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Where is Manipal?
Manipal is located on the West Coast of India, in the Udupi District of Karnataka
State, one of the most academically advanced in South India. The city nestles between
two of India's best tourist destinations, Goa and Kerala. Manipal is on the same
latitude as Bangalore, the Silicon Valley of India and is an hour's flight away
from it. Please click on the Access Icon located at the top of the screen for details
on getting there.
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How do printing costs in Manipal
compare with the rest of the world?
Manipal Press offers international quality at significantly lower prices than other
facilities that can produce comparable quality, located in any other region in the
world. Manipal can deliver higher quality at a lesser cost than even countries like
Korea.
What are the Quality Standards
of The Manipal Press?
The Manipal Press uses leading-edge technology with machines importred from Europe
(Muller Martini, KBA, Heidleberg, etc.) and have highly skilled personnel to ensure
quality at every level. A comprehensive Process Flow Management system (described
in detail in the 'Quality Process' section of this presentation) ensures very high
quality right from planning to delivery. High Quality workmanship is integrated
into each process at The Manipal Press as we believe that it is easier to do it
right the first time rather than rework.
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What design services are available?
The Manipal Press has a strong team of creative artists engaged in designing everything
from Annual Reports to Book Covers. This department is equipped with Apple Mac PCs,
high end scanners, color laser printers, etc. and uses software like Corel Draw,
Photoshop, Autocad, etc. This presentation is an example of our in-house capabilities.
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How is Material, Manuscripts,
etc. sent to The Manipal Press for printing?
Virtually every conceivable form:
Soft copies on CD / DVD / ftp: / e-Mail / http: and even Hard copies.
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How does The Manipal Press
handle delivery of finished products?
Mangalore is an hour away by road and has an all-weather sea port, an airport and
two Indian Railway cargo terminals, all capable of handling international cargo.
The Manipal Press has been consistently delivering cosignments to its existing clients
in Europe, U.S.A., Africa and other Asian countries. The Manipal Press has agreements
with many Courier, Airline and Shipping companies to provide priority cargo movement.
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What communication infrastructure
does Manipal have?
Manipal has a dedicated Earth Station for Data & Internet connectivity. Five major
telecom service providers have primary switches in Manipal. Three of these providers,
Reliance Infocom, Bharti Telecom and Spice Telecom have their switches located in
facilities owned by the Manipal Press. With this high redundancy, Manipal can boast
of 24X7 high quality broadband communication capability. In addition to this, The
Manipal Press runs an International Call Center servicing North America over a dedicated
2 MB International Private Leased Circuit.
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What MIS is available to keep track
of work-in-Progress?
A Client Extranet on the www.manipalpress.com web site provides comprehensive reporting.
In addition, a customer support executive will be assigned to each client to offer
personalised service. An International Hotline and a North American Toll Free line
are also provided.
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What other services can
the Manipal Press offer?
Apart from comprehensive Pre-Press, Post-Press and Design services, The Manipal
Press offers these additional services:
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Format Conversion |
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Highly skilled team of Data Analysts and Programmers to deliver accurate reports
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International partners in Atlanta to consult and advise on data security procedures
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The Manipal Press has developed comprehensive internal systems that are used to
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A state-of-the-art document management system is used to manage digital assets (Analog
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Further, The Manipal Press offers the services of its dedicated Business Process
Outsourcing facilities to handle its client's downstream marketing, order processing,
customer support and other back-office functions.
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How secure is the material handed
over to The Manipal Press?
Security is worked into every step to ensure safety of material entrusted to The
Manipal Press. Comprehensive Firewalls, Intrusion Detection Systems, Personnel Access
Procedures, Material Movement Monitoring and CCTV Systems have been implemented
in all units of the Manipal Press Limited. The fact that Citibank NA, HSBC, GTB
and most Indian banks have been doing business with us for years bears testimony
to the confidence they have in our security systems.
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