The Cost of Printing is More Than Ink on Paper.
Your 14-cent sell sheet actually costs you 44 cents!
Purchasing and processing of printing, business stationery, and promotional products is labor intensive, costly, and inefficient to the point where a typical “14¢ data sheet ” can actually cost 44¢ when the cost of ordering, processing, waste, storage, fulfillment, obsolescence and other hidden factors are taken into account.
Often the cost of managing print exceeds the cost of the consumables themselves several times over.
This mismanagement adds to your printed material cost, eats away at your budget and reduces your bottom line profits.
Step 1 - Know What, When and How Much to Buy
• Smart Source takes the guessing game out of quantities. Our proprietary software utilizes your actual usage data to determine suggested order quantities so that you don't over-order - Unused materials leads to obsolescence, waste and unnecessary cost!
• Replenishment reports suggest what products to print in combination and when it is advantageous
to run the job – optimizing press time and run sequencing minimizes cost and maximizes your savings.
Step 2 - Use the Right Tool for the Job
• We do not own nor are we associated with any printing companies or facilities and are not obligated to use a printer that may not be perfect for your job and budget.
We are dedicated to matching your projects production with the most efficient printing techniques available.
If we don't save your company “big money”, we don't get paid!
• Through our extensive industry knowledge, we are able to leverage a collaborative nationwide network of printers to print your projects closer to the end user. Lowering your distribution costs and facilitating transport assignment reduces freight cost and saves you money.
• For each job we manage, Smart Source is solely focused on identifying the appropriate manufacturing plant offering the most economical price within the production, delivery, and service parameters as defined by our customers.
Our resources are dedicated to fulfilling our customers' needs. Our role is not managing and filling press time and production lines (as printers and promo manufacturers must do).
• Smart Source will save you money through our e-RFX sourcing tool.
Step 3 - Manage Compliance and Savings through an
unbiased Gatekeeper™
• As the Gatekeeper™ of your printed materials and marketing collateral, we manage your projects from start to finish, by streamlining your processes, eliminating hidden costs and other inefficiencies, and concurrently increasing service and quality- because if we don't save your company's “big money”, we don't get paid!
• We are focused on saving your company money and providing unparalleled customer service. Through our “Open Book” Pricing Policy, you are assured of competitive and current pricing, and full transparency.
We consistently share wholesale costs with our clients – because if you are not in complete agreement with savings calculations, we don't get paid!
• Through real time results-tracking information and detailed management reports, you can verify Smart Source's “Big Money” savings on your behalf with “a click of your mouse”, 24/7, wherever you have an Internet connection.
Align with Smart Source—a strategic partner that can efficiently and effectively manage your print process, from bidding and buying, to on-line procurement and inventory management. Smart Source can change the way you do business and improve your bottom line via significant cost savings.