Innovation isn’t magic: there are systems behind innovation. Innovation isn’t easy: it’s not just about technology, succes or failure depends on a lot of factors.
Last week I read an interesting article on the growing pains of industrial inkjet printing by Frazer Chesterman. Typical Gartner Hype Cycle was my first thought. But it seems (too) many people do not know […]
The Internet of Things (IoT) is gaining attention, especially now just after CES, the consumer electronics show. Internet connected devices were all over the place. And all kinds of studies show the growth potential. But […]
Yesterday I got a direct mail piece from a travel agency. Or to be more correct: I got TWO direct mail pieces… Which doesn’t make a good impression. Why are they wasting my money – […]
Earlier this week Amazon announced Amazon Go, its store with automatic checkout. I immediately wondered how they are going to do that. In the past, the concept of an automatic checkout always involved RFID labels […]
Sometimes it can be easy, you just have to find and use the right incentives. That’s what a printing company in France, named Quo Vadis, did. And now they are saving 357.000 euro per year on […]
It is a necessity: investing in marketing and sales. Even in times when cost cutting is daily business. But how much do printing companies invest in marketing and sales? What is the benchmark for printers? […]
It was a gamble when major software companies changed from a one time licence fee to a monthly subscription based licensing. But it seems that many people have embraced that choice. Just look at the numbers […]
When evaluating your business, you need a reference point. And that should be reference points from outside your own company. Otherwise it doesn’t make any sense. A decade ago one printer told me that they […]
I love ‘the cloud’! It’s really great! But there is one thing you shouldn’t forget: you always need a plan B… When Office 365 became available, we switched our e-mail server off for eternity. A […]
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