Shelter Insurance, a recognized insurance and financial services leader, has built a solid reputation on integrity, excellence and an ongoing commitment to improvement.

That commitment is reflected in its full-service Document Services operation, located in Columbia, MO. "Our printing operation has grown in the past year and is dramatically different than it was just two years ago," explains Manager Linda Winn. "We have been able to strike the perfect balance between offset and digital services."

Having both has significantly slashed production time and costs by allowing them to select the most efficient printing option for each job. Last year the talented 26-member team added a 4-color Shinohara perfecting press, a Standard Horizon booklet maker, a brand new Challenge 45-inch cutter, and an Avanti MIS system to their cache of equipment. The iGen 4 and Avanti MIS system have been especially instrumental to their success during the past year. "Before the arrival of our MIS system, we relied on an Excel spreadsheet to keep track of our work and to provide estimates," she shares. A simple spreadsheet, however, couldn't provide an accurate real-time picture of the jobs in progress, waste, time frames and costs. "The new MIS system provides us a more accurate picture and allows us to greatly improve upon our workflows and processes."

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