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How Print Vendor Collaboration Leads to Better Artwork Development

Overview:

Great artwork isn't just a one-person show; it's a collaborative masterpiece involving brand professionals, agencies, and print vendors. When companies ace artwork management, they forge strong collaborations with vendors. This teamwork aims for one thing: making the artwork Fit-For-Use (FFU), and ready for print. Those nailing collaboration tend to zoom ahead with lower costs and faster processes, turning their visions into reality with lightning speed.

Look Beyond Procurement

Print vendor relationships go beyond just getting the best price. It's about a symphony of accuracy, speed, and value It's about building a partnership that enhances accuracy, speed, and overall value. When design agencies and print vendors team up, they ensure that an artwork looks just as stunning in print. Collaboration turns good prints into great ones.

Latest Technical Expertise

While design agencies excel in print knowledge, they might not stay updated on the latest print and packaging tech. Print vendors, on the other hand, are constantly updating not only equipment but print techniques that can produce a multitude of effects and finishes that can be used to differentiate a product’s packaging. So, collaborating with the print vendor early in the artwork lifecycle may provide alternative packaging insights which are more cost effective.

Partners in Packaging Design

Print vendors bring a wealth of packaging design experience to the table. Their insights, born from successes and failures, are invaluable. Leveraging their expertise through collaboration helps create refined and sophisticated packaging designs without the need for trial and error.

Improve Efficiency and Save Money

Enhancing efficiency and cost-effectiveness in packaging design is crucial. Often, exceptional designs face cost barriers, but collaborating with print vendors uncovers innovative, budget-friendly solutions. Their expertise introduces alternative materials or techniques, achieving desired effects without excessive costs, making it a win-win for the stakeholders.

Conclusion:

Regardless of the market you serve or the type of packaging your brand is going after, early collaboration between your design agency and print vendor is key to helping you create the packaging design you envisioned while giving you the benefits of reliability, cost effectiveness and invaluable expertise.

ManageArtworks provides a simple and intuitive platform where brand owners, design agencies and print vendors can collaborate seamlessly. ManageArtworks has a purpose-built software for Packaging Artwork Management that helps eliminate inaccuracies and accelerate artwork development by providing a single collaborative workspace that can be accessed by all artwork stakeholders. Each stakeholder has real-time, up-to-date information that can prove beneficial in managing artworks & specifications, controlling costs, maximizing returns, and discovering new opportunities to strengthen vendor partnerships.

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We wanted to streamline our label approval process with a functional program that could help us avoid human error, consolidate information, store assets, and provide timelines. ManageArtworks met all of these needs and is extremely user friendly, so our adoption to the software was seamless. The customer service and customization far exceed expectations.
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The system's efficiency in handling artwork submissions, revisions, and approvals has not only saved us valuable time but has also enhanced collaboration among team members. Its automated notification feature has greatly reduced communication gaps and improved overall project coordination. the Artwork Management System has been a game-changer for us. Its reliability, ease of use, and comprehensive capabilities make it an indispensable tool for anyone dealing with artwork management.
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Chief Manager - Packaging Development
ManageArtworks is an excellent product to work on with. With this tool, our artwork development timelines are coming down and efficiency is getting improved. This tool makes it easy for multiple departments to work together seamlessly. My special appreciation to the support team. They are extremely knowledgeable, listen to all the queries carefully, and come up with solutions quickly. They ensure that the new updates are implemented without disrupting our work.
Rajesh Muthu
Senior Manager - Packaging Development
What sets ManageArtworks apart from off-the-shelf document management systems (DMS), artwork management systems and other collaboration platforms in the market is the fact that it is an integrated solution that brings together DMS, workflows, record management (packaging records & batch records), advanced reporting, analytics and audit trails. Everyone at ManageArtworks from the leadership to the project manager, were willing and able to configure the solution as per our specific needs.
Martin Luther
Product Designer at Uber.INC
Kim Mills Quint
Senior Director for Packaging Development and Design
We are in an FMCG Volume Business where end-to-end artwork ecosystem and quick turnaround time are critical elements. We wanted to digitalize the Artwork Management to eliminate human errors and improve turnaround time. At Parle Agro Ltd, we achieved these objectives with the implementation of the KAROMI ManageArtworks System. The KAROMI project and support team, along with senior management, have proven to be exceptionally supportive, knowledgeable, innovative, and committed throughout the journey.
Martin Luther
Product Designer at Uber.INC
Martin Luther
Product Designer at Uber.INC
Dr. Avadhut Parab
Chief Information Officer at Parle Agro
Martin Luther
Product Designer at Uber.INC
Martin Luther
Product Designer at Uber.INC
We needed a solution to manage our artwork development and approval process better, and found ManageArtworks. With this easy-to-use system, we have been able to effectively reduce time to market, increase productivity, and increase artwork review disciplines to help minimize errors.

Martin Luther
Product Designer at Uber.INC
Martin Luther
Product Designer at Uber.INC
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New Business Development Head
Martin Luther
Product Designer at Uber.INC
Martin Luther
Product Designer at Uber.INC
After a year of development, we adopted ManageArtworks for proofreading and validation. Following a trial in the French market, we expanded its use to subsidiaries and export.
This 100% English platform was quickly mastered by internal and external collaborators. It offers centralization, data security, traceability, and streamlined packaging reviews, saving time and effort. After 3+ years, it continues to receive unanimous praise and a growing user base!
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