Publication Date: June 2010
Service: On Demand Printing & Publishing Europe
Introduction
In a time when rationalising printing costs are on the top of every CFO or COO, the need for professionally managed, highly cost-effective in-plants and CRDs have never been greater. Externally managed print, outsourcing, or managed print services are just a few of the buzz words that have permeated the industry and threaten the raison d’être of in-plants. As the pressure to rationalise print spending continues, corporate reprographic departments are increasingly forced to reinvent themselves and prove they provide value to the organisation. This requires a migration to what we call a new repro: an in-house print centre that is proactively helping the organisation achieving its communication goals, thereby providing a wide range of cost-effective print services based on the latest technology. This migration does not happen overnight and requires the help of many stakeholders to provide the right mix of hardware, software, training, and services. This study aims to provide the necessary market intelligence to develop a clear-cut strategy that brings European in-plants firmly into the next decade and help our clients grow their presence and success in this important market.
Project Objectives
The study provides a complete and fresh view of the current European in-plant market and has the following objectives:
- Define and size the European in-plant market (European Union countries)
- Measure the penetration of installed hardware in use
- Measure the penetration of software tools in use, including Web job submission, variable data, workflow automation, production management and other functions
- Identify product purchasing plans
- Quantify the volume and growth of various print applications and other services
- Explore country differences within Europe
- Explore the difference between documents that are produced on-site versus those produced off-site and factors driving the decision
- Gauge the rate of convergence by identifying whether in-plant sites merge with data centre printing sites or take on their responsibilities
- Investigate and understand the operation of sites that are run by facility management firms as well as the drivers to outsource or insource
- Identify the need for business development and training services
- Identify trends around the relationship between in-plant and establishment, especially around the management of performance, cost control, and service levels
- Formulate a vision of the new repro: factors that will impact the in-plant print shop of the future
Analysis & Project Deliverables
By subscribing to this research, clients will receive the following set of deliverables:
- An executive summary that addresses key issues, findings, and overall conclusions and recommendations
- Written report: This is a detailed (approximately 200 pages) written report, which provides a full description of the research and its findings, and comes with charts, data tables, and analysis.
- Tabulated data is provided to give clients the opportunity to view the complete set of responses, which is useful for their own analysis or specific cross-tabulations. The tabulated data will be provided in three separate “banners” delivered in both PDF and Excel / CSV format.
- The banner index provides full details on the breakout by question of each of the banners.
- Questionnaire / Frequency reports provide the full questionnaire, as well as top-level information about the number and origin of respondents.
- Presentation in PowerPoint format contains bullet points, pie charts, and bar graphs relevant to the results of the study.
Getting Started
For more information on the study or to sign up as a participant, contact Jason Russell at + or via e-mail at . Early subscriber discounts are available until January 31, 2010.
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