Do I need to change to digital? Find out with Digital1234
For conventional analogue label converters looking to invest for the first time in digital label printing, there is more behind the decision than simply buying a new printing press or process. It requires a great deal of evaluation and thought beforehand, including decisions about people, sales and marketing, pre-press capabilities and colour management at each individual company.
Identify, Assess, Justify and Implement
Investing in digital label printing means stepping back and taking a critical look at the way you do business and how you liaise throughout your work chain and with your customers. For busy label printers and converters looking to invest in digital printing technologies for the first time, the challenge is often to know what questions to ask themselves, who in the company should be involved in the decision-making process, and what the implications for other departments, or even customers, might be.
To assist companies in their thinking and decision-making, Konica Minolta has designed the Digital1234 assessment guide. This business development programme is a business-based questionnaire covering a range of crucial business topics; using a simple and visual 'traffic light' system, the assessment helps you quickly identify the areas of your business that could benefit from switching to digital by exploring each individual business opportunity. It focuses on the specific needs of label converters and companies involved in the graphic arts fields.
By examining area such as your existing business, how you might generate new business by investing in digital, your employees' understanding of digital printing, and management of the digital production environment, the Digital1234 four-step plan – Identify, Assess, Justify and Implement – will tell you for sure whether the time is right for your organisation to switch to digital.
Those four steps are: