JOHANNESBURG—  Printacom, outlines four key trends that they believes will affect the print industry in the year ahead. Automation, collaboration, analytics and consolidation have been earmarked as the four key trends that will affect the print industry in the year ahead.The printing industry  as it applies a traditional method of business, despite its members being at the forefront of advanced technologies that allow people to print pretty much anything on any type of material and in a matter of minutes. Analytics and BI the requirement to make more and more informed business decisions is driving a deep need for analytics. Consolidation and right-sizing in the year ahead, instead of reducing their spending, we’ll begin to see companies starting to right-size their infrastructure and businesses.Automation is not necessarily about replacing old infrastructure; it’s an iterative process. The workplace of the future is going to require people to be more collaborative.Collaboration. The workplace of the future is going to require people to be more collaborative.