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SpencerMetrics Unveils New Logo Reflecting its Vision in Data-Driven Productivity

Melville, NY, 24 May 2021 – SpencerMetrics rolled out a fresh new look with a sleek and modern logo design at the recent Virtual Dscoop Edge Fusion Event. The rebranding is in full effect on their website, social media platforms, and marketing materials. The decision to rebrand SpencerMetrics came from a desire to better align the company’s representation with its technology-leading products and its vision of the Print Factory 4.0. The Design The overall design of the new logo evokes a feeling of simplicity with clean font and lines. SpencerMetrics prides itself on its simple-to-use software solutions for data-driven productivity for any size printing company. The round graphic on the left, connected through the font, is slightly reminiscent of a

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LYNK – A Smart Solution for Multi-Vendor Equipment

Melville, NY – 4 December 2020 – SpencerMetrics® announced the latest addition to their automatic data collection portfolio, LYNK™. An economical, user-friendly, no-hands solution to simplify data collection and monitor operation, LYNK joins the industry leading CONNECT® solution and AUTOMATER™. Following extensive market research and discussions with leaders in the print and packaging industry, the SpencerMetrics team found that companies and staff still face a major obstacle – recognized or not – collecting and converting accurate equipment data into operational information in a timely, low-cost manner. The Fourth Industrial Revolution or Industry 4.0, the Smart Factory, has quickly produced a data-driven community. However, without automation there is not enough time, resources, or human labor to collect and make sense of

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Merlin Printing Improves Vintage Machine Productivity with CONNECT

Melville, NY – 12 June 2020 –– SpencerMetrics® is pleased to announce that Merlin Printing Inc. has recently celebrated one year using CONNECT® installed and operational on their two legacy 1990’s Heidelberg web-offset printing presses. During the spring of 2019, Merlin deployed CONNECT with AUTOMATER™, a system that addressed their immediate need for automating data collection and analytics from their production machines. Merlin’s output demand was growing, and so was management’s need for an easy, reliable solution to collect machine activity and shop floor data. Their manual data collection methods had become incredibly inefficient and outdated. Merlin began searching for a tool to give them access to accurate job cost data and analytics in order to better understand and control their

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SpencerMetrics CONNECT Available For FREE Usage Until July 1, 2020

 Melville, NY – 31 March 2020 — SpencerMetrics, the provider of CONNECT automatic production tracking and analytics systems, has announced access and usage to the system until July 1, 2020 at no cost in order to alleviate some of the challenges businesses may be experiencing during this time of crisis. With automatic data collection and real-time remote monitoring, CONNECT technology can provide production insight and highlight labor as well as machine issues, a crucial tool – especially essential while having production management responsibilities from home.  Along with AUTOMATER™, CONNECT can help automate data collection from any device, multi-vendor Digital or Analog; monitor and track production in real-time; provide vendor-neutral analysis of production data with metrics and KPIs and much more

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Merlin Printing Optimizes Web-Offset With AUTOMATER and CONNECT

Melville, NY – 12 September 2019 –– Merlin Printing Inc. has added a SpencerMetrics CONNECT system with AUTOMATER to track and monitor its pressroom operations. Merlin’s print production fleet includes conventional Heidelberg web offset presses as well as digital production printers. Merlin Printing offers a comprehensive set of marketing solutions including design, print production, and mailing to customers throughout the East Coast. SpencerMetrics LLC provides data collection and analytic solutions that improve operational insight and enable cost reductions while maintaining high quality.   The shop was recording data manually with log sheets and Excel since their previous attempts at automated data collection had fallen short. The task was tedious, accuracy was questionable, and real-time information was unavailable. Merlin engaged with SpencerMetrics

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Vishal Sahay Promoted to Executive Vice President at SpencerMetrics

Melville, NY, 8 May 2019 – SpencerMetrics LLC announced Vishal Sahay’s promotion to Executive Vice President, effective immediately. In addition to leading Product Development and Support teams for SpencerMetrics CONNECT, Vishal will be responsible for Business Development. A role tasked with identifying, pursuing, and directing development opportunities worldwide – including EMEA as well as the Americas. David Spencer, SpencerMetrics President and CEO, had the following to say about Vishal’s promotion. “Vishal is a valued member of the SpencerMetrics team and has been an integral part of our strategic direction. This promotion recognizes his many contributions to our growth and continued success.” Vishal joined the Spencer Associates Group in 2004. Vishal received a Master of Science degree in Print Media from

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Spencer Associates Group celebrates thirty years in the printing industry

Melville, NY, 26 February 2019 – The Spencer Associates Group is celebrating its 30th anniversary of industry service to the digital color imaging and print community. The SpencerLab printer test laboratory, known for providing product research and analysis. It has earned a premier reputation for its expertise in evaluating digital color imaging and printing. Recently, SpencerMetrics CONNECT has been recognized with multiple awards for print production optimization. In the 1990’s Spencer & Associates Publishing, Ltd. built a tradition of excellence. Providing the community with an Industry Standard Test Suite for evaluating color print quality, throughput speed, and toner/ink yield. Its test and evaluation division, the SpencerLab Digital Color Laboratory, was created in 1997. Over the years, SpencerLab has served most

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SpencerMetrics Brings AI Innovation to Printing and Finishing Industry

Melville, NY, 20 February 2019 — SpencerMetrics, a leading provider of AI analytics, will demonstrate its solution platform. Taking place at Hunkeler Innovation days 2019 in Lucerne, Switzerland on February 25-28. The CONNECT platform brings automatic data integration, analytics and asset performance management to the printing and finishing community. CONNECT automates complicated processes. Allowing print shop managers and owners to utilize advanced analytics for their business. Removing the arduous task of manual data collection and mathematics. Able to provide users with straightforward and relevant analysis within seconds. CONNECT says goodbye to traditional, static historic information. With CONNECT’s on-demand, anywhere, anytime analytics, management decisions can immediately address production efficiency. Therefore, increasing uptime, streamlining operations and allowing the discovery of new growth

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SpencerMetrics extends CONNECT analytics to legacy equipment with AUTOMATER

Melville, NY, 27 September 2018 – SpencerMetrics, provider of the award winning CONNECT multi-vendor automated data collection and real-time production analytics solution, is excited to announce incorporation of legacy equipment via AUTOMATER – recognized as a RED HOT Technology at Print 18. The current world of Smart Factory/Industry 4.0 and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) has many demands. Demand for Lean manufacturing and workflow optimization in the printing industry is at an all-time high. Modern printing and finishing equipment lend themselves to such automation. However, legacy equipment – devices that cannot be “connected” – soak up significant investments that go untracked. CONNECT’s AUTOMATER will initiate a major breakthrough in automatic data collection. Enabling analytics from almost any non-digital legacy

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Print Promotions Group deploys CONNECT to manage its Multi-Vendor Operations

Birmingham, AL – 23 March 2018 – Print Promotions Group, LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Encompass Health Corporation (NYSE: EHC). Serving as its in-plant provider of print and promotional products and services. SpencerMetrics LLC provides modern print production solutions that improve operational insight and enable cost reductions while maintaining high quality. Print Promotions Group (PPG) has added SpencerMetrics CONNECT to enhance its multi-vendor pressroom operations. PPG’s digital print benchmark production fleet includes various Xerox as well as HP Indigo presses. PPG had two issues they were initially looking to improve. First, they wanted to get a better understanding of their true press utilization. Whether they have too much or not enough of various equipment and to refine their

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SpencerMetrics Announces Promotions – Vice President of Product Management and Director of IT

Melville, NY, 3 January 2018 – SpencerMetrics LLC is pleased to announce the appointment of Vishal Sahay as Vice President of Product Management, and Yutak Kwok as Director of Information Technology, effective immediately. SpencerMetrics CONNECT press management systems combines real-time machine data with pressroom knowledge to reduce downtime. This equates to more usable prints in each shift and reduced costs. A fourteen-year veteran of Spencer Associates Group, Vishal has spearheaded growth of SpencerMetrics Productivity Intelligence software since its inception. This promotion recognizes his exceptional leadership in product management of CONNECT systems – working to build increasing value into the core while continuing to advise customer needs and the user key SpencerLab projects. “While leading the development team, Vishal expertly balances

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