As you walk through the show floor, you can’t help but imagine how that new service or technology would fit into your business. You just know that your customers are going to fall in love with that new service. And you are certain that your prospects will say yes once...
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Productivity and Trends
As top line revenue grows, there is a need to add capacity to keep up with the demand. That capacity can come in various ways. It could mean adding additional shifts to existing equipment, adding new or different equipment, or becoming more productive with the people...
Listen to Your Leading Indicators and Take Action
We are in a world that seems to revolve around KPIs. It’s hard to get away from them. Whether you are responsible for optimizing the performance on the factory floor, customer service response times, or hitting your sales numbers, there’s always a number that you are...
Era of Bloated Paper Inventories: Job Velocity and Cash – Both are Good
The post-pandemic supply chain issues have changed the business landscape in many ways. A dramatic effect for printers has been the availability, and pricing of paper. Most companies have weathered this storm but not without the battle scars to show for it. These...
Don’t Lose Sight of Your Cash
This year has been challenging on many fronts, but particularly with material and supply side challenges. You need paper to print on, right? So when material becomes available for sold work, or in anticipation of future projects, printers purchase as much as they can....
Leverage your Competitive Advantage to Win New Business
What is the greatest competitive advantage you have over your competition? Maybe you have several areas that you feel are a competitive advantages in the markets you serve. Ok, what are they? If I were to ask five people in your company what they were, would their...