Doing Business With Yourself
Terry Gallagher has a look at what it takes to make your business a success.
How much has your business invested on plant and equipment in the last ten years?
If you pause to add it all up, the answer to that question may be a little scary. Now for a second question: How much have you spent on managing the profitability of that investment?
One of the most pleasing things about Printex07 last month was to see the large number of print-related businesses that are now focusing more on managing the profitability of their business.
Many companies want to understand their costs better using Quote & Print's Employee Times and Shop Floor Management modules with barcoding or touch screens. Pre-press, press and post-press areas can all benefit from this discipline, which allows you to better identify which jobs and customers are eating away your profits.
With Quote & Print, you can get a bird's-eye view of Key Performance Indicators, Machine Activity and Loading and Profit Reporting or zoom in with the hundreds of built-in reports and custom reports done using the Report Generator that is part of every Quote & Print system.
Another pleasing sight at PrintEx07 was the high level of interest that printers now have in building tighter links with their customers through the third-generation QPONLINE Internet ordering system. The new QPONLINE software modules offer more flexible solutions to meet the needs of your customers and prospects.
These modules can help you to strengthen your relationships with existing customers and assist your efforts to win corporate and government contracts. Some of our customers are having great success winning these bids. One of the success factors is often this:
when you already have one or more existing customers live with internet ordering you have more credibility to win another contract bid.
Our Internet solutions are not just a shopping cart_ but part of your integrated Management Information System (MIS) allowing real-time integration with your customers' orders.
The QPONLINE suite includes modules for:
There were some Quote & Print customers who were not very interested in QPONLINE at PrintEx07. The reason for this is simple: those were the customers who are already growing their business with QPONLINE!
All the best for the new Financial Year.