Exploring the Association between Current-State and Future-State Technology-Mediated Collaborative Workflow in Print and Graphic Communications Industry

Advances in technology, coupled with continuous process improvement, have provided opportunities for expanded information exchange among key participants in the graphic communications value chain. The promise of more effective collaboration among all parties using enhanced workflow solutions is often compromised due to a variety of barriers that minimize the value of an integrated workflow. Understanding the association between the current-state workflow and future-state technology-mediated workflow can provide valuable insights into the barriers that impact effective collaboration and the benefits that result from improved graphic communications workflow. This paper will explore a generalizable method to qualify and to quantify the collaboration space between creators and producers in the graphic communications workflow.