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- Andriese Consultancy (APC) One of the few European consultant organisations to the printing and publishing industry, APC is based is Amsterdam, the Netherlands and services local and international clients. The Netherlands is home to the most advanced user community for digital printing, and APC is providing this community with advisory services on strategic issues, as well as print & publishing technology. Electronic publishing; printing systems; prepress and document management; and E-business in publishing and printing are just a few of APC's areas of expertise. Member of OCTO - European Media Technology Consultants Group.
- CAP V CAP Ventures is the leading worldwide document technology strategy and consulting firm. Our clients are the world’s top manufacturers, suppliers and corporate users of technologies associated with document management, document software, electronic imaging, and digital printing and publishing. Specializing in Reengineering Enterprise wide Document Production and Management Strategies for corporations, associations, and educational institutions in the End User marketplace. Also, Strategic Consulting for Document Computing and Software.
- Crouser & Associates Not Making Enough Money In Your Print Shop, but Don't Have Time To Do Anything About It? Tom has worked with hundreds of printing companies throughout the United States since he began Crouser & Associates, in 1986. As the small press printing industry's only full time management consulting firm, Tom and his associates are continually in shops throughout the country, dealing with real problems of real printers.
- Dave Fellman find all kinds of information ranging from information on Dave's products and services to a complete archives of all the articles Dave has written for various publications over the years.
- Document Communication Technologies Document Communication Technologies (DCT) - DCT Specializes in document technologies, print architecture, corporate reprographics & printing, print e-Commerce, process and cost improvement strategies and validation and RFP development and assessment for all printing, copier and reprographic processes.
- GartnerGroup GartnerGroup provides you with cutting-edge advice and targeted insights to support competitive decision making across the IT spectrum. Our unparalleled expertise supports you with research, analysis, consulting, measurement, decision evaluation, and product and vendor selection.
- Larry Hunt Larry Hunt is Past Chairman of the National Association of Quick Printers (4,000 members) and founder of the NAQP High Speed Copier and Color Copier Users Groups. Larry has been the successful owner and operator of four quick print shops since 1973. He is currently President of Larry Hunt Publications, a company which publishes monthly newsletters entitled "Larry Hunt's Color Copy News" and "Larry Hunt's High Speed Copy News". Larry is also an industry consultant and popular speaker.
- Giles Group Losing money in your desktop publishing department? Not sure why it is a "black hole?" An on-site visit from John Giles can help your management team and employees identify the opportunities and problems that are keeping your company from maximizing profits. Giles can offer an objective review of your procedures, staff, equipment and policies that will allow you to obtain the profits you deserve in desktop publishing.
- Information Management Institute, Inc. publishes the Digital Printing Consultants Directory. IMI has also sponsors conferences world- wide to assist the digital printing industry in understanding technology developments, markets and applications requirements. IMI conferences offer attendees a unique opportunity for leading hardware, consumables, software and user companies to network and develop a more comprehensive understanding of current as well as future developments in the digital printing industry. Since 1990, IMI has held over 100 programs and each year over 2,000 technical, marketing and management personnel from over 600 companies worldwide attend IMI's programs.
- Integer / Mac Copy They can provide consulting services from the most basic to complete start-ups similar to a franchise but without the ongoing fees. From marketing formats and idea starters on CD to complete campaigns - advise on their proven ways to market digital, offset printing and copy services. They can advise you on the most suitable equipment and services to offer in your area to help ensure profitability or they can advise on a single equipment purchase when you are having doubts. Give us a call or an e-mail. We can start a Digital Printshop for you in your town or city - except Australia's Gold Coast. We can help you find the most suitable location, help you choose the best equipment suppliers with the right prices and service, provide advice on financing, put your business operating systems and pricing in place, help you find the right staff if necessary - everything you need. They will also advise if they believe the operation may not be successful in your chosen area but when you do decide to go ahead, their experience can get you up and running in the shortest possible time.
- InterDoc News InterDoc Corporation is the leading management consulting partner for digital document solutions. As digital document technology redefines the way we create, manage, and distribute documents, there is an increasing need for unbiased consultants to support strategic directions and decisions. InterDoc Corporation assists vendors and end-users with the opportunities created by the digital document revolution. InterDoc Corporation can help you understand market trends and build corporate strategies, as well as plan and manage implementations.
- INTERQUEST INTERQUEST is a leading market and technology research and consulting firm in the field of digital printing and publishing. The consulting services we offer are backed by a decade of tracking the industry in our effort to publish the most insightful and comprehensive multi-client studies, reports, educational videos, and books available. INTERQUEST has extensive hands-on experience, knowledge, and expertise in: Digital print-on-demand, Data Center production printing, Distributed network printing, Color printing and publishing, Post-processing, finishing and mailing, MICR and bar code, Production management, Application development, and Corporate document strategies.
- Meta Group When your company's future is on the line, there's no room for error or guesswork in IT decision making. That's why more than 1,900 organizations worldwide approach their most critical IT challenges with the help of a trusted partner: META Group. Since 1989, META Group has been helping IT professionals make better strategic and tactical decisions. We offer clients the advantage of the finest industry research available anywhere, as well as a resource equally valuable -- the collective hindsight of hundreds of companies whose IT experiences we've monitored and analyzed in detail. This unmatched combination of market research and real-world IT assessment gives clients the tools they need to eliminate wasteful IT spending, avoid the inefficiency of trial and error, and discover a superior alternative to "guess" decisions. And unlike research publishers that simply produce information, META Group collaborates with clients to apply our research directly to specific business requirements. Through ongoing dialogue with as many members of a client's IT staff that want to participate, we work to understand a client's needs, and then discuss appropriate solutions. Along the way, we offer insight and advice, evaluate potential alternatives, and brainstorm new approaches to thorny challenges -- all with the goal of helping clients harness the right technologies and adopt the best practices in the IT industry.
- Print Tec Print Tec Network has been working with quick printers and commercial printers since 1992, helping to light the way toward digital print profitability. They have trained thousands of sales representatives, owners, and even the sales forces of many of the equipment vendors on how to prepare for the changes that digital printing will bring, and then how to sell TO the equipment profitably. Along the way, they have learned the secrets of the successful and unsuccessful implementors of digital printing.
- Printers Success Alliance
The Printers Success Alliance (PSA) - a marketing association for printers that offers a protected territory and a money-back guarantee.
PSA's mission is to help printing companies "Get More Customers Who Will Pay You More Money, More Often(tm)".
PSA offers a wide variety of training products and services, peer networking, individual coaching & consulting, turnkey marketing programs (i.e. Newsletters, DM campaigns, Customer Retention programs, and Sales Support tools, etc.). Jim Ackerman, CEO.
- PIA Solutions OnSite Services Hands-on consulting services for more effectively managing business change. Marketing and Sales, Technology Assessment, Quality Management, Business Management, Financial Management, Plant Management.
- Printing Sales.com Consulting Services. The Art & Science of PRINTING SALES.
- Point Balance Professional Services include: Process Design and Renovation, Strategy Development, Technology Assessment, Project Management and Implementation. Point Balance has provided solutions to many industries and
application areas: Information Systems and Technology, Print and Media Production System, eBusiness, Biomedical Support Systems, Hi-tech Manufacturing, Software Support.
- Profectus, Inc. provides a unique combination of consultation focusing on both printing operations management and business management systems. Management consulting includes assessments, problem solving, reengineering, workflow, business procedures, and communications in the areas of estimating, order entry, customer service, operations, production, inventory, cost accounting, and litigation. Business management systems expertise focuses on defining a company's requirements, system selection, implementation, project management, and even software design.
- RHM Marketing Group
A comprehensive marketing plan helps business set a faster course to profit
growth. But instead of planning for results, many companies simply massage
last year's sales forecasts, then hope for the best. RHM is a
marketing planning and sales development firm geared to the challenges of
businesses serving other businesses.
Serving as your off-site management team, the RHM Marketing Group helps:
- profile your most profitable customers
- find and get prospects
- rationalize pricing
- capitalize on competitors' weaknesses
- train, monitor and inspire sales people
- foster customer loyalty.
We research, formulate and execute a plan to win market share. We help motivate employees to protect your new market position.
- Rountree Printing & Graphics provides professional expertise to In-plant Printing and Reprographics
departments to help them become more effective, integral business functions
within the corporation. It is our goal to help In-plant Printing and
Reprographics departments find the most appropriate cost effective niche within
the corporate structure. We guide In-plant Printshops and Reprographics
Departments to become more proactive and improve customer client satisfaction.
- Outsourcing analysis, bid preparation and evaluation.
- Assessing Client Satisfaction by using Client Value Assessment (CVA)
methodology.
- Assessment of Product/Service cost effectiveness and chargeback analysis.
- Strategic Planning and equipment selection.
- Alignment of Strategic plans with corporation direction and reengineering
efforts.
- Productivity analysis and improvement.
- Plant layout, design, project and relocation scheduling.
- Workflow analysis.
- Personnel assessment and team building.
- Schnoll. Media Consulting Established in 1999 with the intent of bridging the large existing void found in most organizations marketing plan between print and the Internet. Schnoll Media is a dedicated personalized service for publishing and related graphic arts organizations seeking customized guidance in the internet and print mediums. By blending the experience of print with the new dynamics of the web, interactive marketing programs with definable results may be achieved.We employ sophisticated yet proven results oriented technology. By effectively integrating both mediums we stay focused on our clients core business objectives. A complete analysis is made of your own unique situation.
- State Street Consultants, Inc. a general management consulting firm specializing in sales productivity and growth for leaders in the graphic arts, digital imaging, and other high-tech industries. Our services include: CONSULTING - Strategy - Sales growth and productivity - Product positioning - Market entry - Business plan development - Litigation support - Strategic alliances; MARKET RESEARCH - Qualitative and quantitative - Focus groups - In-depth interviews - On-site outbound phone operation - Proprietary and multi-client studies; MARKET INTELLIGENCE - U.S. and European databases of graphic arts printing and publishing sites; SALES SUPPORT - Lead generation - Prospect qualification - Sales management systems.
- Strategies for Management "Helping client companies understand the future of the printing, publishing, and electronic imaging industries." Our firm consists of seasoned executives who combine their extensive experience with carefully-crafted research efforts to deliver insightful market-based recommendations. Clients call us most often for sizing new markets, new product planning, product concept studies, or to help them rescue product offerings from unexpected market conditions. We have aided clients with customer satisfaction studies, competitive intelligence and acquisition analysis, and market forecasts.
- Terry A. Nagi & Associates We were created for one purpose: to assist you in developing and implementing marketing programs that produce profits. The formulation of strategic and market plans for the sale of your products in your current and future marketplace - be it in the United States or in the world. Accurate assessments of market opportunities in the rapidly changing world of graphic arts and digital communications. Assessment of customer need relating to your company's products and services. Assistance in sales management and sales skills enhancements. Assessment of technological innovation within traditional graphic communications and in the new media with recommendations on possible impacts and opportunities for your company. Evaluation of change and the recommendation of strategies to take advantage of opportunities that exist in publishing and distribution of information. Unbiased and realistic information of the size of your current and future markets, growth, changes expected, and major driving forces expected to impact in a 3 to 5 year time frame. Development of sound and successful sales representative and sales manager compensation programs. Development of realistic market and business plans.
- TrendWatch Dr. Joseph Webb and James R. Whittington, CMC have been consulting for more than 15 years. They have developed a best of breed resource base with other industry experts and information sources that form TrendWatch’s virtual consulting organization. Business outlook and forecasts, Sizing new or changing markets, Market positioning, Product concept studies, Competitive positioning and intelligence, Strategic planning,Promotion and media development planning, Sales territory analysis and planning,Distribution analysis and planning.
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