For most CFOs, “print” is an almost-invisible expense, even though printed material in all forms can be 3% to 5% of non-payroll spend and over 20% of marketing costs.  The goal of any good print analysis is to make your marketing dollars go farther and give you greater understanding of the cost drivers affecting print projects from critical brochures and catalogs to mundane forms and stationery.

There are many ways to reduce print expense (ex. form design, delivery specification, methods of fulfillment) but the most obvious step is to have a DCI Print Review define clearly the current formal and informal processes your departments are using to obtain print in a timely, effective way. Though you may have no idea what your spends are today, you can expect attractive savings from DCI’s print review if you answer “yes” to any of the following:

  1. When people order recurring print and promotional, is it by phone/fax instead of by web portal?
  2. Do we “manage” multiple print/promotional vendors without the benefit of a proven, fail-safe system?
  3. Is more than 10% of print purchased from broker shops like “Sir Speedy” or “Qwik Print” brokers?

If you’re like most companies, your marketing department must be focused on “creative control”. That means “cost control” is in the backseat, or even outside of the vehicle hanging onto the back bumper. If you want all the quality you’re accustomed to, but at prices that let your quality print dollars go as far as possible, DCI’s print review we can help.

Does your marketing or procurement or any department have predictable tools to maximize quality work with limited budgets?  If not, the DCI print review might discover that you are being billed varying prices for the same type of job. Consider this illustration of a company ordering three packs of business cards within a single month…

Description/Print Date

Charge plus delivery and tax

500 Business Cards/ June 1

$43.19

500 Business Cards/ June 8

$37.75

500 Business Cards/ June 24

$34.26

A printed commodity like business cards having three prices in a given month is a tell-tale sign of even larger overcharges resulting from poor spend visibility.  Now would be a good time to turn around your situation using DCI’s print review.

Guarantees:

  • Print Savings that frees up more dollars for your marketing budget.
  • No compromise to marketing design and critical “must have” projects.
  • Uncover and permanently eliminate hidden charges that drive up your print expense.
  • Your favorite print vendors on their most favored pricing and terms.
  • Quantifiable savings benchmarked against previous print projects.

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