Ryan McAbee
Ryan McAbee is Chief Analyst for Pixel Dot Consulting.
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Budgeted Hourly Rates: The Backbone of Profitability in Print
Published July 15, 2025
If you don’t know your Budgeted Hourly Rates (BHRs), there is profit leaking from your business. Here are some guidelines that explain why knowing your BHRs are essential and where to look to ensure you are capturing the relevant data.
Esko World 2025: A Connected and AI-supported Future for Packaging
Published June 10, 2025
At Esko World 2025 in St. Louis, Esko underscored its ambition to reinvent packaging development for a faster, smarter, and more sustainable future. CEO Joël Depernet framed packaging as a strategic lever in today’s volatile global landscape—one requiring agility, precision, and accountability. Jan De Roeck’s live demo of the fictional “Dancing Fish Granola” brand showed the power of Esko’s end-to-end system in action, uniting design, compliance, production, and sustainability tracking in real time. The company’s direction is clear: automation, data integration, and cloud intelligence are no longer optional—they’re the path forward.
Level-up Staff to Add Resiliency to Your Print Business
Published April 8, 2025
Businesses supporting the print industry continue to face challenges in hiring staff and figuring out how to handle situations where new equipment, software, and business directions change the qualifications they need. The best practice is to assess your staff and create a re-skilling program. Here’s how to do it.
It’s Time to Evaluate Your Production Workflow Platform
Published January 11, 2018
Most of today’s printers realize that software plays a critical role in keeping operational costs down and remaining competitive. This article explores how software vendors can help PSPs with their workflow bottlenecks so they can better prepare for the future as we move into another new year.
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