lockett has worked at Sacramento State’s in-plant for 33 years, rising through the ranks and steadily fine-tuning the operation.

Hear from experts about the technical development of AI to unlock the true potential for printers.

At the Functional and Industrial Printing Luncheon during PRINTING United, Erik Skie, principal of CliftonLarsonAllen LLP, will show attendees how sales, operations, and finance can work together to unlock opportunities for growth, and present a strategic approach to profitability and performance.

At June's In-plant Printing and Mailing Association conference, leadership speaker Pete Smith urged in-plant managers to lead a life of significance and presented six pillars on which to build it.

In-plants that manage both print and mail say it streamlines their workflow, saves money and enhances their value. A new IPI research report examines the mailing services in-plants offer, the technologies they are installing, how they charge back for mail services, and more.

We’ll discuss new market dynamics and key considerations to take into account when investigating the migration into new products.

The Graphics Imaging-Sublimation and Screen Printing Technology competition evaluated 103 students in hands-on, technical trades. SGIA and its members coordinated, judged, and provided $75,000 in prizes and stipends.

Readers were interested in a range of topics last month, from wide-format to conference coverage, but the subject that outdistanced them all was outsourcing.

The Konica Minolta User Community Prokom Conference 2019 focused on structural changes facing the printing industry, and the traits that are required of companies to evolve and adapt in order to lead the industry forward.