eLynxx Solutions

This month our featured eLynxx team member is Deb Snider. Deb has been part of the eLynxx team for 37 years and is currently our Senior Vice President. One of the main reasons Deb has worked with us for so long has been the team camaraderie and work we perform for our clients. Deb understands that clients will forge long-term relationships with us once they see the results we deliver. When Deb isn’t working, she enjoys spending time with family and exploring the beautiful Smoky Mountains. #meettheelynxxteam

While our office is open, we understand that working in person is still not easy for everyone. Our software can bring your team together whether in person or digitally! Our support team can work with you anywhere as well. Find out how you can work with our software and team from anywhere by visiting https://linktr.ee/Elynxx

For print marketers, the no-nonsense path from the pandemic is expert assistance. Find out how eLynxx provides you the necessary assistance needed during these times on our blog page https://linktr.ee/Elynxx

This time last year offices closed and the future remained uncertain. Elynxx Solutions has remained open for business and we continue to help our customers thrive throughout this time. Our offices are continuously cleaned, follow COVID protocols, and ready to hear how we can work with you! Contact us today at https://linktr.ee/Elynxx

In an often-quoted Harvard Business Review article three years ago, Michael Mankins argued that U.S. companies have maxed out on improving efficiency over the past 30 years, and they should focus instead on increasing productivity to be truly successful. The difference between the two is that:... Efficiency is about doing the same work with fewer resources (saving money by reducing the inputslabor, time, and materialsrequired). For example, in printing, reducing waste and overtime costs are ways to be more efficient. Productivity, on the other hand, is about producing more with the same resources (increasing output by doing things differently). To put it another way, efficiency means maintaining a holding pattern (not slipping) and increasing profits through savings, while productivity means growth. In the pandemic, many businesses have tried to hang on by being as efficient as possibleby doing the same (or less) with less. But with COVID vaccines and economic recovery on the horizon, printers, print buyers and marketers would be wise to begin shifting to a productivity mindsetthinking about ways to grow by producing more. A key area of opportunity is your print management system. Here’s why: By changing the way you do things (remember, productivity is about increasing output by doing things differently), the right print management software and service can eliminate one of the biggest drags on productivity todayemail. By some estimates, employees spend three to four hours a day (up to 20 hours a week) checking and handling email. A 2015 survey put the numbers even higher, at six hours a day or 30 hours a week. This time suck has probably grown in 2020, as remote work has replaced more office work. For many print buyers, email (and spreadsheets) are the prime method of managing print projectswith a typical project generating dozens of internal emails, as well as external emails between buyer and supplier. This erodes not only efficiency (it’s time-consuming and inconvenient for employees), but also productivityobviously, staying on top of so many emails means you get less done because things take longer, and you may be ignoring important things altogether. Freeing up time spent unproductively is a way to increase productivity. Purpose-built print management software can free up time wasted on email communication by replacing email with automated notifications, tracking, and monitoring of print projects. (This is different from simply making email more efficient.) It can do the same with other aspects of print procurement, such as qualifying printers, writing specs, and getting bids. And today more than ever, productivity matters because it creates top-line growth. Mankin writes that without it, trying to wring out greater profits through efficiency (is) the managerial equivalent of attempting to squeeze blood from a stone.

Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah from the eLynxx home office team! A little celebrating happening in the halls of eLynxx today.

Wonderful article by John Roche regarding the marketplace in Britain. The same principles apply to North America as well. While there are exceptions to every rule, this is not far from stark reality. Comments? Discussions? Share them with us.

We explore the value in-house print buyers bring to an organization and provide six tips to fight the threat of being outsourced in a brief video. Check it out!

In case you missed it...good discussion!