Are you getting the full return on one of the most important investments in your printing business? So, I’ll just say it. There probably isn’t a “perfect” Management Information System (MIS) designed for printing organizations. And there never will be. Why?...
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Leadership
Stay Alert, Be Aware, and Control What You Can Control
The graphics are daunting. I'm not talking about an image or a file you're trying to reproduce. I'm talking about three specific graphics: the demographics, psychographics, and geographics of your clients and the markets you want to serve. You've seen and felt the...
Do You Have a Leadership Team, or Individual Leaders?
The importance of developing your team to their fullest potential has never been more important. It’s not uncommon for printing company owners and CEOs to invest in leadership training, they send their folks to industry conferences, provide coaching and encourage...
From Concrete to Carpet: Rethinking How Work Gets Done
Face it, printers are experienced at attacking productivity, inefficiencies, and re-work on the production floor. Faster makereadies, throughput and automation as well as equipment utilization, lean and lights out production have become standard agenda items for all...
Why Would a Really Good Person Want to Work for You?
Here’s a statement that most leaders have never answered out loud. Why would a really good person want to work for you? They don’t ask why you think this is a good company, or why they should leave a company where they are successful to join yours. Those are different...
When Good Enough Becomes the Problem
What’s the problem? The problem is that your team has grown stale. That doesn’t mean they’re bad people or that they aren’t working hard. In fact, that’s what makes this problem difficult to spot. Everyone shows up. The work gets done. Customers are taken care of. The...






