Enterprise Application Integration (EAI): For Small Printers

Supplier consolidation, budget cuts, and corpomte e-procurement initiatives have emerged as a trend that even the smallest printer cannot afford to ignore. In order to remain competitive and continue to obtain business from both large and small corpomtions, printers must adopt new IT pmctices like Enterprise Application Integration (EAI.) EAI is a complex subject; there are dozens of books that address the need for EAI, and that discuss implementation stmtegies. This paper will focus on the small Print Shop (SPS) and its need for developing an EAI system to do business with corpomte customers, despite the inherent challenges of a lack of IT resources at a typical SPS.