# Pages: 168
# Figures: 183
Publication Date: July 2003
Service: Production Workflow Solutions
Region: North America
Introduction
Is print in decline in the face of non-print alternatives? What kind of impact are outsourcing and contracted print services having on the print market? How interested are corporate customers in 1:1 printing and other services? Will run lengths continue to decline? Is digital print quality sufficient to meet most needs? How interested are corporate buyers in Web-enabled job submission tools? What is the impact of non-professional buyers? Are e-procurement and strategic sourcing initiatives becoming standard corporate policy?
This study takes a comprehensive look at the changing corporate print industry and provides a detailed snapshot of the marketplace.
Key Findings
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On average, corporations spend approximately 3% of their total revenues on print with outside vendors.
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Overall, document owners and print buyers expect print volume to grow, though only slightly. Print buyers expect print volume to grow 2.9% overall, while document owners expect print volume to grow 2.3% overall.
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Almost two-thirds of respondents are making information available electronically, and they expect this adoption to grow significantly in the coming year.
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Approximately one third of document owners currently use variable information printing. These respondents are somewhat optimistic about increasing the use of variable information technologies in the future.
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Despite the widespread use of POD technology, document obsolescence is still an issue. On average, 12.6% of print becomes obsolete before it can be used.
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The print procurement function is generally distributed throughout multiple departments in an organization.
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Over half of all respondents indicated that their companies had no mandated process for specifying and purchasing print.
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Respondents cited printing and delivery costs and document accuracy as their most significant problems.
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