What success looks like

You don’t necessarily need a crystal ball to see it. The patterns are already evident. The successful print business of tomorrow will be a different kind of entity to its ancestors from even ten years ago.

It will be motivated by value, not volume, outcomes more than inputs. Its factory floor won’t churn and roar; it will hum and click. Digital will be natural in everything it does, and in all the ways that it does them. Software will carry the message. Automation, everywhere that it makes sense.

Its people won’t see themselves as Captains of Industry. They will be purpose-driven practitioners, fluent in the language of data and deliverables. They will still be printers with a love for print, but they will be thinkers too – strategists and tacticians – alive to the possibilities, attuned to the ideas; armed, metaphorically, to the teeth. From a suite of smart solutions, they will fit the best building blocks together, and marry the best minds. They will create as much as they reproduce: every day, another freshly cut pathway to reach and achieve their customer’s purpose.

Some are already cutting those new pathways. They are investing in people and partners. They are transforming how and what they deliver. It’s never too early to prepare.

We had ample demand and saw an opportunity to attract more business with an environmentally friendly solution by making the shift to production inkjet. Roll fed inkjet technology would easily integrate with our extensive investment in CMC packing lines. Ricoh came with ideas about how we could re-engineer our manufacturing process to make the move from polywrapping to paper. They worked with our entire team to make sure we understood all aspects of the ROI.

Danny Narey, Managing Director,
MAMS

I’ve put breaks on capital investment,
I said right, I want to take stock of our real capabilities, both in terms of machinery but more importantly capabilities of my staff. After working with Ricoh, we’ve found that we can increase the work going through the factory, we are now working smarter not harder. They have not only helped us with that change process but also opened our eyes to other opportunities. The new system that we have built has allowed me to confidently plan to grow this business.

Spencer Slee, Managing Director
Print Evolved

I was becoming very conscious that, in terms of quality, we were in danger of becoming a commodity printer, and as soon as that happens you’re just battling on price, and I believe by investing in the latest technology it gives us something extra, above and beyond some of the competition. We are looking to not only expand our customer base by providing direct marketing print, it will also allow us to meet the demands of both existing and new transactional clients for an increase in volume, quality and turnaround times.