COMMERCIAL PRINTING -- Running Lean and Mean

1) Have a well thought out strategy and specialize by customers/products.

2) Focus on manufacturing efficiency to produce the printed product cheaper than competitors. (Typically, profit leaders are around 3 percent more efficient than profit challengers in producing the actual printed product, Davis says.) The sources of manufacturing efficiency include use of appropriate technology, emphasis on workflow efficiency, right-sizing operations, seasonal sales patterns and benchmarking against industry leaders.