Ricoh’s ‘lights out’ production workflow enhances customer experience in Alzheimer’s Research initiative
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Ricoh has made ‘lights out’ end to end print production a reality as the back end to Printed Memories portal for personalised postcards in support of Alzheimer’s Research. The online tool helps people living with Alzheimer’s and other dementias stay connected to their families and friends. It allows people to upload a familiar picture and add a message to form a digital postcard.
TotalFlow Production Manager schedules the jobs
Customised marketing collateral extended to wholesale network
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Fource support wholesalers by providing them with their own versions of our marketing collateral
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MarcomCentral offers the perfect solution
Individual users can access and customise specific collateral.
Manages brand identity across the Fource network, whilst providing scope for local customisation.
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Following a short trial, the decision was made to implement TotalFlow Prep on all print room workstations.
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30,000 individually priced product lines in every store
The retailer’s pricing managers can easily manage store-level price changes.
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Ricoh partners with the DVLA to deliver digital transformation.
The Ricoh Commercial & Industrial Printing Team has been a long term partner of the DVLA Output Services Group.
Thirty years ago we were the provider of high- speed mainframe printers, today we are a systems integrator and technology enabler providing workflow solutions that have underpinned and evolved with the DVLA operation for almost 20 years.
Our earliest workflow implementation successfully focussed on the secure production of DVLA’s array of paper-based products: The tracking of data, logical pages, physical pages, document and envelopes all ensured that driving licences and tax discs were accurately delivered to the intended recipient.
The system was extended to provide DVLA with two unique capabilities: a secure stock control system and a new class of output device – a laser engraver.
Every UK Driving Licence has a unique identifier built into it during the base card manufacturing process and the enhanced system tracks every card through the manufacturing process:
The Output Solutions Group was able to use the same technology to offer additional services both within the DVLA and externally to other Government departments.
Consequent evolutions have seen the introduction of other digital technologies on the same workflow platform.
Smart Tachograph cards and Biometric Residency Permits both now emerge from the same production system and both contain a chip for encoded personalised information.
Secure card production is now a key offering for DVLA.In meeting stringent Home Office requirements for tracking and audit for the Biometric Residency Permit, the DVLA production facility has shown itself equipped to meet the demands of even the most exacting customers.
The recent migration to Ricoh’s latest generation of workflow software has positioned DVLA for another decade and for the adoption of other new digital technologies. Building on tried and trusted technology, Ricoh Process Director is the result of over 20 years of research and development into workflow and process automation. There is no doubt that other physical products produced by OSG will evolve to include more digital content and Ricoh Process Director will continue to be the core enabler that facilitates the expansion of digital, but in a secure and managed way.
We look forward to continuing to work together to design, develop and deploy solutions that handle the complexities of mission critical communication in a fast changing world.