Return on Investment Growing up, when you asked you parents for money, they probably asked you how it was going to be used, but they had little to no expectation of getting it back, let alone, gettin

“..We can work it out. Life is very short, and there’s no time for fussing and fighting my friends.” John Lennon & Paul McCartney Conflict is an inevitable part of human relationships

With the acceptance of cloud based applications by corporate America, enterprise class technologies are now more affordable than ever. When looking for the absolute best of class Shipping System... View More

Competition for jobs in the document industry of the future could be fierce as mergers, consolidation, and outsourcing force document professionals into the job market. Though your resume may in... View More

To survive in this evolving digital landscape, those of us in the printing industry need to adapt — and FAST. In the last five years, according to leading industry research company IBISWorld... View More

For mailers, don’t expect 2016 to be business as usual. Businesses of all shapes and sizes will see a continued increase in sending costs, which include everything the organization sends out... View More

There was a time when document center managers were mainly focused on finding ways to produce higher volumes of documents at the lowest possible cost. Today, though managing production and posta... View More

I was watching a television show recently that told the story of a company with a production throughput problem. The business owners didn’t seem to know how to fix it. The company wasn’t pro

The growth, and sometimes survival, of in-house print and mail centers depends on their ability to add value to their organizations. Unfortunately, the traditional approaches of lowering costs through

All postal operations in these areas have started implementing their recovery plans to resume operations. All plants are open and resuming operations. All plants with the exception of... View More

Pick up a newspaper or watch the evening news and at some point you have seen a redacted document – you know - that nice document with all the black boxes covering up the data.Recently I... View More

What will 2016 hold for the mailing industry? Perhaps we are on the brink of another economic boom. Perhaps Congress will pass meaningful, postal legislation. We can’t predict the future with... View More

By helping clients implement best practices for higher-value communications — such as making mail more colorful, interactive, engaging and integrated with digital communications — leading mail... View More

Managing shipping is not easy. You have so many carriers, classes, surcharges, paperwork and requirements that it can get overwhelming. Every year you are getting 3-10% increases, and with... View More

Purchasing software can be big and scary because it’s probably not something you do regularly. It’s much like purchasing a car – you’ve finally realized you need to make the investment,... View More

I’ve asked hundreds of business owners what their marketing budget is.Most of them respond the same way: with silence!I know. Coming up with a marketing budget is boring. And confusing. But it... View More

Today's consumers are making demands on businesses like never before. Demands that businesses understand their needs and desires, message/market to them in their preferred manner, provide them with f... View More

It's a loud, busy world out there. With so much information available, getting your voice heard is a challenge for any company. For mailing, print, and fulfillment providers, cross media market... View More

The holiday season is a natural opportunity to look at the global shipping outlook. In 2015, the global economy is only marginally better than it was in 2014. The mixed-to-down export outlook is offse

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