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Predicting the Adoption of Digital Printing in the Label Printing Industry

Author : Trevor S. Schroeder

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Page : 188 pages

File Size : 43,11 MB

Release : 2014

Category : Digital printing

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"The package printing industry is a vibrant and growing industry and digital printing technology is improving quickly--yet the adoption of digital printing has not fully penetrated the label printing market, a subset of packaging, and digital printing has seen slower adoption in its decade-long history in labels than expected. This research attempts to explain why this may be the case by understanding the factors affecting the intention to adopt digital printing. This study utilizes Fishbein and Ajzen's Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) in a cross-sectional survey of individuals in a decision-making role in label printing companies. The study was intended to gather timely, descriptive information to understand the adoption of digital printing for commercial production in the label printing industry in the next 12 months. The study attempts to measure a dependent variable, the Intention to adopt and the following independent variables: Attitude, Subjective Norm, and Perceived Behavioral Control. Questionnaire instruments were mailed to 260 companies, of which 51 responded, a response rate of nearly 19%, and of those, 31 qualified for data analysis. A high percentage (86%) of the respondents represented companies with fewer than 50 employees. The results of the research indicate that the outlook on digital printing technologies remains optimistic, however, those in charge of the adoption are concerned about budget within the next 12 months. The customer, sales, and marketing are the most influential groups supporting the adoption, contrasted with the president, and owners/shareholders with the most reserved view. The normative referents in the organization were shown to have the highest degree of influence and effect on Intention, illustrating the clarity of that construct in this specific research context. The discussion of the results covers three themes relevant to digital adoption in labels: budgetary concerns, customer-driven demands, and optimization of the production of sold goods."--Abstract.



Factors Affecting the Adoption of Production Digital Printing Technologies by Commercial Printers in India

Author : Akshat Pardiwala

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Page : 250 pages

File Size : 33,24 MB

Release : 2016

Category : Digital printing

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"The global print market has been declining. However, recent studies showed that the US print market is finally growing again (EPICOMM, 2015). A report by Drupa (2014) suggested that this is due to the growth in digital printing and the digitalization of media. This trend has given rise to many opportunities such as variable data printing and on-demand printing. Moreover, a shift toward shorter print runs and tighter deadlines has facilitated companies in the US printing industry to adopt digital printing technologies. Research shows a similar trend in Europe as well (Pira, 2012). However, the penetration of digital printing technologies varies by geographic regions. Research by Drupa (2014) indicates that while US and Europe possess the highest rate of adoption, developing regions such as India have just started to grasp these opportunities. Thus, this thesis aims at examining the factors affecting the adoption of production digital printing (PDP) technologies by commercial printers in India. The increasing value of the Indian print industry (Chander, 2012), along with the growing economy (The World Bank Group, 2015) made India a good region for the study. Online web surveys were sent to 802 Indian commercial printers, of which 132 were returned giving a response rate of 16.46%. Most (93%) of the responders showed moderate to high awareness on the benefits of PDP technologies. The survey data were analyzed using binary logistic regression, which also presented the odds ratio to rank the factors in their order of importance with respect to the adoption decision. The independent variables included factors from Rogers’ (1996) Diffusion of Innovations as well as two factors from Davis’ (1989) Technology Acceptance Model. While Relative advantage was found to be the strongest factor positively affecting the adoption of PDP technologies, complexity had a strong negative effect on adoption. Compatibility, observability, and perceived ease-of-use were other significant factors positively affecting the adoption. Trialability and perceived usefulness were found to be insignificant. These factors were measured using 5-point Likert scales. On the other hand, the dichotomous dependent variable of adoption was measured by the responses to the simple questions, “Do you currently use production digital printing technologies?” and “Do you plan to adopt production digital printing technologies?” This study indicated that 61.36% of the commercial printers surveyed were currently using PDP technologies, with 66.67% of non-adopters planning on adopting the technology in the next 36 months. Dry toner EP was the most widely adopted PDP technology. This study likely helps suppliers in the Indian printing industry understand commercial printers and their readiness to adopt PDP technologies. As a solutions supplier in the Indian print industry, the author was extremely interested in service providers’ receptivity to incorporate new technologies in their companies. Ultimately, the study suggested that both print services providers and suppliers must give utmost priority to education and training related to PDP technologies."--Abstract.



No Ordinary Disruption

Author : Richard Dobbs

Publisher : PublicAffairs

Page : 256 pages

File Size : 46,1 MB

Release : 2016-08-30

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 1610397622

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Our intuition on how the world works could well be wrong. We are surprised when new competitors burst on the scene, or businesses protected by large and deep moats find their defenses easily breached, or vast new markets are conjured from nothing. Trend lines resemble saw-tooth mountain ridges. The world not only feels different. The data tell us it is different. Based on years of research by the directors of the McKinsey Global Institute, No Ordinary Disruption: The Four Forces Breaking all the Trends is a timely and important analysis of how we need to reset our intuition as a result of four forces colliding and transforming the global economy: the rise of emerging markets, the accelerating impact of technology on the natural forces of market competition, an aging world population, and accelerating flows of trade, capital and people. Our intuitions formed during a uniquely benign period for the world economy -- often termed the Great Moderation. Asset prices were rising, cost of capital was falling, labour and resources were abundant, and generation after generation was growing up more prosperous than their parents. But the Great Moderation has gone. The cost of capital may rise. The price of everything from grain to steel may become more volatile. The world's labor force could shrink. Individuals, particularly those with low job skills, are at risk of growing up poorer than their parents. What sets No Ordinary Disruption apart is depth of analysis combined with lively writing informed by surprising, memorable insights that enable us to quickly grasp the disruptive forces at work. For evidence of the shift to emerging markets, consider the startling fact that, by 2025, a single regional city in China -- Tianjin -- will have a GDP equal to that of the Sweden, of that, in the decades ahead, half of the world's economic growth will come from 440 cities including Kumasi in Ghana or Santa Carina in Brazil that most executives today would be hard-pressed to locate on a map. What we are now seeing is no ordinary disruption but the new facts of business life -- facts that require executives and leaders at all levels to reset their operating assumptions and management intuition.



Interpretable Machine Learning

Author : Christoph Molnar

Publisher : Lulu.com

Page : 320 pages

File Size : 32,34 MB

Release : 2020

Category : Artificial intelligence

ISBN : 0244768528

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This book is about making machine learning models and their decisions interpretable. After exploring the concepts of interpretability, you will learn about simple, interpretable models such as decision trees, decision rules and linear regression. Later chapters focus on general model-agnostic methods for interpreting black box models like feature importance and accumulated local effects and explaining individual predictions with Shapley values and LIME. All interpretation methods are explained in depth and discussed critically. How do they work under the hood? What are their strengths and weaknesses? How can their outputs be interpreted? This book will enable you to select and correctly apply the interpretation method that is most suitable for your machine learning project.



Rapid Manufacturing

Author : Neil Hopkinson

Publisher : John Wiley & Sons

Page : 304 pages

File Size : 34,87 MB

Release : 2006-02-22

Category : Technology & Engineering

ISBN : 9780470032862

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Rapid Manufacturing is a new area of manufacturing developed from a family of technologies known as Rapid Prototyping. These processes have already had the effect of both improving products and reducing their development time; this in turn resulted in the development of the technology of Rapid Tooling, which implemented Rapid Prototyping techniques to improve its own processes. Rapid Manufacturing has developed as the next stage, in which the need for tooling is eliminated. It has been shown that it is economically feasible to use existing commercial Rapid Prototyping systems to manufacture series parts in quantities of up to 20,000 and customised parts in quantities of hundreds of thousands. This form of manufacturing can be incredibly cost-effective and the process is far more flexible than conventional manufacturing. Rapid Manufacturing: An Industrial Revolution for the Digital Age addresses the academic fundamentals of Rapid Manufacturing as well as focussing on case studies and applications across a wide range of industry sectors. As a technology that allows manufacturers to create products without tools, it enables previously impossible geometries to be made. This book is abundant with images depicting the fantastic array of products that are now being commercially manufactured using these technologies. Includes contributions from leading researchers working at the forefront of industry. Features detailed illustrations throughout. Rapid Manufacturing: An Industrial Revolution for the Digital Age is a groundbreaking text that provides excellent coverage of this fast emerging industry. It will interest manufacturing industry practitioners in research and development, product design and materials science, as well as having a theoretical appeal to researchers and post-graduate students in manufacturing engineering, product design, CAD/CAM and CIFM.



Shrink Sleeve Technology

Author : Michael Fairley

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Page : pages

File Size : 25,56 MB

Release : 2017-09

Category :

ISBN : 9781910507148

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Technological advances have vastly expanded the market for shrink sleeve labels. Today, full body decoration, 360-degree branding, the potential to decorate complex and intricate shapes, the ability to add tamper evidence, abrasion resistance and waterproof printed images are all possible due to constantly developing technology. With this increase in applications, shrink sleeve label popularity is growing fast, but advancement comes at a cost and the complexities involved in the production of these labels are also on the rise. Shrink sleeve label printing uses a variety of different films, with different degrees of shrink capability. Converters need knowledge of each of these films, along with the image distortion processes, and the shrinkability and performance requirements of inks. They must also understand the demands of the seaming process and how printed sleeves perform during shrinkage. This book can improve your shrink sleeve production by guiding you through the film, ink, printing and processing stages. Use the detailed information to improve quality, prevent errors and correct potential faults. Ultimately, you can increase the options offered to your clients and grow your business. Chapters include: An introduction to sleeves and sleeve technology Shrink sleeve substrates and their usage Design and origination for sleeve labels Printing technologies and inks for shrink sleeve decoration Converting heat shrink sleeve labels - slitting, seaming, sheeting 50 and finishing Shrink sleeving - using the right application and shrink tunnel technology Challenges, learnings and the quest for perfection



Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States

Author : National Research Council

Publisher : National Academies Press

Page : 348 pages

File Size : 23,94 MB

Release : 2009-07-29

Category : Law

ISBN : 0309142393

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Scores of talented and dedicated people serve the forensic science community, performing vitally important work. However, they are often constrained by lack of adequate resources, sound policies, and national support. It is clear that change and advancements, both systematic and scientific, are needed in a number of forensic science disciplines to ensure the reliability of work, establish enforceable standards, and promote best practices with consistent application. Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States: A Path Forward provides a detailed plan for addressing these needs and suggests the creation of a new government entity, the National Institute of Forensic Science, to establish and enforce standards within the forensic science community. The benefits of improving and regulating the forensic science disciplines are clear: assisting law enforcement officials, enhancing homeland security, and reducing the risk of wrongful conviction and exoneration. Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States gives a full account of what is needed to advance the forensic science disciplines, including upgrading of systems and organizational structures, better training, widespread adoption of uniform and enforceable best practices, and mandatory certification and accreditation programs. While this book provides an essential call-to-action for congress and policy makers, it also serves as a vital tool for law enforcement agencies, criminal prosecutors and attorneys, and forensic science educators.



Digital Transformation in Business and Society

Author : Babu George

Publisher : Springer Nature

Page : 306 pages

File Size : 27,29 MB

Release : 2019-10-04

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 3030082776

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The digital traces that people leave behind as they conduct their daily lives provide a powerful resource for businesses to better understand the dynamics of an otherwise chaotic society. Digital technologies have become omnipresent in our lives and we still do not fully know how to make the best use of the data these technologies could harness. Businesses leveraging big data appropriately could definitely gain a sustainable competitive advantage. With a balanced mix of texts and cases, this book discusses a variety of digital technologies and how they transform people and organizations. It offers a debate on the societal consequences of the yet unfolding technological revolution and proposes alternatives for harnessing disruptive technologies for the greater benefit of all. This book will have wide appeal to academics in technology management, strategy, marketing, and human resource management.



Fabricated

Author : Hod Lipson

Publisher : John Wiley & Sons

Page : 302 pages

File Size : 32,57 MB

Release : 2013-01-22

Category : Computers

ISBN : 1118416945

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Fabricated tells the story of 3D printers, humble manufacturing machines that are bursting out of the factory and into schools, kitchens, hospitals, even onto the fashion catwalk. Fabricated describes our emerging world of printable products, where people design and 3D print their own creations as easily as they edit an online document. A 3D printer transforms digital information into a physical object by carrying out instructions from an electronic design file, or 'blueprint.' Guided by a design file, a 3D printer lays down layer after layer of a raw material to 'print' out an object. That's not the whole story, however. The magic happens when you plug a 3D printer into today’s mind-boggling digital technologies. Add to that the Internet, tiny, low cost electronic circuitry, radical advances in materials science and biotech and voila! The result is an explosion of technological and social innovation. Fabricated takes the reader onto a rich and fulfilling journey that explores how 3D printing is poised to impact nearly every part of our lives. Aimed at people who enjoy books on business strategy, popular science and novel technology, Fabricated will provide readers with practical and imaginative insights to the question 'how will this technology change my life?' Based on hundreds of hours of research and dozens of interviews with experts from a broad range of industries, Fabricated offers readers an informative, engaging and fast-paced introduction to 3D printing now and in the future.



An Introduction to Predictive Maintenance

Author : R. Keith Mobley

Publisher : Elsevier

Page : 451 pages

File Size : 48,19 MB

Release : 2002-10-24

Category : Technology & Engineering

ISBN : 0080478697

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This second edition of An Introduction to Predictive Maintenance helps plant, process, maintenance and reliability managers and engineers to develop and implement a comprehensive maintenance management program, providing proven strategies for regularly monitoring critical process equipment and systems, predicting machine failures, and scheduling maintenance accordingly. Since the publication of the first edition in 1990, there have been many changes in both technology and methodology, including financial implications, the role of a maintenance organization, predictive maintenance techniques, various analyses, and maintenance of the program itself. This revision includes a complete update of the applicable chapters from the first edition as well as six additional chapters outlining the most recent information available. Having already been implemented and maintained successfully in hundreds of manufacturing and process plants worldwide, the practices detailed in this second edition of An Introduction to Predictive Maintenance will save plants and corporations, as well as U.S. industry as a whole, billions of dollars by minimizing unexpected equipment failures and its resultant high maintenance cost while increasing productivity. - A comprehensive introduction to a system of monitoring critical industrial equipment - Optimize the availability of process machinery and greatly reduce the cost of maintenance - Provides the means to improve product quality, productivity and profitability of manufacturing and production plants