Business Strategy and Reducing Costs

Business and Strategy

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Here’s a top productivity tip: queue, batch and keep everything together as far down the workflow as possible. In print-on-demand,

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In tough economic times, significant challenges face on-demand manufacturers. What are these challenges? In this video, I break down a

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What if you could make more money? There may be unseen opportunities you could be missing… In this video I

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I have a background in marketing and strategy, so when I think about products, I also think about how to

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What is print-on-demand? A process not an industry. Here’s why. When I meet people, they often ask,  “So, what does

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How do you create a business that is a thing of beauty and harmony? In this video I explain why

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Years ago, I worked in digital marketing growing our POD business. So what do you think this has to do

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I’ve been lucky enough to visit the Drupa print show in Dusseldorf a few times over the years but unfortunately

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With labor being one of the 3 biggest cost structures in print on demand and also highly seasonal (is labor

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Our Purpose

We have delivered print on demand automation solutions that have made a profound difference to some of the largest and most diverse factories in the world. Our vision is to make this capability available to all print on demand sites, from photo to merchandise, apparel to giftware – and sites from big to small, without the big up-front price tag. Your success will be our success.

Our details

Pictureworks Group Pty Ltd
ABN 28 119 011 933
trading as ZenSmart and ZenWorks LLC, a Delaware Corporation

Head Office:
Level 2 / 696 Bourke Street
Melbourne VIC 3000
AUSTRALIA
sales@zensmart.ai

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