2. GLS Companies
• Privately held corporation, 29th year in business
• 315 employees
• 7-member Executive Team –
200 combined years in the industry
• Financially strong
• 2012 sales: $55 million
• State-of-the-art technology
• Environmentally “green”
• Operations run 24/5
4. GLS Companies (continued)
Account Team:
• Account Executive – Geoff
Blumer, 27 years in the
industry (7 years with GLS)
• Dedicated CSRs
– James Vanderlinden,
16 years in the industry
– Diana Schwarz,
30 years in the industry
– Jill Carty, (Mailing &
Lettershop)
18 years in the industry
6. Creative Services
• Four designers plus creative director
• Original design to production management
• Design for optimum production
• Design capabilities include everything from
simple brochures, postcards and direct mail
to annual reports, three-dimensional mailers,
packaging and dynamic websites
8. PreMedia Services
• Mac and PC file capabilities
• Digital proofing: Inkjet improof, 1440 dpi Epson/Oris
and 2540 dpi Fuji FinalProof proofing systems
• Internet-based “soft” proofing using Kodak InSite
• Computer-to-plate
• MediaPlatter digital asset management system
• CD/DVD authoring and duplication systems
• GRACOL 7/G7 Certification
9. Kodak InSite
• Online “soft proofing”
to streamline the
print process
• Secure & controlled
access to print jobs
from anywhere at
any time
• Proof pieces remotely
• View status of jobs
• Track all comments,
changes and
approvals online
10. MediaPlatter
• Maintain an archive of all
digital files in one place
• Search these files with
easy-to-use tools
• Access files in a wide
variety of formats
• Download files
electronically from
anywhere at any time
• Create PDF image
catalogs as hard copies
12. GLS Print
• Sheetfed Printing
– 4 Heidelberg presses, 6 color
– 1 Heidelberg press, 5 color
– 1 Heidelberg press, 2 color
• Hybrid/UV Printing
– 1 Heidelberg UV/hybrid press
• Heatset Web Printing
– 1 Web Komori press
– Full size, 38", 1 through 6 colors
– 200-300 line screen
– Inline folding and perfing
13. GLS Print (continued)
• Digital Printing
– HP Indigo color digital variable printers:
5000 & 7500
– 13 x 19 Sheet size
– Simple mail/merge documents to highly
personalized,
1:1 direct marketing campaigns
– IT infrastructure to support database
management
– Web-based, print-on-demand applications
– Docutech B&W digital printer
17. Distribution Services
• Modern 60,000-square-
foot fulfillment facility
with kitting and storage
areas
• Skid and flow racking
• Secure storage and
batch uploading for
efficient volume
shipping
• Fully integrated
browser-based
ordering system
19. Mailing Services
• Extensive data processing experience –
from simple to complex direct mail campaigns
• GMC Print Net T
• CASS certification/address personalization
• NCOA link and data processing validation
• 5 multi-color inkjet printers
• Konica cut sheet laser printers, capable of printing
12 x 18, coated and uncoated substrates, processing
up to 1.2 million images a day
• IMB (Intelligent Mail Barcode) certification
20. Mailing Services (continued)
• 5 envelope inserters 6 x 9 or jumbo formats,
up to 12 stations
• In-line, intelligent folder feeders
• On-site U.S. Post Office
• Extensive labeling, bursting and
kitting capabilities
• Large handwork area for special projects
• In-line Post-It note affixing
• HIPAA compliant
• SOC-2 certified for all PHI mailings
• Volume mailed from GLS: 8-12 million per month
22. IT Services
• Full service IT department with 17 employees
• Microsoft 2.0 .NET development environment
• Custom Web site development for
Online Ordering
• Customer Web site support/Help Desk
• State-of-the-art disk-to-disk back-up and
recovery systems
• Web-based tools for inventory management and
order tracking
23. Quality Initiatives
• ISO 9001:2000 certified
– Recertified 2006
• Director of Quality Systems
• Audits
– Quarterly internal
– Twice/year external
• Formal quality policy
24. GLS – Environmentally Conscious
• Minnesota Great Printer since 1997
• FSC Certification
• SFI Certification
• Soy Based Ink Printer
• G7 Certification
25. Summary
• Customer service focused – “We’ll take care of it”
• Flexible, adaptable, accountable
• All products & services “under one roof”
• Creative assistance
• Expertise in managing customer
partnership programs
• Program management reviews
• Financial strength, reinvestment
• Leading-edge technology –
hardware, software & equipment
