NAPCO and Ricoh – Future-proof Your Data Integration

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 business intelligence to manage our customer, vendor, and supplier relationships for much of the work produced in our print shops. In an industry like ours, where we’re already working on razor-thin margins, any data errors threaten to erode that.

Accuracy of data is important, but it isn’t self-managing. Instead, applying it in our day-to-day production, business reporting, and future decision-making takes strategic, reliable, and automated processes.

Join us for an interactive discussion that will help you better understand the impact that stronger integration can bring to your organization. Strategic marketing solutions provider, AIIM, will be joined by its vendor partners as it shares the values gained from its own implementation of Avanti and Ricoh integrated solutions. You’ll learn how data can best be gathered and curated for maximum results, including:

• Discovering the BI best practices of industry leaders and the effect on their profitability
• Uncovering the data exchange points in your workflow with production and MIS integration and how it delivers efficiencies across your supply chain
• Identifying key performance indicators and metrics that will help measure the health of your business across all lines of business
• Discussing what opportunities are being missed without adequate data capture and BI tools

Meet the Presenters

Lisa Oakleaf

Lisa is a Colorado native who has always had a passion for print. Before beginning in product marketing at Ricoh, she worked in the commercial print segment for more than 20 years. Her experience encompasses all aspects of the print workflow: production management, scheduling, planning and advanced prepress integration from Kodak, Agfa, Screen and many more. Her fluency in offset and digital technologies has served her well in the product marketing landscape where Lisa manages commercial print software solutions. Always a customer advocate, Lisa applies their feedback to help develop better products for their business success.

Josh Perkins

As Director of Product Management, Avanti Systems, A Ricoh Company, Josh is responsible for product strategy, design, and direction, working with customers, product specialists, and programmers to develop automated business workflow solutions that exceed customer expectations. Josh joined Avanti in 2004 as a member of the customer support team, later moving into the Product Management department as a Product Specialist and ultimately into his current role, responsible for architecting many features in both Avanti Classic and Avanti Slingshot, including the JDF Framework and its certification. Josh holds a Bachelor of Technology degree from Ryerson University in Toronto, Ontario as well as certifications for JDF Expert and Pragmatic Marketing.

Brent Beard

With more than 20+ years of industry experience, Brent has been a key driver for business growth and customer satisfaction across multiple organizational roles and responsibilities. After joining Avant Imaging and Integrated Media (AIIM) in 2022, a leading technology company for customer acquisition and engagement company in Print and Digital communications, Brent will be leading the company’s key corporate initiatives to become the leader in omni-channel, value-added customer acquisition communication management in North America. As a key member of AIIM’s Senior Management team, Brent is focused on securing the company’s purchasing function, building partnerships and key suppliers, and helping implement Avanti Slingshot® Print MIS across the entire organization through each end-to-end process, helping accelerate the attainment of the corporate goals. Brent joins AIIM from Ricoh Canada Inc. where he was a Senior Production Solutions Consultant, bringing an extensive background in sales and finance along with second to none industry knowledge of the North American commercial print marketplace that will be leveraged extensively for growth. Brent enjoys travelling to warm destinations, spending time being a DIYer and playing hockey and golf to keep active.

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