The EDSF Industry Research library is a valuable and reliable resource that provides access to EDSF White Papers, presentations and publications as well as research by other reliable organizations.

EDSF Commissioned Research, Publications & Presentations

	Academic Research
	Co-Branded Research
	EDSF REPORT
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Other Industry Research

The research below has been written by individuals or organizations other than EDSF. These papers have been submitted to EDSF, reviewed by the Research Committee and have met the EDSF research educational criteria.

2007

• Estimating and Job Costing Digital Printed Matter, 39 pages, 221KB (Malcolm G. Keif, Ph.D./Cal Poly State University, Graphic Communication Department)
   
• Document Delivery - The Glamour and Power of It All, 6 pages, 466KB (Carl Frappaolo, vice president of Market Intelligence, AIIM)
   

2006

• Bringing Content Under Control: Integrated Management of Enterprise Content for Insurance Organizations, 11 pages, 206KB (GMC Software Technology)
   
• Document Communications Help Powerful Retail Banking Industry Face Market Challenges, 12 pages, 876KB (GMC Software Technology)
   
• Dynamic Information Access Control: Going Beyond ECM Security, 13 pages, 283KB (Carl Frappaolo and Dan Kildsen/ Delphi Group, A Perot Systems Company)
   
• IBM’s Roadmap to Color Transaction Output, 20 pages, 256KB (Christopher P. Reid/IBM Printing Systems)
   
• Innovation: From Art to Science, 15 pages, 856KB (Delphi Group, A Perot Systems Company)
   
• Major Trends and Rethinking the Nature of the Print Business, 11 pages, 214KB (Dr. Joseph Webb)
   
• Tracking the Production Printing Market: Third Quarter 2006 5 pages, 82KB (Molly Brien/ InfoTrends)
   

2005

• ABC's of Print MIS: Profit Focused Print Management, 24 pages, 4,012 KB (EFI)
   
• ABCs of Proofing: Understanding a Key Element of the Print Production Process, 22 pages, 3,328 KB (EFI)
   
• Digital Asset Management – A Closer Look at the Literature, 52 pages, 4,827 KB (RIT/Frey, Williams-Allen, Vogl, Chandra)
   
• East Meets West: An Analysis of Printing Education and the Printing Industry in China and the United States, 5 pages, 308 KB (University of Shanghai for Science and Technology/ Xiaohong Wang, Ph. D.)
   
• Microsoft’s "Metro" – impact and opportunity, 11 pages, 1,017 KB (Global Graphics/Dr. Adrian Ford)
   
• Organizations Shift Focus to Information Management:
  The Role of Documents in Highly Effective Business Processes , 16 pages, 186 KB (Xerox Global Services and IDC)
   
• Plan for JDF and Process Automation Implementation Analysis, 23 pages, 477 KB
  (CIP4 and Western Michigan University/ Deepak Kumar Mohan Kumar)
   

2004

• ABC’s of VDP: A Variable Data Printing Basics Guide, 42 pages, 1,616 KB
  (EFI)
   
• ABC's of Workflow: A Guide to Streamlined Production, 25 pages, 1,332 KB
  (EFI)
   
• Back to Basics: The Search for Efficiency AND Compliance, 12 pages, 157 KB
  (AIIM International/John F. Mancini)
   
• Customers: The Flywheel for Successful Business Reorganization, 58 pages, 683 KB (Cincom/John Mangan)
   
• Digital Printing Success Models: Validation StudyValidation Study (2004), 40 pages, 5,249 KB (RIT/Patricia Sorce, Ph.D., Michael Pletka)
   
• Harlequin Dispersed Screening: Global Graphics’ solution for high quality stochastic screening, 10 pages, 492 KB (Global Graphics)
   
• I’m From ECM, You’re From BPM, 12 pages, 467 KB
  (AIIM International)
   
• Is Corporate Insourcing of Print on the Rise? 44 pages, 1,116 KB (RIT/Patricia Source, Ph.D. and Brett Daly)
   
• Smartsourcing: Doing More With Less, 7 pages, 633 KB
  (Delphi Group)
   
• The "Body Graphic": A Metaphor for Print in the Twenty-First Century, 8 pages, 31 KB
  (University of Houston College of Technology/Jerry J. Waite)
   
• The Emperor’s New Clothes: The Current State of Information Management Compliance, 14 pages, 175 KB
  (AIIM International/John F. Mancini)
   
• Trends in Enterprise Print: Understanding the Cost of Business Communications, 11 pages, 589 KB
  (Mimeo/Cary Sherburne)
   

2003

• Behold the Value of Color, 15 pages, 670 KB
  (Scitex Digital Printing)
   
• Communicating With One Voice ... The Voice of the Customer, 44 pages, 955 KB
  (Cincom/Jay McKeever)
   
• Communication Chain Management, 11 pages, 149 KB
  (Pitney Bowes)
   
• Electronic Records Management, 12 pages, 115 KB
  (Scites Associates, Inc./Jan Scites)
   
• Four Strategies for Fixing Distribution, 42 pages, 1,113 KB
  (Cincom/Dale Wolf)
   
• Individualized Marketing Strengthens Customer Loyalty and
  Increases Sales Potential, 16 pages, 257 KB
  (NexPress, Heidelberg, Kodak)
   
• Making Technology Effective, 42 pages, 774 KB
  (Cincom/Patrick J. Dowling Jr.)
   
• Managing Email in the New Business Reality, 9 pages, 163 KB
  (AIIM International/Kahn Consulting, Inc.)
   
• The Agency’s Role in Marketing Communications Demand Creation, 62 pages, 4,100 KB
  (RIT/Pellow, Sorce, Frey)
   
• The Future of Mail & Transaction Documents, 38 pages, 399 KB
  (CAP Ventures, Inc.)
   
• The Strategic Importance of Email Archive Management, 14 pages, 1,286 KB
  (Kevin Craine)
   
• Understanding the Customer: The Issues, Strategies and Solutions, 24 pages, 774 KB
  (Cincom/John Tepe)
   

2002

• Customer Portals: the Value Framework, 6 pages, 57 KB
  (Delphi Group)
   
• Design to Production: The Critical Interface, 36 pages, 4,251 KB
  (RIT/Cost)
   
• Digital Color—Where is the Market?, 40 pages, 5,402 KB
  (RIT/Pellow, Frey & Sorce)
   
• Environmental Management in Lithographic Printing, 56 pages, 962 KB
  (RIT/Rothenberg, Toribio & Becker )
   
• Graphic Arts Patents: The International Picture, 19 pages, 32 KB
  (Cal Poly/Levenson)
   
• Outsourcing, 8 pages, 239 KB
  (DST Output)
   
• Print Media Distribution in a Digital Age, 36 pages, 1,040 KB
  (RIT/Romano)
   
• Relationship Marketing Strategy, 32 pages, 324 KB
  (RIT/Sorce)
   
• Web Services at the Desktop - A New World Order, 8 pages, 931 KB
  (Delphi Group)

2001

• Added-value Analysis of Four-color Digital Printing:
  One to One Marketing Study, 27 pages, 543 KB
  (NexPress GmbH and IIW Institute of Informational Management)