Custom Product Labels Increase Sales by Drawing in Customers Most of the time, I talk about how your business can increase efficiency, reduce costs and get more sales. Usually, I talk about technologies like online portals for sourcing and procurement of printing and...
See How Printing Is Handled at Today’s Successful Companies with Managed Print Services You can find many definitions online for managed print services. Some of them come from a very limited perspective, as if maintaining a few printers and copy machines were all you...
Is Your Business Using Today’s Technology To Meet Your Printing Needs? Most of us probably think of Uber as a forward-thinking company. It not only pioneered a popular ride-sharing service, but has invested heavily into self-driving cars. But Uber is apparently...
For Promotional Items, The “What” and The “Who” Are Both Important In my last post, I emphasized that promotional items still work. Further, they do so more effectively than virtually any other kind of advertising. And that’s not just a...
Spend Less, Get More in Printing and Promotional Items My grandfather started Superior Business Solutions in 1924. After almost 100 years in the print and promotional products business, we know a thing or two about staying ahead of the game. If you own or manage a...
How Will You Spend the Time Managed Print Services Will Save You In Your Workday? Okay, I won’t deny it. This post is aimed at getting you to do something. But honestly, it’s just as much about what you ought to stop doing. That is, wasting costly amounts of time and...
Combine Visual Management Tools with Supply Chain Management Technology for 5S and LEAN Manufacturing Success In my last post I talked about addressing the 7 wastes identified in LEAN Manufacturing. Today I want to talk about 5S methodology and LEAN implementation...
Commercial Printing Is More Important (and Easier) Than Ever All things digital remain the trendy topic today, but commercial printing is a more central part of business than it has ever been. That’s because most businesses run day-to-day operations on printed forms....
Automotive Supply Chain Management Solutions Benefit Your Business Almost Immediately In Tuesday’s post, I talked about the importance of supply chain management solutions in the automotive industry. In the process, I mentioned a recent trip we took to an automotive...
Here’s How to Make Printing Services Easy to Save Time and Money Maybe you’ve noticed those “dollar stores” popping up everywhere these days. I’m fine with that—a dollar store can be a convenient place to grab an item or two quickly, at a pretty reasonable...
International Forum on Automotive Manufacturing Works to Fill Supply Chain Needs It’s been a very productive and interesting month. Today I’d like to share one especially relevant reason. Recently, the Michigan Economic Development Corporation invited us to...
Show Love for Your Business with Managed Print Services Happy Valentine’s Day! So no doubt this week you’ve heard plenty of trendy new ways to show your sweetheart how you feel. You can send her a custom-made teddy bear or some fancy pajamas. But a National Retail...
Turning Consumer Trends Into Sales Tips: Delivering the Change Consumers Want This is the fourth installment in my series based on a recent “trends” report released recently by Sheryl Connelly, Global Consumer Trends and Futurist at Ford Motor Company. I originally...
Sales Tips That Solve the Too-Much-Tech Dilemma Today, I offer the third installment in a series of sales tips based on a consumer trend analysis report recently released by Ford Motor Company. In the report, Sheryl Connelly, Global Consumer Trends and Futurist at...
Turn Consumer Trends Into Sales Tips You Can Use Last week, I shared a visionary document released by Ford Motor Company. The article, based on the results of multiple surveys, includes candid discussions of modern trends, and how Ford is responding to those trends. I...
Protect Your Time in 2017 and Print-On-Demand We’ve spoken here before about our love-hate relationship with technology. We appreciate the efficiency of new developments can bring. But we also feel more and more pressure to keep up—to stay current. As one friend put...
Improve Print Supply Chain Management and Improve Your Sales and Your Workday A supply chain isn’t a fixed asset. It’s a dynamic system that is always subject to improvement. If your approach is “set it and forget it” then you might just be forgetting about an...
2 Hassle-Free Online Printing Services to Make You and Your Business Look Good As I mentioned last week, printed materials aren’t going anywhere. You use them in a hundred ways in the course of doing business. But if you are still getting them in the traditional ways,...
Saving Time and Money is Central to Commercial Printing Success Is commercial printing important to your business? How many printed materials does your company use? Don’t forget all the documents, labels, tags, envelopes, routing slips, time sheets, W-2’s and a...
Save Time and Money with These 2 Printing Services Many high-profile changes in today’s business operations have come as a result of the internet, including the Internet of Things (IoT) and other advances that have improved supply change management. Much of the...
Printing Services That Help Protect Your Financial Image The financial industry relies heavily on the accurate handling and processing of documents. Every transaction is recorded and verified through an endless stream of documents that must be printed, distributed,...
To Keep Your Business Growing, Keep It Simple with Print Management Solutions Small businesses and “startups” dominate the news today. That’s a good thing. It’s exciting to see so many fresh ideas emerging and future hopes taking shape. Funny thing happens in many of...
