Standard Register to Offer New Capabilities for Consolidated Graphics Alliance.Business Editors, High Tech Writers DAYTON, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 28, 2001 Company to use SMARTworks.com's new Design to Order(SM) Services to facilitate Commercial Print alliance Standard Register (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :SR) today announced it will begin using new Design to Order services from SMARTworks.com, Inc. to support its commercial print alliance with Consolidated Graphics Consolidated Graphics (NYSE "CGX") is a national, commercial printing company based in Houston, Texas. Founded in 1985 by Joe R. Davis, the company has grown to over 70 locations across 26 states and is known as the leading sheetfed, web and digital printing company in North , Inc. (NYSE:CGX CGX Consolidated Graphics Inc. CGX Meigs Field, Chicago, Illinois (Airport Code) ). "In the past," says Standard Register print on demand marketing manager John Suguitan, "we could review previous orders and place exact reorders via SMARTworks(R), but we had no way of entering new commercial print specifications into the system." To help eliminate that issue, Design to Order adds four new capabilities, including Specification Capture Controls, to the SMARTworks platform. These capabilities, which also include Workflow The automatic routing of documents to the users responsible for working on them. Workflow is concerned with providing the information required to support each step of the business cycle. Controls, Managed Supplier Services and Collaboration Tools A collaboration tool is something that helps people collaborate. The term is often used to mean collaborative software, but collaboration tools were being used before computers existed, a piece of paper can for example can be used as collaboration tool. , span the overall commercial print process -- from request for estimate to order placement to shipping -- allowing complete control of commercial print orders via the SMARTworks Web site. "Consolidated Graphics continues to be excited about our alliance with Standard Register. Our core competencies A core competency is something that a firm can do well and that meets the following three conditions specified by Hamel and Prahalad (1990):
The Standard Register/Consolidated Graphics Alliance In May 2000, Standard Register and Consolidated Graphics announced the formation of a strategic alliance to leverage the expertise of both companies to deliver world-class printing and document management services. Customers receive leading edge integrated print management provided by Standard Register and high-quality commercial printing via Consolidated Graphics' national network of 63 facilities. The companies deliver print services ranging from business forms manufacturing and on-demand digital printing to high-quality commercial printed materials such as annual reports, promotional brochures and training manuals. About Standard Register: Dayton, Ohio-based Standard Register (NYSE:SR) is a nationwide leader in delivering customized document management and workflow solutions to healthcare, financial and general business markets. Serving as a strategic partner under its Less Paper Strategy, Standard Register helps businesses reduce costs and increase revenue. Offerings range from traditional forms manufacturing to commercial and digital on-demand printing See print on demand. ; e-documents and related desktop printing and processing solutions; Internet and paper-based billing services; and labeling solutions. Standard Register reported 2000 revenues of $1.266 billion. For more information, call 800/755-6405 or visit www.standardregister.com. About SMARTworks.com SMARTworks.com, Inc. provides the leading e-business platform for enterprise print management and procurement The fancy word for "purchasing." The procurement department within an organization manages all the major purchases. . SMARTworks.com operates as an Application Service Provider (ASP asp, popular name for several species of viper, one of which, the European asp (Vipera aspis), is native to S Europe. It is also a name for the Egyptian cobra (Naja haja). ) of the SMARTworks(R) Web application, which it markets exclusively through value-added channel partnerships. SMARTworks.com, Inc. is a wholly owned corporate subsidiary of Standard Register (NYSE:SR). For Investor Relations Investor relations The process by which the corporation communicates with its investors. , contact Robert J. Cestelli, 937.221.1304. For more information about SMARTworks(R), visit www.smartworks.com or call 937.913.6200. |
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