Reprographics 101
(more than you ever wanted to know about the reprographics industry)
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Commercial Construction Outlook: Weak By: Dirk van Dijk, CFA (Analyst at Zacks.com) August 17, 2011 Today the American Institute of Architects (AIA) released its Architecture Billings Index (ABI) for July. It is a “Magic 50 index” sort of like the ISM, where any reading over 50 means that billings for architectural services are increasing, and…
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Thursday, August 18, 2011 Press release from the issuing company ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Xerox Corporation will manage global print operations across more than 460 Cisco offices, making printing services easily accessible to employees working from different locations, using a variety of desktop and mobile devices. As part of a new managed print services (MPS) strategy,…
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REMINDER ….. Eastern Regional Reprographics Association (ERA) Annual Convention November 3-5, 2011 Where: Hilton Head Island, South Carolina There will be a vendor trade show at this convention! For more information, go to http://www.eastrepro.com __________ Western Regional Reprographics Association (WRA) Annual Convention (61st Annual Convention!) October 19 – 21, 2011 Where: New Orleans, LA WRA…
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One of my frequent blog-visitors brought this company – Mosaic – to my attention, yesterday, and, after reading up on what this company is doing, I thought I’d take a few minutes to write about it. “Mosaic” aims to overhaul construction document handling”, is the title of an article that appeared in the Silicon Valley…
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One of my frequent-blog-visitors suggested that this would be an article of interest to reprographers…. Three Technologies Where Construction CIOs Need Strategies 08/12/2011 Isaac Sacolick is the VP, Technology and CIO of McGraw-Hill Construction Is it too early to start thinking about the 2012 IT Budget? The summer months are a good time to update…
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MasterGraphics, a long-time player in the reprographics industry, is headquartered in Madison, WS and has other offices in Milwaukee, Appleton, Chicago and Minneapolis. (While I was aware that MasterGraphics had operations in Wisconsin, I did not, until I read the press release below, know that MasterGraphics had offices in Chicago and Minneapolis. Does this mean…
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My wife tells me that PMS means something else, but, nonetheless, the author explains the difference between MPS and PMS. Reprographers who offer, or who are interesting in offering, either service should read this author’s well-written article. I found this article on thedigitalnirvana.com Managed Print Services and Print Management Services By Vic Barkin on August…
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Two days ago, I introduced my blog-visitors to the blog (actually, it’s a web-site) called “Extranet Evolution.” The author (of the articles on that web-site) has a background in construction, project document management, and I.T. related to collaboration software and SaaS. Here’s another article I found that I think will be of interest to reprographers:…
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AIA ABI Index for July 2011 retreats further into negative territory, again, and has now been below 50 for the past four months. AIA ABI Index, recent “readings”: 45.1 – July 2011 46.3 – June 2011 47.2 – May 2011 47.6 – April 2011 50.5 – March 2011 50.6 – February 2011 50.0 – January…
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I’d like to thank Vern Kellie, of Imaging and Printing Corp, Chicago, for sending bringing this article to my attention. First-half downtown condo sales fall even further By: Alby Gallun August 16, 2011 (Crain’s) — The fifth year of the great downtown condo bust is starting to look a lot like the second, third and…
Reprographics 101 