Esko says a study that it commissioned shows productivity gains for WebCenter, Esko’s packaging and artwork management solution.
The global provider of integrated software and hardware solutions commissioned Forrester Consulting to conduct the Total Economic Impact study, which examined the potential return on investment businesses may realize by deploying its WebCenter packaging and label artwork management solution.
Jan De Roeck, director of marketing, industry relations and strategy at Esko,says, “We are delighted with the results of this study. It reinforces the incredible impact using WebCenter can have not only on processes, but also in real terms on bottom lines.
“The fact that the study uses real world data provided by existing customers in the life sciences and pharmaceutical sectors underlines the robustness of these benefit findings, with clear evidence supporting the productivity gains and overall retunr on invesstment calculation.
“WebCenter was developed to enable organisations to control the quality and accuracy of packaging and label assets from a single source throughout the lifecycle of the artwork creation and distribution.
“It streamlines the packaging workflow, minimizing bottlenecks with tools that organize work and provide access to the most up-to-date information and files.”
As part of the study, Forrester interviewed representatives from organizations that use Esko WebCenter, then aggregated the interviewees’ experiences and combined the results into a single composite organisation.
The report states: “Interviewees said that prior to using WebCenter, their organisations’ packaging development and artwork management processes were manual and fragmented with loose governance in place. Projects were susceptible to a loss of momentum with a lack of workflow visibility and limited root cause identification heavily contributing to delays and bottlenecks.
“Interviewees said that after the investment in WebCenter, their organisations achieved unparalleled understanding of the packaging workflow and artwork management process. They explained that WebCenter enabled the introduction of a visible accountability framework that subsequently provided governance and transparency into the packaging process.”
Key findings of the report include a list of both quantified and unquantified benefits, based on a three-year risk adjusted present value for the composite organization. The quantified benefits include:
- Productivity gains of 30 per cent for core team members of the packaging process.
- Productivity gains of 40 per cent for supporting team members of the process.
- Revenue gains due to increased speed to market.
- Cost savings through vendor consolidation.
