Monthly Archives: February 2012

How a QR matrix can save print buyers over an hour a day

Do you ever assemble flatpack furniture?  I don’t know about you, but I often struggle to

work out what piece goes where.  Thank goodness that they have standard bolts and screws.  Can you imagine the confusion if each one was different?

But often every print quote we receive is slightly different.  Making them all the same can save the print buyer a lot of time.  And that’s where the QR matrix comes in.

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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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Why print buyers get better prices when they pick up the phone

Using the phone will improve your response from companies

Using the phone will improve your response from printers

Don’t you hate those automatic phone menus.  The ones where you listen to a long list of options and still can’t work out which button to press?  The ones where is seems to take forever to get past.

Don’t you just wish you could speak to a real person instead?

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