Workflow Automation Archives

Improve efficiency with automation.

Automate manual tasks and workflow processes to eliminate human errors, reduce costs and meet deadlines.

Ricoh Software solutions for Workflow Automation

Avanti Slingshot^® Print MIS

Avanti Slingshot scalable modular system provides printers a complete end-to-end MIS solution that grows as you grow. Flexible and intuitive, it offers a suite of tools to efficiently manage your key business...

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RICOH ProcessDirector is an automated workflow management solution that meets the many challenges of modern communications production....

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RICOH TotalFlow BatchBuilder™

RICOH TotalFlow BatchBuilder intelligently simplifies short-run digital production. Stop manual job processing and let automation process for you....

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Ricoh Software Webinars covering Workflow Automation

Be Profitable in Short-Run Work!

Recorded: July 8, 2020

If you’re looking for a way to balance mixed application jobs using equipment from different vendors with laborious setups for finishing and binding, this webinar...

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Introduction to Workflow Automation

Recorded: August 4, 2020

If disjointed systems and manual touchpoints are leading to extended shifts, delays in delivery, and costly errors, this webinar is for you to discover how workflow...

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Eliminating Islands of Automation

Recorded: August 6, 2020

If you are looking for a way to eliminate the islands of automation that have developed from distributed technology resulting in isolated or scattered processes, then...

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Cost-Effective Output Management

Recorded: August 13, 2020

Do you have a mix of newer and legacy systems, multiple print servers, and many evolving data streams? Solve these and many other output management challenges, including...

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Tracking Production History with RICOH ProcessDirector™

Recorded: August 14, 2020

In only 20 minutes, learn how the Archive feature of RICOH ProcessDirector™ lets you do much more than just store copies of the files you process! Linda Liebelt, Global...

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Simplified Job and Printer Management

Recorded: August 27, 2020

Long queues, print errors and routing print jobs to the wrong printer can eat away at profitability. If your print-on-demand environment needs a solution to automate...

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What’s New in RICOH ProcessDirector™?

Recorded: August 31, 2020

Don’t miss Linda Liebelt, Ricoh Global Product Owner, walking through enhancements in RICOH ProcessDirector™ from version 3.8 through v3.8.4. She showcases many of...

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Turn Operational Data into Strategic Business Insights

Recorded: September 3, 2020

Looking to take the uncertainty out of your print environment investment decisions and increase productivity? Make business decisions based on data, not assumptions....

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Make-Ready Print Production Files Made Easy

Recorded: September 10, 2020

Are you struggling with repetitive tasks while preparing print production files? By automating that checklist you have for every print job, you can conserve your...

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Do You Know How Your Production Printers Are Performing?

Recorded: September 17, 2020

Are you struggling to understand your production printers’ device utilization and throughput to plan for peak capacity and maximize productivity? Check out this...

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Tracking Production History with RICOH ProcessDirector™

Recorded: October 6, 2020

In only 20 minutes, learn how the Archive feature of RICOH ProcessDirector™ lets you do much more than just store copies of the files you process! Linda Liebelt, Ricoh...

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How to Automate the Top 10 Time-Consuming Tasks Eroding Your Profits

Recorded: October 22, 2020

Are you tired of everyday common tasks eroding the already slim profits in your print shop? We all hear constantly that print optimization and automation increases...

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How to Optimize Print and Mail to Maximize Postal Savings

Recorded: November 5, 2020

Postal optimization and the associated savings begins with the data. The quality and accuracy of your data is the key to meeting your organizational postal savings goals....

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving Commercial Print Business

Recorded: November 18, 2020

What can a commercial print company do to stay relevant and competitive in today’s evolving commercial print market? During these challenging times the print industry has...

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How to Leverage Print Software to Optimize Your Hardware Investment

Recorded: May 6, 2021

The decision on where to invest your technology dollars is a big one, and not without risk. Print software technology changes quickly, and one-time leaders can quickly...

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Boost Digital Production with RICOH TotalFlow BatchBuilder™ and Ultimate Impostrip®

Recorded: May 20, 2021

One-offs and short print runs require a costly hands-on effort to manage, making it difficult to turn a profit in digital production. Workflow automation combined with...

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How to Capture Emerging Print Industry Opportunities in the New Economy

Recorded: June 24, 2021

The uncertainty of the last year has challenged printers everywhere to look at their businesses through a different lens. Print industry business models need to change to...

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NAPCO and Ricoh: Top 6 Things to Automate in 2022 for Profitable In plant Printing

Recorded: January 13, 2022

Time is money, and your in plant printing is likely losing revenue by not automating manual processes. In this webinar, we will help you identify 6 tasks in your...

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NAPCO and Ricoh: Grow Your Business and Improve Profitability Without Adding Overhead

Recorded: February 10, 2022

In this session, multiple Print Service Providers will discuss how increased print automation, reduced touchpoints, and a streamlined workflow can lead to significant...

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NAPCO and Ricoh: Deliver More Revenue Opportunities by Unlocking the 5 Stages of Your

Recorded: March 17, 2022

How do you unlock the 5 stages of your print production ecosystem to deliver more revenue opportunities? It’s all in the smooth handoff. No job succeeds or fails at a...

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NAPCO and Ricoh – INPUT: How to Position Your Job for a Successful and

Recorded: July 7, 2022

Onboarding is more than file submission, though that is the first and potentially ugly first step of a print job. First off, 35% of all printers rely on email to get a...

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NAPCO and Ricoh – Future-proof Your Data Integration

Recorded: August 11, 2022

Stats show that 94% of B2B companies believe their data is inaccurate. That sounds pretty serious, but why should you care? How does it affect your business? We rely on...

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NAPCO and Ricoh – MANAGE: Job Accuracy and Tracking for Optimal Production

Recorded: August 31, 2022

On average, printers manage some portion of up to 30 jobs a day. Doesn’t sound too bad until you consider tracking every step of the job through estimating, scheduling,...

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NAPCO and Ricoh – PREPARE. Protecting Your Profitability: Get Your Files Right!

Recorded: October 19, 2022

PREPARE is the one area that affects everybody regardless of geography, function or segment. Seriously, don’t miss this one. Now that your job onboarding (INPUT) is on...

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NAPCO and Ricoh – PRODUCE. Making it Happen: Software and Hardware Working

Recorded: November 30, 2022

Now we’re getting to the good stuff. Your jobs are onboarded (INPUT), estimating and output specifications are under control (MANAGE), and your files are ready for...

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NAPCO and Ricoh – OUTPUT. Closing the Workflow Loop…Profitably.

Recorded: December 7, 2022

Review, Analyze, Update, and Repeat… The job may be off the press, but you’re not done yet! Learn More & Register for this webinar. We all know post-production...

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NAPCO and Ricoh – The Ecosystem Finale: Your Print Workflow UNRAVELED

Recorded: February 2, 2023

When we started the Ecosystem series last year, we knew it would take time, proof, and real-world customer use cases to unravel the 5 stages of your print production...

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NAPCO and Ricoh – 3 Ways Postal Optimization Reduces Spend and Increases

Recorded: April 6, 2023

Did You Know? Learn more and register here. With an increasingly digitized world, we all hear the rumblings that print is dead, and nobody is using direct mail anymore....

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Ricoh Software Blog about Workflow Automation

Why Commercial Printers Need Web Enablement Solutions

3 minute read, by Linnea Wolken

Did you ever have a collection of 8-tracks or cassette tapes or even Betamax videotapes that you didn’t know what to do with? Once the hottest thing around, these formats didn’t last. Before long, most people...

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Overcome Printing Challenges by Automating with RICOH TotalFlow Prep

3 minute read, by Linnea Wolken

The ultimate goal of any printer — from in-plant printers to commercial print service providers (PSPs) — is speed to press. Getting error-free jobs to press quickly is the primary way to increase output and...

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Customer Communication Management: Solving an Ongoing Challenge

3 minute read, by Linnea Wolken

As your print business’s communication with end customers becomes a more integral part of an ongoing business-generating relationship, it’s a smart move to get more strategic with that communication....

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Better Campaign and Asset Management with Marketing Automation Software

3 minute read, by Linnea Wolken

In-plant and commercial print service providers face an ever-increasing need to diversify their offerings, increase their efficiency, and boost revenue. And they continue to struggle with chaotic and...

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Future-proof Your Workflow: Job Onboarding

2 minute read, by Linnea Wolken

Public transit systems, like subways, are remarkable for the ability to move large numbers of people throughout a city efficiently. For instance, the subway system in Tokyo, Japan, moves nearly 7 million...

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Future-proof your Workflow: Data Reviews

3 minute read, by Pat McGrew

We rely on data to inform customer, vendor, and supplier relationships and much of the work produced in our print shops. Data comes in a host of formats, both visible and invisible. There is the data you...

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Future-proof Your Workflow: Profit from Data

3 minute read, by Matt Prusa

During times of change, businesses need to double down on their best customers. There are macro-economic trends that are largely out of your control. The labor market is tight with growing compensation...

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Future-proof your Workflow: Batch Management

2 minute read, by Lisa Oakleaf

One of the best practices of high-performing print shops is to leverage the power of building batches to keep presses running with as few interruptions as possible. While many printers are familiar with the...

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Future-proof Your Workflow: Automate the Routine

3 minute read, by Pat McGrew

Today’s automotive industry uses robots extensively to build cars. In fact, half of all robots are used in the automotive industry, with a ratio of roughly one robot to every eight employees[1]. These robotic...

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3 Ways to Empower Your Workflow

3 minute read, by Lisa Oakleaf

The last decade has seen a quantifiable move to shorter print run in various print segments. Commercial print, POD and the book market have all experienced this trend, making it more difficult to schedule...

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The 3 Must-Haves for Your Production Workflow

3 minute read, by Andrew Young

The competitive nature of printing hasn’t changed as we entered 2021. Quality, performance and a competitive edge remain critical to success for printers. In high-speed, high-volume production environments,...

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Now’s the Perfect Time for a Workflow Evaluation

3 minute read, by Kevin Shaw

If 2020 has been a slower-than-normal year for your business, you’re not alone. According to a survey by Quocirca, a market research firm specializing in print and digital technologies, 70 percent of print...

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Industry Speed Round with Pat McGrew

3 minute read, by Pat McGrew

Author, speaker, evangelist and a relentless customer advocate, we all know that Pat knows print. Hear what she has to say about the current state of the industry, where she thinks customers and vendors...

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Get in the Game with a Software Subscription Plan

2 minute read, by Linnea Wolken

Everybody can compete with a level playing field. All print operations are under pressure to be efficient. They are also under pressure to control costs, which means the search for optimizing solutions is...

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Why Automate? Lessons for Launching the ROI Domino Effect in Your Print Shop

5 minute read, by Kevin Shaw

Automation in the print shop is not a new concept. For years, printers have been installing new equipment in an effort to automate different segments of their workflows, hoping to reduce overhead costs and...

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Create a Mail Moment with Customer Data and Personalized Communication

3 minute read, by Eric Staples

Is it possible to create essential printed communication that includes targeted messages and intrigues each person who retrieves it from their mailbox? The simple answer is: Yes! Even better – that...

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Find New Business by Leveraging Your Print Workflow Tools

3 minute read, by Andrew Young

There are many situations that challenge businesses to find new ways to reach customers, deliver information, continue to grow, and find a path to keeping their margins and profitability. It is survival and...

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Simplify Short-Run Job Management with Batching

3 minute read, by Lisa Oakleaf

Has your business transitioned from long runs to short runs? It has become the reality for most printers, from general commercial printers to book printers in all size shops. When the number of jobs grows,...

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Make Moves to Control Costs in Your Print Workflow During Uncertain Times

3 minute read, by Andrew Young

Challenging times call for new methods, new vision and a renewed goal to control the costs of the environment we manage. Ricoh is uniquely positioned to help our print and digital output customers, and those...

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Building Your Workflow Automation Plan

6 minute read, by Andrew Young

Is your workflow as efficient as it can be? Are you experiencing the operational efficiencies you expected from your last workflow makeover? For many companies it is a hard question to answer. As each new...

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