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Let Kodak Maximise Your ROI With Best Practice PrePress Workflow

The success of an investment in capital equipment can be measured against a number of predetermined targets, such as, increased capacity, improved production, business won and increased profit. However, when it comes to irrevocable black and white figures it is a quicklyachieved and clearly-documented return on investment (ROI) that underlines the effectiveness of any spend. Precise measuring of ROI is crucial to gaining a clear picture of the full impact of what is more than likely the most expensive and pivotal buying decision your business is likely to make. It is also one that will shape and define the direction the business takes for the short to medium term. Day-to-day, job-to-job measurement not only illustrates and supports the decision to make the business investment in the first place but it can also pinpoint additional efficiencies and operational improvements that can be introduced. These include ways to reduce paper waste, enable ink savings to cut costs, enhance job planning leading to an optimised workflow resulting in improved productivity. Such analysis provides printers with greater transparency in job costing which can lead to more accurate estimating and also enable them to present exact figures to their customers for improved understanding. All this helps create stronger and more open relationships, which is at the heart of what most business operations are trying to achieve. There are a number of ways this can be accomplished with the most important being: 1. Linking pre-press workflow to the MIS In a recent Vision In Print survey, 62% of Kodak customers said they did not have a direct link between their prepress and MIS. The Kodak survey was designed to see how customers could improve their operation by taking greater advantage of the automation features already built into KODAK PRINERGY CONNECT Software and KODAK INSITE Storefront Software. The goal in automating the pre-press...