Specialties Bindery — A Cinderella Story

By altering its time schedules, she adds, Specialties Bindery was able to generate significant cost savings while still being able produce as much work. "By running six days a week, we could still meet customer demands without having to go into an overtime situation, and we kept all of our employees." When the economy improves, the company can go back to two shifts. But, until them, Lee says the team approach is saving Specialties $500,000 in overtime.