Author Howie Fenton: Biography and Authored Content

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• 21 March 2017

The Future of In-Plants

The latest State of the Industry report written by Andy Paparozzi, the Chief Economist at IdeaAlliance, was recently published. In his presentation at a recent conference, Andy spoke of the decline in overall work from a high of $98.3B in 2007 to a low of $77B in 2011. Since then however,

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• 27 February 2017

In-Plant Primer 101: Trends and Challenges- Top In-plant Issues

In-plant Primer 101- Article #2- 3 Typical Problems In-plants Face. This in-plant primer article is the second article in a series of 12 articles designed to help dealers and print vendors understand in-plants. In this article, we'll discuss the some overall challenges and the top in-plant issue- cutting costs.

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• 20 February 2017

7 Tips To Increase In-Plant Awareness, Generate Leads and Sell More

Tips For Increasing Awareness of Your In-Plant Print Center February is the In-plant Printing and Mailing Association's (IPMA's) In-Plant Awareness Month. For everyone actively working to increase their customers’ awareness, congratulations. For those who don’t know where to start, here are seven ideas. Survey Customers and non-customers. Surveys can provide two functions. In our assessments

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• 30 January 2017

In-Plant Primer 101: Trends and Challenges- In-plants Defined

In-plant Primer 101- Article #1- In-Plant Print Centers Defined This is the first of a series of articles designed to introduce internal print production, corporate, in-house or in-plant production centers, as they are often called. Comprised of a 12-article series, two eBooks and a webinar, the initiative is called "In-Plant Primer: From Operations Basics to

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• 24 January 2017

Bottleneck Impact the Same Throughout the Workflow Process

Traditionally when we think about workflow we think about how fast equipment works. For example, how many pages per minute presses print, or how many sheets can be inserted into an envelope per hour.

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• 13 December 2016

Re-envision Your In-Plant Workflow This Holiday

It easy to get nostalgic around the holidays. As I write this, I am in the Northeast at holiday time which brings back memories of an earlier era, 25 years ago, when I first thought about production workflows in a quick copy shop, PostScript service bureau and the prepress department of a printer.

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• 25 November 2016

Web to Print Reduces Production Costs 20-50%

Calculating the Savings Associated with Web to Print In a recent seminar, while discussing the advantages of software automation, I mentioned that Web to print software can reduce manufacturing costs between 20-50%. Immediately, someone in the audience asked how that was possible when the cost of paper alone is 25% of the price

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• 01 November 2016

Web to Print Best Practices Presentation Graph Expo 2016

I've recently returned from the Graph Expo 2016 show in Orlando, and I must admit, I was pleasantly surprised by the in-plant attendance! I attended four in-plant events and participated in two. In each case, there were at least sixty people in the audience. 

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• 21 September 2016

Fenton Insights from In-plant Print Center Insourcing Interviews

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• 14 June 2016

3 Steps for More Effective Workflow Software Implementations

In previous blogs and white papers we have talked about the critical success factors (CSF) required for the implementation of Web to print solutions. One CSF is that leading in-plants are more effective at implementing new software. Why are some in-plants better at implementation? Because they make better choices early in the process. 

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