EFI Completes Life Cycle Assessment for Nozomi Digital Direct-to-Corrugated Printer

LSC Communications announced a multi-year agreement with Workman Publishing that renews and expands the companies’ relationship. In addition to renewing its printing, warehousing, fulfillment and distribution services, LSC will provide Workman with end-to-end Order-to-Cash (“OTC”) services. LSC’s OTC platform includes customer service, order and credit management, invoicing, cash application, and dispute resolution, as well as sales and inventory analysis reporting. Workman will also join LSC’s digital content management platform Harvest, which provides publishers with opportunities to increase ebook sales through online marketplace monitoring, sales analysis & keyword generation. The relationship between Workman and LSC goes back more than forty years. Since 1973, LSC (originally through Banta/RR Donnelley) has been Workman’s largest print vendor, responding with tremendous creativity to Workman’s needs for unusual formats and display ideas. In 1978 it also became Workman’s warehousing and distribution partner. Click Read More below for additional information.

Cenveo Publisher Services announces a major update to Author Services, a publisher-branded e-commerce tool. Author Services enables the collection of fees integrated directly into a publisher's composition workflow. Cenveo's Author Services solution has been key to helping publishers improve the collection of fees for publication charges, Open Access, reprints/eprints and membership dues. Publishers who use Author Services report a 90% improved cash flow by eliminating common delays with fee collections. Author Services 2.0 now accommodates advanced payment processing, including discounts, coupon codes and expanded payment terms. Click Read More below for additional detail.

Taylor Corporation has reached an agreement to acquire the assets of DMR Creative Marketing of Deerfield Beach, Fla. DMR provides branded apparel and gift items to cruise lines, resorts, gift shops and related markets for uniform programs and the souvenir channel. The acquisition advances the capabilities and distribution channels of Taylor’s Promotional Products business unit. “DMR Creative Marketing‘s capabilities and channels are an ideal fit for Taylor Promotional Products,” says Susan Drenning, Group President of Taylor Direct & Digital Marketing. “The addition of DMR’s design talent and sophisticated screen print and embroidery technology expands our scope in the industry. We have big plans for apparel, souvenirs and other promotional products and I can’t wait to see what we can accomplish together.”