SpencerMetrics Wins "Best Sponsor Case Study Presentation – Transaction" at the 2026 Inkjet Summit
SpencerMetrics won the "Best Case Study - Transaction" award at Inkjet Summit 2026. From left: Ashley Roberts, Content Director, Printing Impressions; Vishal Sahay, President, SpencerMetrics; Jeff Matos, Senior Director, Operations Engineering, Broadridge; and David Pesko, EVP of Business Development – Hosted Events & Research, PRINTING United Alliance
SpencerMetrics, the leading provider of vendor-neutral, data-driven productivity solutions for the print and packaging industry, has been recognized with the "Best Sponsor Case Study Presentation – Transaction" award at the 14th annual Inkjet Summit, held April 27–29, 2026, at the Hyatt Regency Hill Country Resort and Spa in San Antonio, Texas, and attended by over 300 industry leaders.
The award recognizes the most impactful sponsor case study presentation in the transactional print category. SpencerMetrics received the honor for a case study demonstrating how a high-volume transactional print operation implemented SpencerMetrics CONNECT and Q — the CONNECT AI platform — to shift from manual, retrospective production reporting to real-time, AI-driven operational intelligence, delivering measurable improvements in labor efficiency, equipment utilization, and profit margins.
Real-World ROI: From Manual Data Collection to AI-Driven Insight
The case study guided attendees through a multi-phase transformation that started with automating shop-floor data collection across dozens of multi-vendor production systems and progressed to the implementation of Q, the AI-powered analytics layer that converts CONNECT data into immediate, natural-language insights. Key highlights included:
- Reassignment of three full-time employees from manual meter collection and report preparation to higher-value, revenue-generating responsibilities.
- Reduction of management reporting time from weeks to seconds, enabling leadership to make margin-protecting decisions in real time instead of after the fact.
- Automation of job reconciliation and quality audits, replacing hours of manual backtracking with a streamlined, click-driven process.
- AI-powered queries delivering answers in seconds — such as identifying jobs produced under different configurations and instantly determining the more profitable production approach.
The presentation resonated with attendees because it framed production analytics not as a reporting tool, but as an instrument of investment protection: every press on the floor represents capital that needs to be defended with utilization data, and every operator hour represents a labor investment that needs to be measured against the revenue it supports.
"This recognition belongs as much to our customers as it does to our team", said Vishal Sahay, President, SpencerMetrics. The story we presented at the Inkjet Summit is about showcasing possibilities when you invest in a strong data foundation first — and then layer artificial intelligence on top of clean, structured, context-aware data. AI is only as valuable as the data it consumes, and we have spent years making sure that the data flowing into CONNECT reflects the real economics of a print operation. Winning the Best Sponsor Case Study Presentation award in the Transaction category tells us that the financial case for automated analytics and AI-driven decision support is landing exactly where it should — with the operations that depend on every shift, every machine, and every job being measured accurately. We are grateful to the Inkjet Summit attendees for the recognition, and to our customers for trusting us to help them turn their existing investments in equipment, labor, and data into measurable financial return."
A Complete, Vendor-Neutral Production Intelligence Platform
The Inkjet Summit case study reflects the depth of the SpencerMetrics product portfolio, which gives print and packaging operations a unified, vendor-neutral path from raw machine data to AI-powered insight:
- CONNECT — the patented, multi-vendor machine and shop-floor data collection and analytics platform delivering real-time dashboards, KPIs, and reporting.
- Q — the AI-powered analytics layer that makes all collected data available for instant insights through natural-language prompts.
- CONNECT API 2.0 — for seamless integration of shop-floor data with MIS/ERP and other business systems.
- LYNK — for lights-out, touchless data collection across digital and conventional equipment.
- AUTOMATER — the IIoT-based, edge-computing module that extends CONNECT and LYNK to legacy and analog equipment without rip-and-replace.
A complete overview of the SpencerMetrics product suite is available at the SpencerMetrics Solutions page.
The preceding press release was provided by a company unaffiliated with Printing Impressions. The views expressed within may not directly reflect the thoughts or opinions of the staff of Printing Impressions.
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