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Business Success Through Focused Technology Solutions: A Profile of Radius Solutions Inc.

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Overview Despite promises of the paperless society, the requirement for printed materials persists in the twenty-first century. The technological age and the demands of today's business environment have impacted the printing and packaging industry in several ways. Customers expect high quality, fast turnaround, and low prices, even for the complex printing jobs arising from sophisticated marketing practices, such as targeted and personalized direct mail campaigns. In 2002, the North American printing and packaging industry experienced its lowest profit in years, with the top 10 companies clearing only 8% before taxes. Given a choice, printers would naturally prefer to spend their limited cash on printing machinery rather than Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems.

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Publisher	IDG (International Data Group)	File Format	PDF
Date Published	October 2003
Format	White Papers
Topics	ERP, Business Management

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