Business Management - Operations

I’ve worked with many small-to-midsize businesses for many years to help them implement lean practices via SOP (standard operating procedures) documentation. However, many more businesses continue to cling to old methods, that have noticeably driven them to frenzied activity. I would call that madness.

Neyenesch Printers has named Patrick Stuart as its new president. Stuart comes to Neyenesch with more than 20 years of experience.

Its Imaging Division and Graphic Systems Division field service teams are uniting to become the new Fujifilm Technical Services group.

Image360 – Traverse City has been recognized as one of the 2017 “Michigan 50 Companies to Watch.”

John Frautschi led Webcrafters Inc. to become one of the industry’s most successful and respected book printing manufacturers.

Fineline Printing Group has hired Nicole Weathers as manager of technical solutions as part of its continuing strategy of Finelink 2.0.

Drummond Press of Jacksonville, Fla., started with humble beginnings, growing as many traditional commercial printers do. And although the company has maintained the core values built by CEO John Falconetti’s grandparents, it looks very different from the business that was founded in 1939.

When her job in Web development and graphic design was downsized, Juanita Glenn decided she wanted to be her own boss.

Misha Pavlov has been promoted to president of Dome in Sacramento, Calif. He has served as Dome’s EVP of operations since January 2016.

With a workforce expansion of 20% in a little more than two years, Quad/Graphics’ Saratoga Springs, N.Y., plant has announced an additional expansion with plans to hire more employees in May and June of 2017, according to The Daily Gazette. The Saratoga Springs plant prints the popular U.S. magazine titles Time, People and Sports Illustrated.