CTP--New Tools, Old Theories

For example, you discover that your platesetter is running 90 percent of the time during one shift. In other words, approximately eight out of 24 hours, resulting in a low, 30-percent utilization rate. Further research shows that your on-time delivery is 50 percent, because the presses on the second shift are running out of plates. Although you could conclude that you need another platesetter, a less expensive option would be to start a third shift.