Reprographics 101
(more than you ever wanted to know about the reprographics industry)
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On February 8, Shaun Meany, President of ARC’s PEiR Group division, posted a very well-written article, which is, essentially, a “case study” of how a salesperson sold PlanWell Collaborate to a General Contractor. The case study also mentions that the sale was expanded to include a staffed FM (OnSite) service. I don’t know which reprographics…
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This afternoon, I found on the Internet the “meeting minutes” of a very recent meeting of the “HUB Advisory Committee” of Guilford County (NC) Schools. (“HUB” means, “Historically Underutilized Businesses – and that’s a new term for me; I’ve never heard that term before.) When you can get “your customers” to talk about “the products/services”…
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Well, well, reprographers, maybe you should consider getting into the “franking” business! And, no, I’m not referring to hot-dog(ing)! Before you read Service Point’s most recent Press Release, which mentions “franking”, you’ll need to have (well, I needed to get) a basic understanding of what “franking” is. Definitions of Franking on the Web: Franking (or…
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The IRgA Q4 2010 “Reprographer” Survey was completed yesterday and will soon be available, to IRgA members, at http://www.irga.com. As most are aware, this Survey is conducted by RW Baird & Co., one of the preeminent financial services companies in the U.S. In the “intent” of the Survey, as per what’s said on the “overview”…
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ARC shares closed at $8.22 the afternoon of January 26th, 2011, and I noticed, just this morning, that Sidioti, a financial analyst firm (that evidently follows and reports on ARC) issued a “downgrade” on ARC’s shares the morning of January 27th. JANUARY 27, 2011, 10:08 A.M. ET American Reprographics Cut To Neutral From Buy By…
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For those of you who are interested in taking a look at a couple of the more recent filings in the Florida Reprographics Chapter 11 Bankruptcy case I’ve posted on Google Docs the following documents: Florida Reprographics “Operating Report”, which can be found at this link: https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B81al4kFAU9JYTU0NTUwMmUtNDExYi00ZGJjLTk4NTUtMzBiNjI1OWUxZjZl&hl=en&authkey=CJfTk7II Florida Reprographics “Amended Schedules” (Assets, Liabilities, including updated…
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One of my industry friends recently remarked that I should consider making authoring “Reprographics 101” my career. Sure. That would be profitable, NOT! Well, I just noticed this news….. AOL acquires Huffington Post CNNMoney – 1 hour ago By CNN Wire staffFebruary 7, 2011: 9:37 AM ET NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — AOL, the online media…
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The U.S. Census Bureau recently released statistics for December 2010 “put in place” construction. Here’s the first page of that Press Release. But, please note that you should also go to this link – – – – –http://www.census.gov/const/C30/release.pdf – – – – – because they’ve also posted, at the end of the Press Release, comparative…
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Ever since the Internet made it easy to find information (and many thanks to Google for making it oh-so-easy), I’ve made it a habit to visit web-sites of A/E firms and blogs devoted to Architects to find out “what they are saying” about their industry. After all, if one is in the reprographics industry, isn’t…
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This particular post is directed at Owners of Reprographics companies and Sales Managers (or Sales VP’s) of Reprographics companies. According to the results of the Survey I recently conducted, Shaun Meany’s blog, “Point of View”, is well visited by people who also visit “Reprographics 101”. (“Point of View ranked second, tied with ARC’s web-site.) (As…
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