— Software Consultant Aids Print Businesses & In-Plant Printers in Maximizing Effort —
MARGATE, FLORIDA — July 19, 2016 — David Ashkenaz, owner and principal of Ashkenaz Consulting is proud to announce the 19th year as an Independent PrintSmith Consultant helping printers install, use and upgrade their PrintSmith (and Vision) Management Systems, in addition, he is proud to announce the launch of his Budgeted Hourly Rate (BHR) spreadsheets, one of the most accurate in the industry.
In conjunction to being a PrintSmith Consultant, Ashkenaz is now a Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor, enabling him to help PrintSmith users integrate valuable data direct from PrintSmith into QuickBooks. Ashkenaz has traveled in nearly every state in the union, from Alaska to Florida, including Canada the Bahamas and the United Kingdom, helping fellow printers with their PrintSmith installations, setups, and utilization and conversion to Vision.
Ashkenaz prides himself on giving his customers the best service and support as possible. His clients know they can reach Ashkenaz 24/7 via phone/emails. Ashkenaz is always available.
Background Experience
Ashkenaz started in the printing business in 1972. In 1979 he owned and operated a print shop in Florida. Successfully expanding from one location into five locations, he became one of the Top 100 Quick Printers in the US. Later, after owning and operating print shops for over 25 years, he sold all 5 locations. He then focused on becoming certified in PrintSmith and began consulting for fellow printers, helping them implement the power and functionality of PrintSmith and demonstrating the benefits of PrintSmith in pricing print jobs effectively, tracking workflow in a printing business, and monitoring profitability. Today, after many years as an Independent Consultant, Ashkenaz installs and trains printers of all different sizes on how best to utilize PrintSmith in their operations.
Ashkenaz now converts PrintSmith users to the newest version, Vision. Vision is a browser based upgrade to PrintSmith.
With Ashkenaz’s in-depth, hands-on printing experience, it makes him a “natural” to do PrintSmith consulting. PrintSmith users benefit from the the fact that Ashkenaz not only knows PrintSmith fully, but that he fully understands “their” business and the difficulties they face as well. Very few computer consultants know both the program as well as intricacies of their client’s business, Ashkenaz notes, “In my case, I walk into a client’s office and within minutes I am asking questions that only printers would ask in order to get the correct information into PrintSmith so that it will work properly.”
And now, as a Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor, Ashkenaz now can help PrintSmith users integrate PrintSmith data with their QuickBooks accounting system for more meaningful reports. Ashkenaz fully understands the importance of good accounting and the benefits it brings to a printing business. As a QuickBooks ProAdvisor, Ashkenaz also sells all of QuickBooks products and fully supports them all as well.
Ashkenaz is also well versed in the PrintSmith options Report Writer, Scheduler and Tracker. These are the 3 add-on programs to the basic PrintSmith program. In addition to iNet, which is Visions new reporting program. To further attest Ashkenaz’s knowledge, many of his clients have offered him permanent jobs in their business, a few even offered to sell Ashkenaz the business as well.
New Web Site
Ashkenaz has recently introduced his new website, www.psmithconsultant.com where clients can view the variety of hardware and software that Ashkenaz has available to his clients. In addition to the bar codes scanners that track jobs and many other tasks in PrintSmith,
New Products
Ashkenaz is now creating BHR reports for users of PrintSmith or MIS system user. It calculates an hourly rate for each piece of equipment in the shop, based upon employee’s wages, overhead, and other considerations. The BHR calculations would then be put into PrintSmith to determine the user’s actual costs on each and every quote or invoice.
Availability
As a former print shop business owner, Ashkenaz understands that printers are busy. As a result, he provides his expertise exclusively to his to his PushPS and PushQB clients. With a direct phone number providing 24/7 access to David’s knowledge and experience, is paramount to a successful operation. Ashkenaz is always eagerly waiting to help his clients maximize PrintSmith and QuickBooks features and power. Owners and managers want and need complete and reliable information to successfully manage their business. Access to the answers they need helps them achieve their goals.
In Closing
A wise business professional once said, “If you can’t measure, you can’t manage.” Another experienced business professional is known to have stated, “If you always do what you always did, you will always get what you always got.” Maybe it is time for users to call David at Ashkenaz Consulting to see what he can do for them. Ashkenaz Consulting brings all the tools users need to maximize all aspects of their printing business.
About David Ashkenaz
Not only is his extensive knowledge of PrintSmith, QuickBooks and the commercial printing industry as well. Given this in-depth 35 + years of experience, Mr. Ashkenaz has been able to tailor each client’s needs to his installation and application of PrintSmith software. In addition, he is well educated in the many powerful options of PrintSmith, including Report Writer (a tool for converting extensive PrintSmith data into easy-to-read reports) and Scheduler (a tool within PrintSmith that is used to schedule jobs) and Tracker (a tool that is used to track the time spent on each operation of a job.
