Laurie Carr and Julie Mavis, co-owners of Cats Media (Toronto and Port Hope, Ontario), restructure a small family printing business into a marketing services provider and become role models for the U.S.-based National Association of Quick Printers (NAQP) and Canadian Kwik Kopy franchisees
Loyalty between founding family members, staff, and clients has propelled Simpson Screen Print and Lithography Ltd. of Bloomingdale, Ontario, through the most challenging year in the company's history to achieve record success
Keywords: Andy Warhol, banners, Carla Johanns, David Johanns, death of a colleague, decals, Dick Kouwenhoven, digital printing, Dutch-Canadians, family businesses, fine-art prints, flyers, fulfillment, Graficaza, Hemlock Printers, Henri Matisse, Holland, HP Indigo, inkjet printing, Joan Miro, Ken Danby, kitting, Komori Lithrone, labels, large-format signage, limited-edition prints, lithography, Marc Chagall, Martin Johanns, Martyn Johanns, metallic finishes, Michel Caza, Pablo Picasso, point-of-purchase displays, PrintAction, Salvador Dali, Sam Mueller, scratch-and-win tickets, screen presses, screen printing, serigraphs, SGIA, silkscreen printing, Simpson Screen Print & Lithography Ltd., Specialty Graphic Imaging Association, substrates, succession planning, The Netherlands, UV digital flatbed presses, UV inks, workplace bereavement, workplace mourning
This document provides an overview of the letterpress printing process and discusses how two Toronto printing companies, Flash Reproductions and Anstey Book Binding, have maintained letterpress departments despite the decline of letterpress in commercial printing. Both companies find that letterpress allows them to produce high-quality, specialized work and that there is a growing interest in letterpress among younger designers and consumers interested in craftsmanship. The document also profiles a book artist, George Walker, who continues to use letterpress in his studio.
1) ICAT Logistics is an agency-based freight forwarding company that is celebrating its 20th anniversary. It focuses on supporting the growth of its agency partners.
2) ICAT prioritizes helping its agency partners succeed by providing support, guidance, and referrals. It aims to be the #1 agency-based freight forwarder in the US.
3) ICAT has experienced steady growth over 20 years. It typically adds 2+ new offices annually and recently expanded into Latin America and Europe. ICAT's success is tied to the success of its agency partners.
This document summarizes a podcast discussing how business networks are emerging as important platforms for commerce. Key points:
- Business networks are virtual assemblages of business services, processes, and data that allow companies to efficiently engage customers, suppliers, and partners in new ways.
- Technologies like cloud, mobile, and data-driven processes are accelerating the impact of these networks by reducing costs and enabling open participation.
- Successful networks have open architectures that allow third parties to build on them, as well as clear governance rules around participation and profit-sharing.
- As networks grow in scale and interconnect companies, they unlock new data insights and opportunities for automated processes and new business models between organizations.
Rafael Peñuela Torres, CEO of Manroland Sheetfed, discusses restructuring, the state of the printing market, modern machine manufacturing and the road ahead
Keywords: 2008 economic crisis, 2008 financial crisis, automation, book printing, business cards, chief executive officers, commercial printers, commercial printers in China India and Latin America, commercial printers in North America, commercial printers in Western economies, competition from electronic media, corporate culture, cost control, cost per copy, cross training, customer satisfaction, customer service, digital printing, DirectDrive, German companies, German factories, German labour force, German labour laws, increasing automation, in-line foilers, insolvency, Langley Holdings PLC, machine manufacturing, makeready, makeready time, Manroland Sheetfed GmbH, network management systems, niche market, Offenbach, perfector presses, plate changing, press operators, printing business models, printing equipment market, printing plates, press speed, Printnet, quicker response times, Rafael Penuela Torres, reduced workforces, research and development, restructuring, retrofits, senior executives, sheetfed skilled labour shortage, offset presses, Tony Langley, unions, unique value proposition, UV printing, upgrades, Web-to-print
Subtitle: Measures to protect your business from a rash of employee fraud hitting the printing industry
Description: After a series of high-profile fraud cases in North American printing, two forensic accountants and a police detective share low-cost methods for protecting your business
Keywords: accountants, ACFE, Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, billing fraud, changes in staff’s behaviour, changes in staff’s financial circumstances, cheque fraud, consumption of supplies, civil lawsuits to recover stolen proceeds, David Malamed, Deloitte LLP, Detective Constable Keith Nakahara, bookkeepers, employee fraud, due diligence in fraud prevention, duplicate expense claims, duplicate cheques, duplicate paycheques, expense fraud, false expense claims, falsified documents, fictional employees, filing a fraud complaint, forensic accountants, forgery, fraud accusations, fraud awareness training, fraud convictions, fraud experts, fraud identification, fraud insurance, fraud investigation, fraud prevention, fraud protection, fraud risk assessments, fraud statistics, fraudulent employee expense claims, fraudulent invoices, Grant Thornton LLP, Halton Regional Police Service Fraud Unit (Commercial Team), human resources management, payroll fraud, hiring accounting personnel, hiring payroll personnel, police criminal background checks, Positive Pay programs, pre-employment contracts, PrintAction, printing companies, printing industry, procurement, red flags, reference checks, reviewing bank statements, Robert Fowlie, separation of duties, spontaneous utterances, staff supervision, unauthorized cheques, Victoria Gaitskell, whistleblower programs, year-end financial reporting
Gala Gutenberg: Celebrating Quebec's Best and Brightest. Report on the organizers and 2010 winners of Quebec's most prestigious awards for printing excellence
Loyalty between founding family members, staff, and clients has propelled Simpson Screen Print and Lithography Ltd. of Bloomingdale, Ontario, through the most challenging year in the company's history to achieve record success
Keywords: Andy Warhol, banners, Carla Johanns, David Johanns, death of a colleague, decals, Dick Kouwenhoven, digital printing, Dutch-Canadians, family businesses, fine-art prints, flyers, fulfillment, Graficaza, Hemlock Printers, Henri Matisse, Holland, HP Indigo, inkjet printing, Joan Miro, Ken Danby, kitting, Komori Lithrone, labels, large-format signage, limited-edition prints, lithography, Marc Chagall, Martin Johanns, Martyn Johanns, metallic finishes, Michel Caza, Pablo Picasso, point-of-purchase displays, PrintAction, Salvador Dali, Sam Mueller, scratch-and-win tickets, screen presses, screen printing, serigraphs, SGIA, silkscreen printing, Simpson Screen Print & Lithography Ltd., Specialty Graphic Imaging Association, substrates, succession planning, The Netherlands, UV digital flatbed presses, UV inks, workplace bereavement, workplace mourning
This document provides an overview of the letterpress printing process and discusses how two Toronto printing companies, Flash Reproductions and Anstey Book Binding, have maintained letterpress departments despite the decline of letterpress in commercial printing. Both companies find that letterpress allows them to produce high-quality, specialized work and that there is a growing interest in letterpress among younger designers and consumers interested in craftsmanship. The document also profiles a book artist, George Walker, who continues to use letterpress in his studio.
1) ICAT Logistics is an agency-based freight forwarding company that is celebrating its 20th anniversary. It focuses on supporting the growth of its agency partners.
2) ICAT prioritizes helping its agency partners succeed by providing support, guidance, and referrals. It aims to be the #1 agency-based freight forwarder in the US.
3) ICAT has experienced steady growth over 20 years. It typically adds 2+ new offices annually and recently expanded into Latin America and Europe. ICAT's success is tied to the success of its agency partners.
This document summarizes a podcast discussing how business networks are emerging as important platforms for commerce. Key points:
- Business networks are virtual assemblages of business services, processes, and data that allow companies to efficiently engage customers, suppliers, and partners in new ways.
- Technologies like cloud, mobile, and data-driven processes are accelerating the impact of these networks by reducing costs and enabling open participation.
- Successful networks have open architectures that allow third parties to build on them, as well as clear governance rules around participation and profit-sharing.
- As networks grow in scale and interconnect companies, they unlock new data insights and opportunities for automated processes and new business models between organizations.
Rafael Peñuela Torres, CEO of Manroland Sheetfed, discusses restructuring, the state of the printing market, modern machine manufacturing and the road ahead
Keywords: 2008 economic crisis, 2008 financial crisis, automation, book printing, business cards, chief executive officers, commercial printers, commercial printers in China India and Latin America, commercial printers in North America, commercial printers in Western economies, competition from electronic media, corporate culture, cost control, cost per copy, cross training, customer satisfaction, customer service, digital printing, DirectDrive, German companies, German factories, German labour force, German labour laws, increasing automation, in-line foilers, insolvency, Langley Holdings PLC, machine manufacturing, makeready, makeready time, Manroland Sheetfed GmbH, network management systems, niche market, Offenbach, perfector presses, plate changing, press operators, printing business models, printing equipment market, printing plates, press speed, Printnet, quicker response times, Rafael Penuela Torres, reduced workforces, research and development, restructuring, retrofits, senior executives, sheetfed skilled labour shortage, offset presses, Tony Langley, unions, unique value proposition, UV printing, upgrades, Web-to-print
Subtitle: Measures to protect your business from a rash of employee fraud hitting the printing industry
Description: After a series of high-profile fraud cases in North American printing, two forensic accountants and a police detective share low-cost methods for protecting your business
Keywords: accountants, ACFE, Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, billing fraud, changes in staff’s behaviour, changes in staff’s financial circumstances, cheque fraud, consumption of supplies, civil lawsuits to recover stolen proceeds, David Malamed, Deloitte LLP, Detective Constable Keith Nakahara, bookkeepers, employee fraud, due diligence in fraud prevention, duplicate expense claims, duplicate cheques, duplicate paycheques, expense fraud, false expense claims, falsified documents, fictional employees, filing a fraud complaint, forensic accountants, forgery, fraud accusations, fraud awareness training, fraud convictions, fraud experts, fraud identification, fraud insurance, fraud investigation, fraud prevention, fraud protection, fraud risk assessments, fraud statistics, fraudulent employee expense claims, fraudulent invoices, Grant Thornton LLP, Halton Regional Police Service Fraud Unit (Commercial Team), human resources management, payroll fraud, hiring accounting personnel, hiring payroll personnel, police criminal background checks, Positive Pay programs, pre-employment contracts, PrintAction, printing companies, printing industry, procurement, red flags, reference checks, reviewing bank statements, Robert Fowlie, separation of duties, spontaneous utterances, staff supervision, unauthorized cheques, Victoria Gaitskell, whistleblower programs, year-end financial reporting
Gala Gutenberg: Celebrating Quebec's Best and Brightest. Report on the organizers and 2010 winners of Quebec's most prestigious awards for printing excellence
The growth of digital technologies is now starting to make a major impact on the textiles sector, where new business models are opening up a world of possibilities
Keywords: accessories, acid dye, backdrops, banners, Barack Obama, Basso & Brooke, blogs, business opportunities, Canadian fashion, Canadian manufacturing, Canadian Textile Industries Association, Como region, cotton, cotton fabric, CTIA, DesignYourFabric.com, digital fabric printing, digital fabrics, digital output technology, digital technology, digital inkjet technology, digital textile market, digital textile printing, Digital Textile Printing Market Overview, digital textiles, dirt repellent, disperse dye, drapes, DTP, Dupont Artistri, dye sublimation printing, environmental conservation, environmental factors, environmental impact, e-commerce, fabric signs, fabric softener, family businesses, fashion, fashion in Canada, First Lady Michelle Obama, Europe, fashion, FESPA, FESPA Digital Textile Conference, H&M, household linens, InfoTrends, inkjet, inkjet printing, interior design, interior décor, ITMA, James Hanlon, John Hawke, Justin Trudeau, large format printing, laser cutting, linen, linen fabric, Lucian Matis, major fashion brands, Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute, Michael Hawke, Michelle Obama, Michelle Obama’s clothes, Michelle Obama fashion, Milan, NASCAR Hall of Fame, natural fibre blends, natural fibres, Neil Felton, new business opportunities, North American textile manufacturing, North American textile production, North American textiles, novelty items, nylon-based fabric, nylon fabric, pigment dye, pillows, political wives, positive environmental impact, President Barack Obama, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, PrintAction, printed tents, print heads, reactive dye, Ron Gilboa, rotary screen printing, scarves, screen printing, signs, silk, silk fabric, soft signage, Sophie Gregoire Trudeau, Sophie Gregoire Trudeau’s clothes, Sophie Gregoire Trudea fashion, substrates, supply chain consideration, synthetic fabrics, technology maturity, textile decorating, textile dyes, textile manufacturing, theatre backdrops, The Emerson Group, trade show displays, upholstery, Victoria Gaitskell, vinyl, vinyl signs, viscose, viscose fabric, washing systems, water based dyes, White House, Zara
La presentación electrónica es un programa que permite crear presentaciones multimedia con diapositivas. El documento explica los conceptos básicos de las presentaciones como diapositivas, estilos y animaciones. También describe las herramientas para editar diapositivas e insertar objetos como texto, imágenes y dibujos. Finalmente, detalla las funciones para dar formato a los objetos y corregir la presentación.
The document summarizes an interview with Joe Carrelas, the print shop manager at University Health Network (UHN) in Toronto. It discusses the challenges of consolidating printing operations during mergers of hospitals into UHN. It describes Carrelas managing over 2,000 forms and transitioning to online ordering, which increased revenue and volume. It highlights maintaining quality and turnaround times to remain a valuable service for the hospitals' medical advancements.
Canada's most powerful editors discuss print's future position relative to on-line news sources
Keywords: 2008 economic crisis, 2008 financial crisis, advertising revenues, Canadian Journalism Foundation, Canadian newspapers, Charlotte Empey, CJF, community newspapers, custom content, daily newspapers, digital media, future of newspapers, Google, Gutenberg's Last Stand: Reinventing the Modern Newspaper, Internet news, John Stackhouse, journalism, Lou Clancy, Metro English Canada, Metro News, Michael Cooke, National Post, news audiences, news consumption statistics, newspaper advertising, newspaper delivery, newspaper editors, newspaper readers, newspaper reader demographics, newspaper reader statistics, Newsweek, pay-walls, paywalls, printed newspapers, Postmedia News, radio newscasts, Scott White, search engine optimization, SEO, television newscasts, The Canadian Press, The Globe and Mail, The New York Times, Toronto Star, Twitter, Victoria Gaitskell
Walmart hosted its fifth annual Sustainable Packaging Conference at PackEx, Canada's largest packaging tradeshow. Walmart emphasized its commitment to environmental sustainability and sharing sustainability information with others. Walmart President David Cheesewright outlined Walmart's sustainability practices, including its My Sustainability Plan program where employees commit to sustainable actions in their daily lives. Cheesewright encouraged other businesses to implement similar employee engagement programs and participate in sustainability resources on ShareGreen.ca.
Transcontinental Printing launched a new eBook Solution in partnership with De Marque at BookExpo America. The solution allows publishers to upload content once in an ePub format, which is then converted to print-ready PDFs and distributed through the partners' digital platforms to numerous retail channels. The solution provides flexibility for publishers in areas like customizing sales reports, billing, pricing strategies, and accessing international markets. It was seen as addressing the need for publishers to plan and monetize content across multiple channels. The partnership between Transcontinental and De Marque on the eBook Solution was highlighted as an innovative response to changes in the publishing industry.
This document discusses the core elements of digital citizenship. It outlines nine elements of digital citizenship according to Ribble (2011): digital access, digital commerce, digital communication, digital literacy, digital etiquette, digital law, digital rights and responsibilities, digital health and wellness, and digital security. It also discusses five fluencies that are important for digital citizens according to Crockett, Jukes and Churches (2011): information fluency, media fluency, collaboration fluency, creativity fluency, and solution fluency. Developing these skills will help people adapt to rapid technological changes and new learning and working environments in the digital world.
Can Your Package Really Be Recycled Or Composted? | PrintActionVictoria Gaitskell
The document summarizes operations at the Peel Integrated Waste Management Facility, the largest waste and recycling plant in Canada. It processes 130,000 tonnes of recyclables annually from Blue Box collections for Peel Region. The facility has expanded what plastics it will accept, including rigid plastic packaging. This will capture an additional 1,600-2,100 tonnes of plastic annually. However, some packaging poses challenges as it may not be recyclable or compostable due to material combinations or size. Staff urge package designers to consider full lifecycles and whether materials can actually be handled by local waste systems.
The document discusses the digital divide, which refers to the gap between those who have access to computers and the Internet, and those who do not. The digital divide is related to three types of capital: social, knowledge, and human. Lack of digital access prevents the development of social networks and communication, access to online education, and the ability to enhance skills. Potential solutions proposed include providing free Internet access in public places and schools, as well as subsidized broadband and devices for low-income households.
Karraker, Strand and emerging companiesGregKarraker
We have worked for companies as large as Dell, Intel, and Microsoft, but there’s a special satisfaction that comes from helping startups move up a level or two.
Father and son Aaron and Wayne Sawchuk started data center firm ColoSpace in 2001 to provide IT infrastructure services to small and medium businesses. ColoSpace operates four data center facilities that house computer systems and provide reliable storage and access to corporate customers. While other data center firms focused only on dot-com companies, ColoSpace focused on traditional businesses and provides superior customer service. Aaron and Wayne have been successful due to their complementary skills and perspectives, with Aaron focused on technology and Wayne bringing experience in facilities management.
CrossWing, a Markham-based company, has developed a personal robot called virtualME that could make affordable homecare robots a reality. The founders have invested $6 million to develop a prototype using 3D printing, but mass production at a price of around $2,000 requires an injection molding process. CrossWing plans to launch a Kickstarter campaign in November to pre-sell 1,000 units at $1,000 each to fund the molds and attract further investment. If successful, it would create a market for assistive robots to help the growing senior population live independently. The virtualME robot is targeted initially at simple physical tasks for seniors.
The Rise of Global Business Process Outsourcing Companies Mar-22.pdfinsightssuccess2
This edition features a list of business outsourcing companies that are assisting businesses with their daily operations.
Read More: https://www.insightssuccess.com/the-rise-of-global-business-process-outsourcing-companies-2022-volume-3-march2022/
The Rise of Global Business Process Outsourcing Companies 2022.pdfinsightssuccess2
In this edition, The Rise of Global Business Process Outsourcing Companies 2022, we have curated a list of companies that provide a wide range of BPO services using the latest technologies and vitally as well as speedily assist small-to-big businesses in managing their daily operations.
Read More:
https://www.insightssuccess.com/the-rise-of-global-business-process-outsourcing-companies-2022-february2022/
LowRes_The_Next_Million_Oct2015_Final_ MagazineRob Green
This document is an issue of The Next Million magazine. The cover story profiles Shopify Chief Platform Officer Harley Finkelstein and how he is using cloud technology to help businesses. Other articles discuss Hootsuite and how it became the leading social media management tool, tips for expanding a business internationally, and an overview of cloud computing options for businesses of various sizes. The document also includes advertisements from companies like Jumbleberry, Ironbridge Equity, and Camera Connection.
The way businesses need to organize and behave has fundamentally shifted. Across industries, companies, and organizational functions, we have heard many of the world’s most innovative companies echo the same challenge: businesses must urgently embrace a more nimble and entrepreneurial approach in order to stay competitive. We call this challenge of how big companies can leverage scale while staying innovative “big entrepreneurship.” This report aims to deconstruct some of the complex challenges around big entrepreneurship and provide actionable insights for business leaders.
This report was created by Fahrenheit 212, a global innovation strategy and design firm. We define innovation strategies and develop new products, services, and experiences that create sustainable, profitable growth for our clients. We challenge the belief that innovation is inherently unreliable and have spent the last decade designing the method, building the model, and assembling the minds to make innovation a predictable driver of growth for our clients' businesses.
This document discusses the challenges faced by a printing company, Williams Visual Solutions, in transitioning to become a marketing service provider. Some key points:
- The company has invested in new technologies like Online Print Solutions to provide marketing solutions and services, but integrating these new systems into existing workflows and aligning customer messaging has been difficult.
- Sales and marketing efforts are now focused on digital media like websites and social media rather than traditional print, which has seen declining budgets. Current projects include developing web portals for on-demand printing and marketing campaigns.
- Implementing new technologies fully has required significant resources and been a longer process than anticipated. Integrating the new systems like OPS with the existing MIS system is
Taimour Zaman has over 20 years of experience in marketing, digital marketing, business strategy, and social media. Some of his accomplishments include training and connecting 6,000 social media students to Fortune 500 companies, co-creating a program to connect senior managers from large companies to foreign professionals, and redesigning Avaya's products to increase revenues and profits. He has worked with major companies like IBM, Microsoft, RBC, and GlaxoSmithKline.
The document provides a digital strategy report for the SSE Arena Belfast. It discusses the changing digital landscape and the rise of digital disruption. It outlines advantages and challenges of operating digitally, including higher customer expectations, the need for digitally skilled staff, and managing big data. Industries that have been disrupted by digital technologies like Airbnb and Blockbuster are examined. A SWOT analysis of the SSE Arena identifies strengths like its large capacity and location, as well as weaknesses like its small marketing team. Digital tools used for customer acquisition at the SSE Arena include a downloadable app and social media presence. Competitors like the 3Arena in Dublin are analyzed for their strong social media engagement and digital offerings.
The growth of digital technologies is now starting to make a major impact on the textiles sector, where new business models are opening up a world of possibilities
Keywords: accessories, acid dye, backdrops, banners, Barack Obama, Basso & Brooke, blogs, business opportunities, Canadian fashion, Canadian manufacturing, Canadian Textile Industries Association, Como region, cotton, cotton fabric, CTIA, DesignYourFabric.com, digital fabric printing, digital fabrics, digital output technology, digital technology, digital inkjet technology, digital textile market, digital textile printing, Digital Textile Printing Market Overview, digital textiles, dirt repellent, disperse dye, drapes, DTP, Dupont Artistri, dye sublimation printing, environmental conservation, environmental factors, environmental impact, e-commerce, fabric signs, fabric softener, family businesses, fashion, fashion in Canada, First Lady Michelle Obama, Europe, fashion, FESPA, FESPA Digital Textile Conference, H&M, household linens, InfoTrends, inkjet, inkjet printing, interior design, interior décor, ITMA, James Hanlon, John Hawke, Justin Trudeau, large format printing, laser cutting, linen, linen fabric, Lucian Matis, major fashion brands, Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute, Michael Hawke, Michelle Obama, Michelle Obama’s clothes, Michelle Obama fashion, Milan, NASCAR Hall of Fame, natural fibre blends, natural fibres, Neil Felton, new business opportunities, North American textile manufacturing, North American textile production, North American textiles, novelty items, nylon-based fabric, nylon fabric, pigment dye, pillows, political wives, positive environmental impact, President Barack Obama, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, PrintAction, printed tents, print heads, reactive dye, Ron Gilboa, rotary screen printing, scarves, screen printing, signs, silk, silk fabric, soft signage, Sophie Gregoire Trudeau, Sophie Gregoire Trudeau’s clothes, Sophie Gregoire Trudea fashion, substrates, supply chain consideration, synthetic fabrics, technology maturity, textile decorating, textile dyes, textile manufacturing, theatre backdrops, The Emerson Group, trade show displays, upholstery, Victoria Gaitskell, vinyl, vinyl signs, viscose, viscose fabric, washing systems, water based dyes, White House, Zara
La presentación electrónica es un programa que permite crear presentaciones multimedia con diapositivas. El documento explica los conceptos básicos de las presentaciones como diapositivas, estilos y animaciones. También describe las herramientas para editar diapositivas e insertar objetos como texto, imágenes y dibujos. Finalmente, detalla las funciones para dar formato a los objetos y corregir la presentación.
The document summarizes an interview with Joe Carrelas, the print shop manager at University Health Network (UHN) in Toronto. It discusses the challenges of consolidating printing operations during mergers of hospitals into UHN. It describes Carrelas managing over 2,000 forms and transitioning to online ordering, which increased revenue and volume. It highlights maintaining quality and turnaround times to remain a valuable service for the hospitals' medical advancements.
Canada's most powerful editors discuss print's future position relative to on-line news sources
Keywords: 2008 economic crisis, 2008 financial crisis, advertising revenues, Canadian Journalism Foundation, Canadian newspapers, Charlotte Empey, CJF, community newspapers, custom content, daily newspapers, digital media, future of newspapers, Google, Gutenberg's Last Stand: Reinventing the Modern Newspaper, Internet news, John Stackhouse, journalism, Lou Clancy, Metro English Canada, Metro News, Michael Cooke, National Post, news audiences, news consumption statistics, newspaper advertising, newspaper delivery, newspaper editors, newspaper readers, newspaper reader demographics, newspaper reader statistics, Newsweek, pay-walls, paywalls, printed newspapers, Postmedia News, radio newscasts, Scott White, search engine optimization, SEO, television newscasts, The Canadian Press, The Globe and Mail, The New York Times, Toronto Star, Twitter, Victoria Gaitskell
Walmart hosted its fifth annual Sustainable Packaging Conference at PackEx, Canada's largest packaging tradeshow. Walmart emphasized its commitment to environmental sustainability and sharing sustainability information with others. Walmart President David Cheesewright outlined Walmart's sustainability practices, including its My Sustainability Plan program where employees commit to sustainable actions in their daily lives. Cheesewright encouraged other businesses to implement similar employee engagement programs and participate in sustainability resources on ShareGreen.ca.
Transcontinental Printing launched a new eBook Solution in partnership with De Marque at BookExpo America. The solution allows publishers to upload content once in an ePub format, which is then converted to print-ready PDFs and distributed through the partners' digital platforms to numerous retail channels. The solution provides flexibility for publishers in areas like customizing sales reports, billing, pricing strategies, and accessing international markets. It was seen as addressing the need for publishers to plan and monetize content across multiple channels. The partnership between Transcontinental and De Marque on the eBook Solution was highlighted as an innovative response to changes in the publishing industry.
This document discusses the core elements of digital citizenship. It outlines nine elements of digital citizenship according to Ribble (2011): digital access, digital commerce, digital communication, digital literacy, digital etiquette, digital law, digital rights and responsibilities, digital health and wellness, and digital security. It also discusses five fluencies that are important for digital citizens according to Crockett, Jukes and Churches (2011): information fluency, media fluency, collaboration fluency, creativity fluency, and solution fluency. Developing these skills will help people adapt to rapid technological changes and new learning and working environments in the digital world.
Can Your Package Really Be Recycled Or Composted? | PrintActionVictoria Gaitskell
The document summarizes operations at the Peel Integrated Waste Management Facility, the largest waste and recycling plant in Canada. It processes 130,000 tonnes of recyclables annually from Blue Box collections for Peel Region. The facility has expanded what plastics it will accept, including rigid plastic packaging. This will capture an additional 1,600-2,100 tonnes of plastic annually. However, some packaging poses challenges as it may not be recyclable or compostable due to material combinations or size. Staff urge package designers to consider full lifecycles and whether materials can actually be handled by local waste systems.
The document discusses the digital divide, which refers to the gap between those who have access to computers and the Internet, and those who do not. The digital divide is related to three types of capital: social, knowledge, and human. Lack of digital access prevents the development of social networks and communication, access to online education, and the ability to enhance skills. Potential solutions proposed include providing free Internet access in public places and schools, as well as subsidized broadband and devices for low-income households.
Karraker, Strand and emerging companiesGregKarraker
We have worked for companies as large as Dell, Intel, and Microsoft, but there’s a special satisfaction that comes from helping startups move up a level or two.
Father and son Aaron and Wayne Sawchuk started data center firm ColoSpace in 2001 to provide IT infrastructure services to small and medium businesses. ColoSpace operates four data center facilities that house computer systems and provide reliable storage and access to corporate customers. While other data center firms focused only on dot-com companies, ColoSpace focused on traditional businesses and provides superior customer service. Aaron and Wayne have been successful due to their complementary skills and perspectives, with Aaron focused on technology and Wayne bringing experience in facilities management.
CrossWing, a Markham-based company, has developed a personal robot called virtualME that could make affordable homecare robots a reality. The founders have invested $6 million to develop a prototype using 3D printing, but mass production at a price of around $2,000 requires an injection molding process. CrossWing plans to launch a Kickstarter campaign in November to pre-sell 1,000 units at $1,000 each to fund the molds and attract further investment. If successful, it would create a market for assistive robots to help the growing senior population live independently. The virtualME robot is targeted initially at simple physical tasks for seniors.
The Rise of Global Business Process Outsourcing Companies Mar-22.pdfinsightssuccess2
This edition features a list of business outsourcing companies that are assisting businesses with their daily operations.
Read More: https://www.insightssuccess.com/the-rise-of-global-business-process-outsourcing-companies-2022-volume-3-march2022/
The Rise of Global Business Process Outsourcing Companies 2022.pdfinsightssuccess2
In this edition, The Rise of Global Business Process Outsourcing Companies 2022, we have curated a list of companies that provide a wide range of BPO services using the latest technologies and vitally as well as speedily assist small-to-big businesses in managing their daily operations.
Read More:
https://www.insightssuccess.com/the-rise-of-global-business-process-outsourcing-companies-2022-february2022/
LowRes_The_Next_Million_Oct2015_Final_ MagazineRob Green
This document is an issue of The Next Million magazine. The cover story profiles Shopify Chief Platform Officer Harley Finkelstein and how he is using cloud technology to help businesses. Other articles discuss Hootsuite and how it became the leading social media management tool, tips for expanding a business internationally, and an overview of cloud computing options for businesses of various sizes. The document also includes advertisements from companies like Jumbleberry, Ironbridge Equity, and Camera Connection.
The way businesses need to organize and behave has fundamentally shifted. Across industries, companies, and organizational functions, we have heard many of the world’s most innovative companies echo the same challenge: businesses must urgently embrace a more nimble and entrepreneurial approach in order to stay competitive. We call this challenge of how big companies can leverage scale while staying innovative “big entrepreneurship.” This report aims to deconstruct some of the complex challenges around big entrepreneurship and provide actionable insights for business leaders.
This report was created by Fahrenheit 212, a global innovation strategy and design firm. We define innovation strategies and develop new products, services, and experiences that create sustainable, profitable growth for our clients. We challenge the belief that innovation is inherently unreliable and have spent the last decade designing the method, building the model, and assembling the minds to make innovation a predictable driver of growth for our clients' businesses.
This document discusses the challenges faced by a printing company, Williams Visual Solutions, in transitioning to become a marketing service provider. Some key points:
- The company has invested in new technologies like Online Print Solutions to provide marketing solutions and services, but integrating these new systems into existing workflows and aligning customer messaging has been difficult.
- Sales and marketing efforts are now focused on digital media like websites and social media rather than traditional print, which has seen declining budgets. Current projects include developing web portals for on-demand printing and marketing campaigns.
- Implementing new technologies fully has required significant resources and been a longer process than anticipated. Integrating the new systems like OPS with the existing MIS system is
Taimour Zaman has over 20 years of experience in marketing, digital marketing, business strategy, and social media. Some of his accomplishments include training and connecting 6,000 social media students to Fortune 500 companies, co-creating a program to connect senior managers from large companies to foreign professionals, and redesigning Avaya's products to increase revenues and profits. He has worked with major companies like IBM, Microsoft, RBC, and GlaxoSmithKline.
The document provides a digital strategy report for the SSE Arena Belfast. It discusses the changing digital landscape and the rise of digital disruption. It outlines advantages and challenges of operating digitally, including higher customer expectations, the need for digitally skilled staff, and managing big data. Industries that have been disrupted by digital technologies like Airbnb and Blockbuster are examined. A SWOT analysis of the SSE Arena identifies strengths like its large capacity and location, as well as weaknesses like its small marketing team. Digital tools used for customer acquisition at the SSE Arena include a downloadable app and social media presence. Competitors like the 3Arena in Dublin are analyzed for their strong social media engagement and digital offerings.
Young America and DATAMARK: Forging a Strategic PartnershipDATAMARK
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or the past couple of decades, printing prophets have
forecasted doom for printers who do not extend
their services beyond traditional reproduction. At
the same time, there has been a frustrating scarcity of
information about role models and action plans to help
small printers expand into new services to improve
their odds of long-term survival. This column will in-
troduce you to Laurie Carr and Julie Mavis, co-owners
of Cats Media, a small Ontario company, who have re-
cently emerged as role models intent on helping other
small independent operations convert to new business
models and revenue streams.
In 1986, Carr’s mother, Nan Carr, and stepfather,
Gary Fishlock, started the business as a quick-printing
franchise in the Don Mills district of Toronto. (They
can’t name the franchise company as a condition of
their termination agreement.) For 20 years, they main-
tained the franchise, with Fishlock driving outside sales
as Nan managed in-house operations.When their fran-
chise contract expired, rather than renewing, they de-
cided to continue in the same location (where they still
operate today) as an independent business.
During the last dozen or so years of the franchise,
Laurie Carr entered the family business, after she had
already built a 20-year career of her own as a comptrol-
ler in the automotive sector.“Initially, I came in just to
help them out part time, because they were struggling
a bit. It was the early ’90s, and they were just starting to
take on things like floppy-disk work, which they didn’t
understand. They only understood hard-copy kind of
work,” recounts Carr. But because market demand for
computer-generated production escalated, Carr ended
up staying with the family business.
Independently, Julie Mavis had built her own career
with the Hudson’s Bay Company, where her progression
from store manager to senior executive gave her ample
opportunities to hone her skills in marketing and busi-
ness strategy. After 17 years with HBC, she felt it was
time for a change, so she left, ran for political office, and
in 2000 was elected municipal councillor in Port Hope,
the municipality where she and Carr both live (an hour’s
drive east of Toronto, population 16,500).
Carr and Mavis join forces
While on council, Mavis was responsible for the Eco-
nomic Development and Tourism portfolio and had
the opportunity to work with Carr on a mutual project.
Their collaboration proved so successful that Carr in-
vited Mavis to join her family’s business in 2001.
Fishlock, who was intent on retiring at the end of his
20-year franchise contract, stepped back and let Carr
and Mavis co-manage the operation for a couple of
years, until eventually he and Nan sold their stake in
2006. Now, as co-owners, Mavis looks after the strategic
vision and creative side of the business, while Carr over-
sees the numbers. Although Fishlock has since retired,
Nan still works in the business two days a week, focus-
ing on administration and print-related specialty jobs.
“She doesn’t have any understanding of the new serv-
ices but is a great resource on the traditional print side,”
says Carr.
Steps toward change
When Carr first arrived, the prepress side of the busi-
ness was completely manual.“The company had a cou-
ple of major clients at the time: A communications
company and a financial-services company. Once we
started doing their artwork on a PC, both were so de-
lighted with the opportunities and the quality of our
product that our business with them expanded expo-
nentially,”she recalls. For instance, one new job they ac-
quired involved archiving all the data for one large
company’s training manuals, plus printing and ship-
ping the manuals all across the country.
Next, Carr and Mavis expanded into mailing, fulfill-
ment, and IT services, such as database management,
all of which they felt were a natural extension of their
existing post-print operations.“Our existing clients un-
derstood these services, they needed them, and were
happy to let us take care of them,”Carr continues.“The
new services didn’t bring in a lot of new clients. Rather,
it was usually people who were print clients first who
moved into purchasing them. We grew through print
contracting for our existing client base.”
At present, the mailing and fulfillment part of the
business mainly serves two major clients: One that pur-
chases legal printing for the condo industry and the
other an international hotel chain. In total, Cats Media’s
current Toronto operation consists of seven staff (plus
Carr and Mavis), two Risos (one inkjet and one dupli-
cator), one colour and four monochrome toner-based
machines (mostly Ricoh), plus bindery and mailing
equipment.
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Creative Cats
12 • PRINTACTION • OCTOBER 2012
Top photo (L to R): Tracy Kerr, Designer; Julie Mavis,
Owner; Aaron Sawyer, Marketing; Laurie Carr, Owner;
Jay Robinson, Creative Director; Jeff Shadwick,
Designer; and Rick “Big Data” McMurray, Web/IT
(along with Jay’s dog, Bandit, Studio Greeter).
Inset: Cats Media’s Port Hope studio sits under the
CP Rail viaduct, overlooking the Ganaraska River.
Continued on page 24
3. New-media service
Their next big leap was into consultative
marketing services, including business
branding, logos, graphic design, digital
photography,videography,andWeb devel-
opment, design, and hosting. “The move
required us to hire new people with new
skills,and required big changes in the mind
set and culture of the company – but it has
also been a lot of fun!”recounts Mavis.
The milestone occurred in 2008, when
Carr and Mavis opened a second location
in Port Hope,equipped with desktop Macs,
laptops,an arsenal of software,and six cre-
ative staff to produce all creative work in-
house. In addition to bindery equipment,
the Port Hope studio also houses a colour
copier for proofs and odd quick-print jobs
that clients need right away; but“the main
investment is people and intellectual prop-
erty, not hardware,”says Carr.
“The reason we have two locations is
that a creative brain doesn’t do very well
in a busy, noisy manufacturing environ-
ment,”explains Mavis.“If you go to all the
expense of hiring creative experts, you also
need to provide them with a creative en-
vironment. So we built them a cool space
with a funky interior design and a variety
of work areas where they can create indi-
vidually or collaborate by spreading them-
selves out and bouncing ideas off each
other and the clients.
“Formerly, we tried and tried to bring
the creative department into our Toronto
production facility, but it didn’t work out.
It took a totally different environment to
make it work. The two facilities are both
awesome, but they’re too different to work
in one space.”
Mavis, who currently serves on the
board of directors for the Port Hope
Chamber of Commerce, says she finds it
easier to recruit qualified staff in Port
Hope because, unlike Toronto, other local
employers pose less competition. She says
another advantage of operating there is
that their staff’s community involvement
has made the company well known in the
smaller municipality, whereas in Toronto,
where the population is so much larger
(5.5 million in the Greater Toronto Area),
interactions with people are less frequent
and more impersonal. Their Port Hope
clientele include non-profits in the
health-care field, small retail, major in-
dustry (especially the nuclear sector), and
government at all levels.
“Since we can’t just rely on print sales
any more, we must also sell creative serv-
ices, and for this process we’ve gone from
doing individual sales to team sales,” she
explains.“The people with the right skills
go out and talk to the client. One person
can’t sell the whole thing.” Both she and
Carr make sales calls along with other staff
(“As owners, we never stop selling”), but
most of their sales calls are done by cus-
tomer service reps in each location who
each have their own accounts. Sometimes,
because in some quarters businesses still
remain somewhat patriarchal, they delib-
erately send male staff to visit certain
clients because they’re the gender the per-
son on the other side wants to see.
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Continued from page 12
Cats Media’s design team works within an open studio.
(L to R): Maggie Peacock, Manager; Laurie Carr; Julie Mavis; Katy Caines, Print
Production; Issac Williams, Production Supervisor; and Tim Yu, Admin Systems
(not pictured, Nan Carr and Gary Cormier).
Continued on page 26
TRADE PRINTING
4. Staying informed
To stay current, Carr and Mavis try to at-
tend a lot of conferences, especially the
National Association of Quick Printers
(NAQP) Owners Conference in Chicago,
held this year in October immediately be-
fore the Graph Expo trade show. NAQP
provides programs,studies,discussion fo-
rums,and products specifically focused on
the interest and concerns of small com-
mercial and quick printers. Since 2005, it
has been part of the National Association
for Printing Leadership (NAPL), based in
New Jersey.
This year Carr and Mavis also attended
the June InHOWse Managers Conference
in Boston, a multi-part conference for cre-
ative freelancers, designers, and managers
of creative environments, because they
wanted to get a handle on how to manage
a creative team.The previous year they sent
their Creative Director to the same confer-
ence to learn about design trends.
“Historically, the U.S. market has been a
bit ahead of the Canadian market,” says
Carr. “We used to be able to look at them
and see what services are taking hold there
that would subsequently move into the
Canadian market. I don’t think their mar-
ket is as prominent as it once was, but it’s
still very important for us to keep an eye on
what’s happening south of the border, es-
pecially the creative side. Nowhere in
Canada can hold a candle to California or
Texas where a lot of creative information is
coming from.”
Mavis continues:“Our staff are self-mo-
tivated and passionate about technology
and design, so they often use the Internet
to make sure they’re ahead of [the sector’s
standard] skill level. Because the industry
changes so quickly, the challenge is staying
on top of it. At the InHOWse conference
they told us that when people are being
trained, what they learn when they first
start out is obsolete by the time they’ve fin-
ished school!”
Keeping watch over your stats
Carr says one of their biggest challenges
was learning how to be profitable. “Over
the last few years we’ve worked especially
hard to keep paying the bills and monitor
where our profit is going. Although, as a
whole, the industry is reducing in size, our
company has continued to do about the
same year over year.”
She attributes their financial stability to
knowledge obtained from annual statistical
reports published by NAQP, including the
Financial Benchmarking Study, Quick
Printing Wage & Benefits Study, and
Hourly Cost Studies-Print Operations for
Up to 20 Employees. She and Mavis en-
countered NAQP around the same time
they were buying the business.They hadn’t
seen anything like those reports before and
concluded that they needed to obtain more
information in order to initiate change in
an informed way.
“The statistical reports we received from
NAQP in the first year were invaluable to
us because they gave us the ability to com-
pare our numbers against other businesses
of similar size. It’s great information that
allowed us to streamline our original busi-
ness and make it more cost-effective,much
leaner and more profitable,”explains Carr.
“Once we did that, because we became
more profitable, we were able to start tran-
sitioning and able to take the risk of adding
new services.”
Carr says NAQP also provides informa-
tion on how to move into marketing serv-
ices, but one of the biggest problems is a
printer’s own resistance to making those
changes.“TheAssociation takes away some
of the fear by providing support and advice
on how to do it. They are treading slowly
on the transitioning, because I think a lot
of members are still afraid of changing
from being a print or commodity producer
into a service provider, but they’re defi-
nitely going in the right direction – .”
“– Although, we’d like to see them do a
whole lot more,”interjects Mavis.
Constant learning
Mavis laments that one of their challenges
on the creative side is that they haven’t
found a source of statistics comparable to
NAQP for benchmarking yet.
She says one thing they learned when
launching new services was the importance
of costing everything out in advance. “For
instance, we had no idea how much more
expensive our insurance would be once we
started doingWeb development,”she recalls.
“You also have to learn how to bill ap-
propriately for work on the creative side
when all you have to offer is time and a ton
of skills. You have to get used to thinking
along the lines of: ‘It will take my Project
Manager this many hours to understand
your requirements and pass them along to
the Web Developer, who will take this long
to custom-build your Website.’ It helps if
you hire designers with experience,because
they know what other companies are
billing, so you can learn from them.”
Evangelists for change
Two years ago,the fact that no organization
in Canada provided statistics and services
comparable to NAQP’s prompted Carr to
join NAQP’s Advisory Board as its sole in-
ternational representative. She and the
Board plan to launch an initiative to bring
the association’s products and services
from the U.S. into Canada in the near fu-
ture.With Mavis,she is emerging as a lead-
ing advocate in both countries for the need
to support other small independent print-
ers as they transition to new business mod-
els. The Kwik Kopy Printing Canada
Corporation franchise (Richmond Hill,
Ontario),with 62 locations across Canada,
has invited Carr and Mavis to present a ses-
sion called“Transitioning from Traditional
Print to Multimedia”at its October confer-
ence for franchisees in Guelph,Ontario.At
the same conference, Carr and Mavis are
also scheduled to speak at a roundtable dis-
cussion on industry trends.
As for their own company, Carr says:
“Since we’ve just added mobile Websites to
our offerings, the number of services we
offer is where we want to be – for now. At
present we have enough irons in the fire or
balls in the air or however you want to put
it. We’re happy to continue developing
those and our staff.”
She predicts: “But 10 years from now,
there are going to be things we have to offer
that we don’t even know about yet. And if
that’s the way the business is changing,then
that’s the way we have to change.”
Victoria Gaitskell is keen to exchange ideas
with readers at victoria@printaction.com
Gaitskell
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