News highlights
HP Inc. today at the London Book Fair introduced HP Piazza, a
pioneering set of independent and interlocking cloud-based services
that enable publishers to make book manufacturing and distribution
more time- and cost-efficient. Now, publishers can build a virtual
warehouse for the management, automation, distribution, print, and
direct fulfillment of book orders, while holding zero inventory.
A video accompanying this announcement is available
at http://resource.globenewswire.com/Resource/Download/441ff3dc-5783-4dd6-a10b-25119c1b243f
“Pearson is undergoing a digital transformation to become a
simpler, more efficient business and our UK book supply chain is a
key part of this,” said Stephen Jones, Pearson Director of Global
Direct Procurement. “We are moving from a ‘print to warehouse’ to a
‘print to order, direct to consumer’ model. Partnering with our
print providers, HP Piazza will support us in managing our print
workflow and optimizing our book supply chain to help reduce costs
and better serve our customers.”
Piazza is the only “all-in-one” view and “control
center” for publishersBridging the worlds of book
publishing and digital book printing, the Piazza platform focuses
on the needs of publishers in a world where short-run digital
production is an everyday reality. With Piazza publishers can
control, monetize, and secure their valuable content, while growing
their revenues. Designed to connect seamlessly via PrintOS
SiteFlow, this end to end workflow enables accurate, transparent
SLA management, quick time to market and reduced waste.
“HP Piazza has enabled us to change the conversation and to
offer solutions that have a direct impact on the publisher's bottom
line, improving their profitability and efficiency,” said Rob
Hutcheson, Managing Director of Ashford Colour Press, “Piazza is a
gamechanger for Ashford in that we can expand our focus on supply
chain initiatives and now offer true print-to-order, and book of
one manufacturing. For the publishers, this means titles are always
available, ‘never out of print’ and for us, exciting new
opportunities to further strengthen our client relationships.
Today, we are receiving hundreds of direct orders for titles stored
in the Piazza repository, producing thousands of books - all
printed to fulfil orders that the publisher has received, rather
than to meet forecast sales.”
“In recent years, while we have seen a resurgence of the love
people have for physical books, we are very aware of the continued
financial pressure for publishers regarding inventory and shipping
costs,” said Enrique Lores, President of HP Printing & Imaging.
“With Piazza, publishers and printers can support the renewed
interest in print and turn the page to a smarter future, moving
from a print-to-sell model to a sold-to-print one."
Piazza is optimized for the world’s most advanced,
industry-leading digital print solutions — HP
PageWide Web Presses and HP Indigo
Presses. More information on HP Piazza is available at
hp.com/go/PiazzaforPublishing.
More information about HP digital printing is available at
hp.com/go/graphic-arts. Follow HP Graphics on
Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and LinkedIn.
About HP
HP Inc. creates technology that makes life better for everyone,
everywhere. Through our portfolio of printers, PCs, mobile devices,
solutions, and services, we engineer experiences that amaze. More
information about HP Inc. is available at http://www.hp.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains forward-looking statements that
involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. If the risks or
uncertainties ever materialize or the assumptions prove incorrect,
the results of HP Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries (“HP”) may
differ materially from those expressed or implied by such
forward-looking statements and assumptions.
All statements other than statements of historical fact are
statements that could be deemed forward-looking statements,
including but not limited to any projections of net revenue,
margins, expenses, effective tax rates, net earnings, net earnings
per share, cash flows, benefit plan funding, deferred tax assets,
share repurchases, currency exchange rates or other financial
items; any projections of the amount, timing or impact of cost
savings or restructuring and other charges; any statements of the
plans, strategies and objectives of management for future
operations, including the execution of restructuring plans and any
resulting cost savings, revenue or profitability improvements; any
statements concerning the expected development, performance, market
share or competitive performance relating to products or services;
any statements regarding current or future macroeconomic trends or
events and the impact of those trends and events on HP and its
financial performance; any statements regarding pending
investigations, claims or disputes; any statements of expectation
or belief; and any statements of assumptions underlying any of the
foregoing.
Risks, uncertainties and assumptions include the need to address
the many challenges facing HP’s businesses; the competitive
pressures faced by HP’s businesses; risks associated with executing
HP’s strategy; the impact of macroeconomic and geopolitical trends
and events; the need to manage third-party suppliers and the
distribution of HP’s products and the delivery of HP’s services
effectively; the protection of HP’s intellectual property assets,
including intellectual property licensed from third parties; risks
associated with HP’s international operations; the development and
transition of new products and services and the enhancement of
existing products and services to meet customer needs and respond
to emerging technological trends; the execution and performance of
contracts by HP and its suppliers, customers, clients and partners;
the hiring and retention of key employees; integration and other
risks associated with business combination and investment
transactions; the results of the restructuring plans, including
estimates and assumptions related to the cost (including any
possible disruption of HP’s business) and the anticipated benefits
of the restructuring plans; the resolution of pending
investigations, claims and disputes; and other risks that are
described in HP’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
2017, and HP’s other filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. HP assumes no obligation and does not intend to update
these forward-looking statements. HP’s Investor Relations website
at http://www.hp.com/investor/home contains a significant
amount of information about HP, including financial and other
information for investors. HP encourages investors to visit its
website from time to time, as information is updated, and new
information is posted.
© 2018 HP Development Company LP. The information contained
herein is subject to change without notice. The only warranties for
HP Inc. products and services are set forth in the express warranty
statements accompanying such products and services. Nothing herein
should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. HP Inc.
shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions
contained herein.
Lacey Haines, HPlacey.haines@hp.com
www.hp.com/go/newsroom
HP (NYSE:HPQ)
Historical Stock Chart
From Jun 2024 to Jul 2024
HP (NYSE:HPQ)
Historical Stock Chart
From Jul 2023 to Jul 2024