18 Mar, 2008 → by ClaimboUser108317
On line print shops

Flow chart for an on-line print shop On-line print shops are a fine example to the industrial and business world adaptation to the Internet and the global village phenomena. The interesting part of this renewal story is the tale of the conventional, simple, regular, off-line, traditional, old times print shops which upgraded it self to a new state of the art small businesses. First of all the owners of such a print shop have to learn the potential and the "language" of the new media and construct a web site. This web site is the virtual display window of the shop. Then they have to network the working stations of all workers and all those who were involved in the production process. The last step is to purchase a digital printing machine which manufactures products at the standard level of a color laser printer, but much faster. The old fashion manually face to face system is still working, side by side with the computerized automatic new system. There are people who prefer ordering their prints in the old traditional way. They want to sit by the graphic artist and to produce there business card (or what ever) interactively and at the end of the process they pay on the spot no internet no nothing of the kind. For the producing flow chart it's very important because there is a point where the two streams join together, no matter where the order comes from. So this is how it goes, step by step: 1. Some where around the world someone is sitting in front of his computer and type: "business cards" or "flyers" or whatever that has something to do with printing. 2. The browsers offer him a list of available possibilities and all the consumer has to do is pick up his choice. 3. The user follows the site stages from choosing a pre designed template, adding written information on it, up to the last station where he/she fills his/her credit card numbers and pays for the order. 4. The site must be friendly user, easy and simple to be used and in the end the consumer must be assured that the real product is like: "what you see is what you get". 5. Because the user has to write down his/hers E-mail address – it opens a possibility of an on-line communication with the print shop for customer services and support. 6. Automatically the approved-by-the-customer order moves down the line from one production step to the next: From the graphic artist to the printer operator and then to the cutting and packaging machines operators. The last person to handle the product is the shipment clerk. The money is delivered by the banking system and credit cards companies through the net. 7. The human touch and involvement is not necessarily needed. It's done only because print shop owner wants to be 100% sure that the products are delivered in the highest standards possible. 8. In some print shops there is a quality inspector who checks the product while being manufactured in order to stop the process if there is a failure. Some of the products has to be laminated or capsulated or with special requests for folding or any other demands asked by the customer. It's amazing to walk through the last finish stage and see business cards ordered by a Plummer who leaves in California, or flyers ready to be shipped to a kindergarten in Canada, magnets to advertise a wedding organizer in Australia, or stamps for a distinguish layer from London. Welcome to the global village. you are welcome to respond to this address: yechiam47@***.com
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