While many print businesses are posting great results for the year, there are others that haven’t fared as well. Why? Could be several things. Might be that their customer base has not rebounded since the pandemic. Their customer graphics – the geo, demo, and...
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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...
Three Paths for Uncertain Times
What’s the economy going to do, what will the cost of borrowing be, and will you have enough people to staff your operation? And yes, what are your customers seeing in their business? All valid concerns for business leaders during uncertain times. Your options aren’t...
Accelerating Your Business Transition
Every business is working on something to improve these days. Whether it’s trying to be more proficient at what they’re currently doing or being in a pivot stage while making the transition to new markets and products. The senior team spends hours huddled in meetings...
Earning Your Customer’s Trust
While cooling my heels waiting for one of my recent flights, the airline sent me a text forty minutes prior to our scheduled departure. The message says the flight coming in is departing late due to having to adjust weight issues. Not sure what that means, but OK....