What print buyers can learn from the taxman
I’m grumpy!
I’m resentful!
And I hate forms
It’s that time of year when I’m filling in returns for the taxman again! The taxman is rarely anyone’s best friend. But print buyers can learn a useful lesson from taxmen.
Taxmen do audits: so should print buyers.
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Print buyers: the three skills that you need for 2012
Are you making preparations for the Olympics? Many people I know are planning time off work to make sure they see some of the action. Whilst others are trying to book holiday at this time to avoid sport completely!
But the people doing the most preparation are the athletes. They are now in continual training. They are working on improving their skills.
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How eight simple questions can prevent you choosing the wrong print supplier
Imagine that you’d promised someone a really special meal. Maybe it’s an anniversary. Or a special celebration.
Imagine if you didn’t deliver that meal.
It’s easily done. Perhaps you wrote a shopping list of all the ingredients. But perhaps you missed one vital ingredient off. And now you’re in the kitchen and you’re supposed to be serving the meal soon. But you’ve just realised that this one missing ingredient will prevent you from creating the dish that you wanted.
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Three questions you should ask your print supplier (they’re not what you think!)
I love it when people start talking to me. That’s when I really get to know them.
Before I met my wife, I went out on a few dates. And I wanted to get to know the women I was dating. I wanted to learn all about them. I wanted to get them to tell me all about themselves.
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Why will the DM principle ensure the success of a service level agreement?
Red?
Yellow?
Green?
Stripy?
Plain?
Spotty?
These are the decisions with which my young daughter struggles every day. Every day she agonises over which pair of socks she should wear. For her socks are as a confusing but important issue as a service level agreement can be for print buyers.
Writing a service level agreement is something that many print buyers agonise over. The print buyer often puts pressure on themselves to create the perfect service level agreement. They need a service level agreement that should cover every aspect of service from their printer.
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