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Melville, NY, 28 February 2017 – SpencerMetrics LLC announced its recent donation of the SpencerMetrics CONNECT system to Arizona State University (ASU) Print and Imaging Lab. This is the fourth year of SpencerMetrics supporting ASU with productivity software donations. With the intent to educate students on the impact of operational efficiency. Also supporting the ASU in-plant print provider by offering print lab management with an analysis tool to increase their asset utilization and overall efficiency. SpencerMetrics’ most recent donations of its automated CONNECT system are running on ASU’s Xerox iGen 4 and HP Indigo 5500 digital presses. With its unique multi-vendor capabilities, CONNECT allows quantifiable operational metric analyses. Allowing analyses across multiple press platforms, providing comparisons of shifts, technologies, operators,

Melville, NY, 20 February 2017- SpencerMetrics LLC, an industry leader in press efficiency management, has released an update to the SpencerMetrics CONNECT system. Enabling users of the data entry terminal to operate the program in their native language. The internationalization of the interface advances the CONNECT system’s keystone features of user-friendliness and accessibility. Its multilingual support promotes SpencerMetrics global reach within multicultural print production environments. Native language data entry and display enables press operators worldwide to operate within familiar environments. Language can be assigned on an individual operator basis, on one or more presses. Eliminating potential communication barriers furthers the breakthrough usability and accuracy of CONNECT shop floor data capture. With a keen focus on ease-of-use, the CONNECT “2-touch” data

Melville, NY, 17 February 2017- SpencerMetrics LLC, the leading provider of real-time, multi-vendor press management systems, announced the newest feature of the SpencerMetrics CONNECT system – Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) tracking. This enhancement to CONNECT’s powerful real-time OEE analytics helps users gauge their progress in improving the efficiency and effectiveness of their print production. Applying well-established Continuous Improvement best practices from the manufacturing industry to print production. The SpencerMetrics CONNECT OEE module delivers automatic calculation and graphical display of OEE Key Performance Indicator (KPI) metrics. OEE provides a succinct measure of the overall efficiency of a manufacturing operation, along with its fundamental components of availability, quality, and performance. Additional OEE operational metrics include productivity, asset and capacity utilization, etc. With

Melville, NY – 26 September 2016 – SpencerMetrics LLC, the leading provider of analytics for production printing productivity. Announces that Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX) is now a worldwide Authorized Reseller of the SpencerMetrics CONNECT system. The SpencerMetrics CONNECT system automatically captures digital pressroom data. Augmented with shop floor knowledge in order to reduce downtime and maximize productivity with actionable information. The system supports the flagship Xerox iGen5 Press as well as other printing devices in the Xerox Production Printing portfolio. Both cut sheet and continuous feed, monochrome and full color, toner and inkjet and more. Supporting either Xerox FreeFlow print servers or Xerox print servers powered by Fiery. The CONNECT solution helps Xerox customers achieve the high productivity these presses

Melville, NY – 26 September 2016 – SpencerMetrics LLC, the leading provider of real-time press productivity analytics. Announces the availability of the SpencerMetrics CONNECT Application Program Interface (API). This will allow third-party software vendors and end-users to integrate the CONNECT productivity software within their production ecosystem. The innovative CONNECT system has simplified the collection of valuable digital print production data. Accomplished by merging data streams coming automatically from the press controllers and the shop floor. CONNECT’s breakthrough automation and ease-of-use eliminates all the complexity associated with data collection. Making it extremely valuable for printing companies looking to harness the power of data analytics. The SpencerMetrics analytics engine converts this data into actionable information for reducing costs, increasing productivity, and driving

Melville, NY – 25 September 2016 – SpencerMetrics LLC, the leading provider of real-time press productivity analytics. Announces a version 5.1.7 upgrade to the SpencerMetrics CONNECT system. The CONNECT system will be demonstrated during Graph Expo 16, at booth #2185 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, FL, September 25-28, 2016. The Job Tracking module enables users to determine the true cost of job production. The feature allows CONNECT users to analyze actual job cost data, enabling more accurate pricing and scheduling decisions. The job-tracking feature provides metrics on both productive and non-productive job time. Allowing managers to make informed production planning and accounting determinations. The CONNECT system automatically picks up job names from the Digital Front End (DFE).

Melville, NY – 10 August 2016 – SpencerMetrics LLC is pleased to welcome Carlos L. Alexander, Sr. to its Business Development team. The team is responsible for sales, support, and expansion of the SpencerMetrics suite of productivity improvement solutions. With over 25 years experience providing production solutions to the printing industry, Carlos has held positions at Oce? North America, IKON Office Solutions, Xerox, Canon USA and most recently at CLi Technologies. Throughout his career, Carlos has achieved many honorable awards for sales and overall exemplary performance. “We are delighted to have Carlos join the SpencerMetrics team in helping print shops to achieve the productivity potential that their digital printing assets can deliver. Carlos’ dedication to assuring each solution truly fits

Melville, NY, 1 July 2016 – SpencerMetrics LLC, a provider of press management systems that reduce cost and provide more usable prints per shift. Is pleased to announce the appointment of Vishal Sahay to Director of Product Management, effective immediately. Sahay, a twelve-year veteran of the Spencer Associates Group, has diligently worked to foster the growth of SpencerMetrics Productivity Intelligence software since its inception in 2013. In this new role, Sahay will lead product management of SpencerMetrics CONNECT systems. Working to build increasing value into the core products while further increasing customer satisfaction. “While leading the development team, Vishal expertly balances identifying customer needs and refining the user experience,” noted David Spencer, President/CEO. “His constant dedication to analyzing and improving

Melville, NY – 26 May 2016 – SpencerMetrics LLC, the leading provider of real-time press management systems, is announcing the drupa release of a major upgrade to its advanced analytics software, CONNECT. With CONNECT v5.1, SpencerMetrics is meeting the demands for automation and real-time information delivery. Providing customers with detailed knowledge of non-revenue producing tasks – information not available through typical Print MIS. By continuing to enhance the ease of data collection, facilitate the sharing of operator knowledge, increase the depth of actionable information through data analysis, and simplify executive reporting. CONNECT helps press shops to improve uptime and drive down costs. This new CONNECT version expands automatic data transfer integration with press shop equipment from various manufacturers. Users can

Melville, NY – 05 April 2016 – SpencerMetrics is pleased to continue being a Bronze Partner of Dscoop. The 2016 Annual Conference will take place in San Antonio, Texas, April 14-16. Billed as an innovation year in the printing industry, the theme of Dscoop 2016 is ‘Architects of Tomorrow’. SpencerMetrics, along with other exhibitors at the event’s Solutions Showcase, will introduce and demonstrate the latest advancements in the printing industry. At Booth #454, SpencerMetrics will showcase its newest press productivity improvement tool and provide live demonstrations of the innovative and unique solution. The tool will transform print businesses by lowering operational costs and allowing for more usable jobs per shift – with no additional resources. The SpencerMetrics system bridges operator