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Profectus is a national
consulting company that helps printing organizations
improve their business by providing professional consulting
services, seminars, publications, articles, white papers, studies,
and educational programs. Profectus was founded in 1993 by
Craig L. Press.
Profectus has contributed to the success of hundreds of
small and large printing
organizations throughout the United States and Canada spanning all
industry segments. Our solutions are based on our exposure to
hundreds of printing organizations and situations.
"Our wealth of knowledge perpetually
grows with each new client and situation."
Profectus' consultants have deep printing industry expertise in business
practices, processes, management, sales & marketing, production,
and information technology. Our team of
consultants have over 150-years of combined printing industry
experience as consultants, owners, managers, buyers, and employees
of printing companies. We
have an extensive case knowledge base
from years of exposure to hundreds of printing businesses &
situations.
Management Software Expertise
Profectus' printing industry Management Information Systems (MIS) expertise has been
acknowledged by the major printing trade magazines and associations.
Profectus
is a member of the CIP4 Organization (Cooperation for the
Integration of Processes in Prepress, Press and Postpress). CIP4
is leading the development of the JDF industry standard
designed to simplify information exchange between different
applications and systems in and around the graphic arts industry.
Profectus frequency writes white papers and articles
on various topics related to management information systems and
e-commerce in the printing industry. We also provides seminars and speaking engagements
at many industry events on various best related
topics including
"Maximizing Your MIS ROI" , "Evaluating & Selecting Business Management Systems",
"Assessing, Selecting, and Deploying Systems in the printing industry.
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Business
Practices Expertise
Our consultants
are proficient in the business practices necessary to run a
successful printing organization. Combined our consultants have
personal experience of all aspects of the printing business
including sales & marketing, customer service, estimating, order
entry, inventory control, production management, technologies, and
cost accounting.
Profectus frequency writes articles
on various topics related to best business practices. We also provides seminars and speaking engagements
at many industry events on various best business practices
topics including
Lean Office, Estimating, and costing.
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Case Based
Knowledge
The challenge for
most printing organizations is that the ability to solve problems or
improve the business is limited to the education and experience of
its personnel and management. Printing companies can overcome this
limitation by retaining a consultancy like Profectus, with a
diversified case knowledgebase.
Case-based knowledge is becoming an
increasingly imperative success factor for printing businesses. The
idea is to solve new problems by implementing previous solutions to similar problems.
Rather then trying to construct generalizations.
The greater the knowledgebase, the more efficient and effective the problem resolution
process.
Profectus consultants have first hand
exposure to hundreds of printing organizations and situations. Small
to large organizations representing every segment of the printing
industry. Our wealth of knowledge perpetually grows with each new
client and assignment. Our case based knowledge gives
our consultants the insight to quickly see into a situation and
produce
solutions.
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