As you prepare to take your business from your current state to your desired future state, begin with a thoughtful examination of your internal resources. Your staff, equipment, technology, and how well you integrate those three areas to solve client problems. This...
New customers are certainly hard to come by, and the last thing you want to do is lose a customer. That said, all customers are not the same. I’ve often used the phrase, all customers are good, some are just good-er than others. A strategic account review is designed...
Technology has always been a big part of the printing industry. Every time there’s been a major advancement in capabilities, technology played a central role. A trend that we see more of today is how the leaders optimize technology to run the business. This enables...
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...
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...
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...