ROI & Business Case

A single proof sent by email can pick up five approvers, three file versions, and zero audit trail before anyone actually signs off. Here is why e-proof approval breaks down for B2B orders, and how to fix it.

Most merch operations have automated order routing and shipping, yet still prepare artwork by hand. Here is how connecting Order Desk and FastEditor removes that bottleneck.

Artwork handling costs about the same whether you print 10 units or 500. That flat cost quietly turns many small orders into loss-makers. Here is the math.

A healthy-looking 30% margin can collapse to 10% once artwork handling is paid for. Here is the full margin flow on a typical promotional product order.

Every customised order carries a hidden artwork handling cost of €30 to €50. Here is the full breakdown of where €45 goes, from upload to production file.

Spreadsheets and PDFs work until you handle 500 SKUs across 30 suppliers. How to choose promo catalogue software that holds real print data and feeds artwork automation.

A transparent, line by line ROI comparison of manual artwork processing versus automation, with worked euro examples at 200, 500 and 1,000 orders per month and real payback maths.

The real three year cost of building a product configurator in-house versus buying an API-first platform, with every assumption labelled and a decision checklist.