The OutputLinks Group’s C-Level Assistance provides access to respected, well-known professionals who have founded, managed, expanded, bought, and sold leading print and CCM companies. Because, who better to assist with management, technology, M&A, and business pivoting than those who successfully owned, managed, enhanced, and sold many of the prin...

Many of us will be glad to see the end of 2020, with its pandemic and economic hardships. But are you ready for 2021? Do you know which forms or overlays you will have to change for the new year? Will this year’s changes require other files besides your forms and overlays? Click for a guide on the items to consider when updating assets such as over...

What would you be willing to do…for significant, additional new business if you didn’t know who that business would ultimately come from, or when? (Would you wait until you need that business?) Is our great industry or our organization setting our standards and goals too low?

Would optimizing, upgrading, or replacing your legacy print, workflow, or CCM software improve efficiency and profitability? Could access to top-level print technologists make upgrades happen sooner? See how our Software Assistance. can help accelerate software upgrades.

Some of us are old enough  to recognize how “dumbed-down” our great industry has become. Blame it on software, a younger generation that expects to be “spoon-fed” or have someone else on the team pay the early-on price for success from Innovation. Last week I reviewed the effectiveness of a Sample Library with our Plant Managers Peer Group...

How hard do we work to avoid creating and capturing a new opportunity? Are we teaching our front-line key personnel to be alert to opportunities by a public acknowledgment of their accomplishments to their peers? By what means do you plan to accomplish what you need to accomplish?

Konica Minolta announced the installation of its AccurioJet KM-1e LED UV Inkjet Press at PostcardMania. “Approximately 90% of our KM-1 press placements are with new customers due to the proven benefits of UV inkjet technology. PostcardMania's investment in the brand new AccurioJet KM-1e as their third AccurioJet KM-1 press is the best statement of...

I decided to write this article because I am intrigued by a big gap between our industry's promotion of print's value and its declining use in enterprise marketing campaigns. One must wonder why enterprises often overlook print to focus purely on digital media for their Customer Experience efforts. Could the cause be a technology gap?

A growing number of web offset printers worldwide are now reaping the quality, cost, and sustainability benefits of KODAK SONORA Process Free Plates. Webstar, one of New Zealand's leading commercial web printers, is among them. In 2020, Webster replaced a conventional processed plate with the KODAK SONORA X Process Free Plate in Auckland.

Individual P & L's were reviewed on a recent CEO Peer Group Call. One member after another compared their 2020 vs. 2019 numbers, including how they got there and what they were working to improve. Almost without exception, one member after another reported lower employment, with equal-to-higher revenues per employee in 2020 vs. 2019.