PFM Production Winter '10 Issue

Quick Tips
Read about some easy ideas from industry experts that can improve your production efficiency. Learn about why it’s important to keep a supplier list handy, warehouse organization, and framing with acrylic glazing. Read this online.

Perspective
Owen Hickey, president of Suzanne Nicoll Studio, discusses the importance of the continued partnership between contract framers and fine art publishers. He tells how they can work together today to bring about more new designs and development to the industry. Read this online.

Visualization Software: A New Tool for OEMs
Jeff King, vice president of research and development for SpecialtySoft, explore the new options offered by visualization software and how commercial framers can use it to their advantage. Find out how this software can be used to create more designs faster, and save design sample expense, and speed presentation of design options to clients, leading to more sales. Read this online.

Printing Your Own Giclées: Part 4: Finishing Touches
The fourth and final part of a series by photographic artist and printer Randy Hufford discusses coatings and other steps that need to be taken before inkjet prints can be considered completely finished. Read this online.

Fall Design Trends
Vivian Kistler, MCPF, GCF, CMG, whose recent untimely passing created sadness throughout the industry, looks at the latest design trends in her last article for PFM Production. She found that these trends included the concept of “natural” and “handmade,” as predicted by the Fall Market at High Point. Read this online.

New Art Releases
Here are some of the more notable recent releases from art publishers supplying the production framing market. Read this online.

Steps to Improve Your Company Now
To ensure that your business can survive even when times are tough, read these tried-and-true steps from Jeff Sands. From cash to marketing to personal improvement strategies, he explores how to succeed when faced with pitfalls. Read this online.

The Money Business
Mike Hulser shows you the money by explaining how always keeping in mind that you are in the money business can make a difference in your business. See how this positive outlook and professional money perspective can lead to profits. Read this online.

Do The Math!
Jay Goltz explains how to determine if and when specific equipment should be purchased along with how these purchases will affect your bottom line. Read this online.

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