Cost-Saving Measures — Save a Buck, Save a Job

• Improve lighting; productivity improves with increased lighting levels.

• Scrutinize future equipment installations. Are you compounding problems currently experienced in staging and WIP (work-in-process) areas? Will the press or bindery line have an ample operator, staging and WIP area?

Rather than achieve short-term results that provide instant gratification to your bottom line, Bill Munz, a sales representative for San Diego-based Rush Press, sees more consistency in the bottom line gains when companies focus on day-to-day activities that will provide consistent cost reductions for intermediate and longer-term results. To this end, he feels it is paramount that printers handle two pivotal areas: Build an effective workforce, and back the force with well-maintained production equipment.