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Five Ways Sales Ready! 2020 Will Help Boost Sales

Five Ways Sales Ready! 2020 Will Help Boost Sales

April 22, 2020

Now is the time to boost your sales knowledge. The Sales Ready! 2020 virtual conference is full of industry experts that will give you effective tactics to become a more strategic salesperson. Join us May 4-8, 2020, and get proven tactics to boost revenue, commissions, and sales volume. Check out the video below to see just a few of the topics that will be covered during Sales Ready! 2020:         Sales Ready! 2020 from Printing Industries of... Read More

A Guide to Crisis/Cash Management and Contingency Planning: Part 2

April 2, 2020

The following content has been generously shared with us by Timothy Thompson of FTI Consulting. In an uncertain and rapidly evolving landscape, printers are facing daunting new challenges in a sector that was already under pressure. Printers must act now to protect employees, to prepare for business and operational obstacles while continuing to serve their stakeholders; some can be expected, many will not. The critical variable in this equation... Read More

A Guide to Crisis/Cash Management and Contingency Planning: Part 1

April 2, 2020

The following content has been generously shared with us by Timothy Thompson of FTI Consulting. COVID-19 is an economic crisis in addition to a humanitarian one. As the humanitarian and economic impact of COVID-19 ripples through the world, companies must develop a framework to identify, anticipate and mitigate the disruption that their everyday activities will face. Companies have an obligation to support and ensure the best outcome for their... Read More

Q&A with Lean Leadership Expert Jamie V. Parker

March 16, 2020

New managers often learn the ins and outs of team leadership while on the job. Now, those new to leading or just looking to improve their management skills can do so with the Leadership Skills for New Supervisors course available in the iLearning Center. We talked with Lean leadership expert and course instructor Jamie V. Parker to get an insider look at what students of the course can expect. PIA: Who is the ideal candidate to take the... Read More

Dr. Erica Walker

Dr. Erica Walker

March 2, 2020

March is Women's History Month. It's a time to celebrate the contributions of noteworthy women who have helped to change history. In honor of Women's History Month, Printing Industries of America would like to recognize women who have had a significant impact on the printing industry in an encouraging and progressive way. Dr. Erica Walker is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Graphic Communications, College of Business at... Read More

Continuous Improvement Love Story — Tom Staib, President, DWS Printing Associates, Inc

February 13, 2020

  It's the time of year that love gets a lot of attention, but with the 2020 Continuous Improvement Conference happening in just eight weeks, we've also got Lean and continuous improvement (CI) best practices on our minds. Which got us thinking: What do print industry experts find truly enticing about CI? So, we asked! Here is what Tom Staib, President, DWS Printing Associates, Inc shared with us about his love of CI and the results it has... Read More

How Promoting Employee Happiness Benefits Everyone

January 9, 2020

Note: This article orginally appeared on the Caliper blog at https://calipercorp.com/blog/promoting-employee-happiness-benefits-everyone/. Happy employees positively affect workplace operations. Statistics show that companies that foster employee happiness outperform their competitors by 20%. It's no surprise, then, that some companies are taking more active measures to promote positive employee experiences.  In 2015, Airbnb became one of the... Read More

Get to Know TAGA Student Ambassador Victoria Sallese from Ryerson University

Get to Know TAGA Student Ambassador Victoria Sallese from Ryerson University

December 17, 2019

TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT YOURSELF AND WHY YOU DECIDED TO BECOME A TAGA STUDENT AMBASSADOR. I am a fourth-year student in the Graphic Communications Management (GCM) program at Ryerson University in Toronto, Ontario. I joined our Student Chapter, RyeTAGA, last year as a multimedia director and had a great experience with the team and at the Annual Technical Conference. This will be my second year taking on the same position, along with being a TAGA... Read More

Partnering with Printers on Process Free Since 2005

December 13, 2019

New products like KODAK SONORA Process Free Plates are not only helping to reduce waste and improve efficiency, they also enable consistency of performance and image quality, as well as increase printers' profitability. That's why over 4,000 printers of all sizes rely on Kodak to capture all the benefits of process free. And, with the introduction of KODAK SONORA X Process Free Plates last year, up to 80% of printers can now easily switch to... Read More

Attention SONORA Plate Customers! It’s Time to Apply for the 2019 SONORA Plate Green Leaf Award

Attention SONORA Plate Customers! It’s Time to Apply for the 2019 SONORA Plate Green Leaf Award

October 18, 2019

If you use KODAK SONORA Process Free Plates, then you could be the next winner of the SONORA Plate Green Leaf Award. The award recognizes printers that are environmental leaders, taking extra steps to reduce their environmental impact and make the print industry more sustainable. Important change this year! We get so many impressive submissions that we've decided to make a change that will allow us to recognize more winners. Instead of giving... Read More

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