What Our Customers Say: Dalfort Media

The greatest project in the world means nothing if you can't meet the deadline.

Dalfort Media knows all about deadlines.

"I ordered a printing job from Executive Press and they finished it ahead of schedule and even delivered it to me by courier when I couldn’t pick it up, Nick Nichols told us. Nick is a principal in Dalfort Media Internet Marketing, an online branding and reputation management company based in North Texas.

"Nick asked us to print his brochure," Jennifer Beaty said. "We not only delivered it early, but we ensured that the level of quality he needed was there," she said.

Jennifer is the managing general partner of Executive Press, a full-service printing and mailing house based in Richardson, Texas.

"We understand our customers have a choice," Jennifer continued. "We go out of our way to make sure the balance is struck between quality, cost and schedule. "

"I was very happy with the quality of the work and will definitely order from them again," Nick said.

For more information about Executive Press, Call Jennifer or any of her team members at 214-217-7000.

The Executive Pressman

Offset printing

In this day and age of the digital press, there still is a place for offset printed products.

So, just what is offset printing?

"Offset printing is a printing process that transfers an image from a plate to a blanket to paper," Jennifer Beaty told us recently. "There are several types of offset printing, including photo offset, sheet-fed offset and web offset."

Jennifer is the managing partner of Executive Press, a full-service printing and mailing company based in Richardson, Texas. Offset printing is a big part of what they offer their clients.

"Understanding the offset printing process is critical to understanding printing in general," Jennifer said. "The creative input stays about the same, but the mechanical differences between offset and digital are vast."

For larger jobs, offset is the better choice. Catalogs, magazines and multi-page products with special bindings are better matched to offset, Jennifer told us.

"We are very fortunate to have some of the best pressmen in North Texas on our staff," Jennifer said. "Between them, Luke Stacy and Todd Johnson have almost 60 years of printing experience."

"When you add in Jay Norwood, our bindery manager, we have three great craftsmen working for our clients," She said.

To reach Jennifer, Luke, Todd, Jay or any of the Executive Press team, call 214-217-7000 or visit their website. They know offset.

The Executive Pressman

A Fulfilling Opportunity

OK, so you’ve printed up the manuals, product brochures and posters that your clients and prospects need to use.

Now what do you do with them?

“We learned a long time ago that when a customer asks for help, you find a way to help them,” Dave Allen said. Dave is a principal owner in Executive Press in Dallas.

Recently, Executive Press’ client, Atlas-Copco, requested help with their literature and product support materials distribution. While Executive Press’ primary business is printing and mailing, collateral distribution is only a few steps removed from the kinds of fulfillment they were already doing for other clients.

“My partner, Jennifer Beaty, went on a visit to A-C’s Denver operation,” Dave related to us. “When she arrived she thought she would be touring the facility and meeting some new people. However, before she left they asked for help in the distribution of their manuals, brochures and posters, We were more than happy to lend a hand.”

What Dave and his team did was create a system that can be applied to other customers’ needs as well. All of the collateral is stacked on simply-built shelves in an empty portion of Executive Press’ warehouse. All of the 400-plus shelf spaces are labeled with a bar code. That bar code corresponds to a line in an inventory program.

“With a basic storage and distribution system,” Dave said,” we distribute over 400 pieces of printed material to nearly 300 distributors and end-users of A-C’s products. Our bar-code-based system helps us reach out to these clients on average 6 or 7 times each day.”

The distribution system has done a number of things. First, it took the load off of a valued client. Secondly, it is a low-cost alternative, since the client pays for the shipping and gets one bill for all distributions at the end of each month. And, lastly, it allowed Dave and Executive Press to regain use of unused warehouse space and cement an important relationship.

“We’re very grateful to Atlas-Copco for asking us to help them with this business issue,” Dave said. “We’re happy to help.”

You can find Dave and the other members of the Executive Press team by calling 214-217-7000 or by visiting their website.