Business Solution Overview

With the rapid evolution of global B2B and B2C markets there is a need to transfer information and content at a much faster rate to meet time critical business demands.

However customers and print companies do not want to spend on infrastructure, software and maintenance costs for their distribution and printing needs. This is the essence of Cloud Printing, the next generation of printing where Printing as a Service (PaaS) is promoted..

Many solutions are available in the market for point to point file transfer however very few solutions provide the capability to distribute , print and deliver documents under one network, the fundamental principles of the distribute and print model.

ishipdocs promotes Cloud Printing (distribute & print) principles by allowing its users to print on demand anywhere in the world, ANYTIME! It´s an e-commerce application that has been established to create a comprehensive Digital Document Distribution facility between a professional network of Printing and Business Partners around the globe.

It provides the Print Partner community a robust tool to conduct B2B (business to business) and B2C (business to customer) transactions.

ishipdocs instantly turns a local Print shop into a Global player with a Global footprint, ishipdocs also turns a Print Partner into a digital facility permitting the print partner to extend digital capabilities to its customers. This is done by:

Eliminates Cost of Entry

At the heart of the Software as a Service promise is the ability to get companies and customers up and running quickly and ishipdocs provides exactly that. As a result, a print partner is not required to spend on capital expenditure to build its own proprietary network and ishipdocs minimizes opportunity cost by permitting rapid entry into the market.

With ishipdocs Print Service Providers will find the barriers of entry to be lower, enabling the addition of new offerings and services not available in their current portfolio.

No More Email Restrictions & FTP headaches

Traditional methods such as email and FTP to transfer files have limitations such as, file size, inbox quotas, overloading of email servers, costs associated with storing files and maintaining IT infrastructure and not to forget the need to transfer sensitive files with confidential data.

ishipdocs´s secure file exchange system is the perfect solution to distribute your large documents safely, at minimal costs and printed and delivered to their destinations in a timely manner.

Case Studies

Faster Delivery Times - An Advertising Company based in NYC got the required documents to a Trade show in Beijing, China within 48 hours because its local Print shop in NYC transferred the documents digitally and had it printed and delivered to a hotel through a ishipdocs member Print Partner in Beijing, China. Client arrived at the Hotel in Beijing where the documents were waiting for him!

Increases Efficiency - An Architect based in London is transmitting documents associated with the Construction cycle to a General Contractor in Dubai through its local print partner based in London. Addendums and changes to documents can be delivered to the recipients within 24 hours by distributing the documents digitally thus increasing efficiency and productivity. The waiting time for the Contractor has reduced significantly due to the fast transfer of information increasing productivity and efficiency by to fold.

Benefits of the Service

• A closed looped order flow making order processing, maintenance, and tracking, extremely simple for the customers and Print Service Providers. .
• ishipdocs provides a faster and secure mode to distribute large files thus avoiding email bounces, server constraints and hassles of maintaining FTP sites
• ishipdocs can transmit files up to 2 GB including large Architectural, Engineering, Marketing, Advertising and Planning documents.
• No printing limitations. Both Black & White and Color files can be distributed and printed according to specifications on any medium.
• Reduces the chances of losing a document.
• Eliminates use of expedited shipping carriers.
• Eliminated Customs headaches at global locations.
• Speed - On average an analog international document delivery takes between 3 - 6 days. With ishipdocs it takes between 1 to 2 days. Domestically documents can be delivered on the same day.
• ishipdocs promotes Green objectives.

Print Service Providers

A print partner can be a B2B and/or B2C digital printing facility located anywhere in the world. The Print Service Providers on the ishipdocs network must meet strict quality criteria set by the ishipdocs support team and are the best digital Print Service Providers in the world with state of the art facilities & processes.

File Transfer Process

ishipdocs Network Cloud

• Speed: Algorithm recognizes Upload origination and routes the request to the closest Data Center. This feature optimizes the file transfer speeds and network latency is minimized.
• Redundancy: In case of failure at one of the Data Centers during an upload, the upload request will re-route to the next closest Data Center. Example - Upload request from NYC will go to the Atlanta, GA Data Center. If Atlanta fails, then it will go to Fremont, CA Data Center, If Fremont fails, then London and then India.

No Dependency on a FTP Client

A remote recipient with no access to an FTP client, can still securely download files using a web browser.

Security

ishipdocs employs the strictest security methods to ensure files are secure in it servers and during transmission. These include everything from the physical security of ishipdocs datacenters to the firewalls to ensure protection from electronic attacks.

In addition, each server employed by ishipdocs is equipped with antivirus software that is updated on a regular basis.

Business Intelligence

ishipdocs provides the ability to export key data from the application in Excel and CSV formats.

ishipdocs supports the following file types

• TIFF
• PDF
• DWF
• DOC
• XLS
• PPT

• ZIP
• JPG
• DWG
• DGN
• AVI
• Any file format other than .exe, .cmd, .bat files

Conclusion

ishipdocs solution is designed to provide the highest level of data integrity during the document distribution process. In the process, we have eliminated the need for you to purchase hardware, software and the need for your IT department to maintain the application. .

All businesses big or small require a secure, faster and convenient way to distribute, print and deliver documents globally.

With ishipdocs, a Print Shop located anywhere in the world can offer these services to its customers!!!!