Dickeson--"Ground Truths," Sound Advice

In summation, Davis finds us a decade behind best manufacturing practices. He points to the teachings of Toyota's Taiichi Ohno of years ago that printers have not yet grasped.

No Longer a Craft
There are far too many printers according to the Davis Manifesto. The evolution of rapidly changing electronic media is but dimly perceived. Printing is no longer a craft, it's a business—a manufacturing business of conversion of paper and ink to communication instruments. In that business there is a need for far more standardization.