Practical Advice Abounds at Sheetfed Pressroom Event

Printers must overcome the mindset of "staying busy," Clark notes. This is represented by the adage "if a department has capacity and work available, they should do it."

Instead, Clark suggests that all departmental production schedules and priorities should be tied to, and in agreement with, the priority of the constraining process. This will almost always result in what appears to be excess capacity or idleness in some support centers.