Reprographics 101
(more than you ever wanted to know about the reprographics industry)
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From an article published Tuesday, Jan 3, 2012, by Reuters with A.P. The pace of growth in the U.S. manufacturing sector accelerated in December, its best month since June, according to a report released on Tuesday. A separate report showed that construction spending rose in November. The Institute for Supply Management said its index of…
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This morning, one of my blog-visitors alerted me to this Press Release from Canon/OCE. I had heard about this Press Release – but had not seen it – when I visited Art Post’s print4pay web-site. In addition to Canon delisting OCE from the stock exchanges, one person on Art’s site speculated that Canon is planning…
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Regarding the announcement we made on January 2nd, this link will take you to the page (on our Google-Docs site) that shows people looking for positions in the Reprographics Industry: http://tinyurl.com/7d83rbv – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –…
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On December 11, 2011, we advised our blog-visitors that the City of Cambridge, MA had released an RFP (bid) for Reprographics Services. Here are the results of that bid, as per the “bid tabulation” sheet now up on the City’s web-site: Bid opening date – Thursday, December 22, 2011 File NO 5667: Reprographic Services Ridgway…
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On May 21st, 2011, I put up a post on Reprographics 101 titled, “Economics 101 from Reprographics 101.” In that post, I made 10 predictions. Note that all of my predictions were based on the “SWAG” (silly-wild-ass-guess) method. Today, I’m going to revisit those predictions to see how close I came (or to see how…
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Best wishes to everyone for a Happy, Healthy, Productive, Prosperous New Year! Legjobb kíván mindenkinek boldog, egészséges, termelékeny, virágzó Új Évet! S přáním všeho nejlepšího všem za šťastné, zdravé, produktivní, úspěšný nový rok! أطيب التمنيات للجميع لسعيدة وصحية ومنتجة السنة مزدهر ، جديد! איחוליי לכל עבור שמחה, בריאה שנה, משגשג פרודוקטיבי חדש! Meilleurs voeux à…
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Most Reprographers – during their “lifetime” in the reprographics business – operate one or two locations and conduct business in only one city or market area …… and do not venture out to other market areas or to other countries. Even thought that’s very, very common, there are, of course, some who have an appetite…
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PRESS RELEASE ISSUED TODAY BY ABC IMAGING: ABC Imaging purchases Nova Blue assets at 3 locations Acquisition of Nova Blue assets strengthens ABC Imaging’s operations in Northern Virginia. Company agrees to purchase 3 hubs—including Nova Blue’s Chantilly showroom – located near active and long-term construction projects. Washington, DC—December 29, 2011—ABC Imaging, a Washington, DC- based…
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An interesting and, I think, thought-provoking article from Business Week (article was published sometime around Nov 8, 2011) “Three Types of People to Fire Immediately” Want a more innovative company? Get rid of these folks. Today! By G. Michael Maddock and Raphael Louis Vitón We (your authors) teach our children to work hard and never,…
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I subscribe to Morningstar Research (“MR”), and, this afternoon, I found this note in an e-mail I received from MR ….. “Stateside, CareerBuilder reported in its annual survey that only 25% of employers plan to hire full-time workers in 2012, the same percentage expected for 2011. However, the company also noted that hiring managers tend…
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