Business Management - Productivity/Process Improvement

Getting Production to Flow
April 1, 2010

JDF's potential is yet to be realized, but there is another pathway for integrating MIS and production—shop floor data collection and direct machine interfaces (DMIs).

Technology Provides Edge
April 1, 2010

Rex Three's customers benefitted from exceptional service and faster turn times on projects due to its istallation of LithoTechnics Metrix software.

Integrating the Enterprise
August 4, 2009

WHEN WALSWORTH Publishing set out to find software that would modernize its system and increase the consistency of its printing processes—without eating into its bottom line—little did it know that it was in line for a bonus. Not only did the system the company choose achieve efficiencies throughout its commercial printing runs, from sheetfed to webfed to digital, it was also the basis for integrating and updating the entire enterprise.

Walsworth Publishing — Integrating the Enterprise
August 1, 2009

WHEN WALSWORTH Publishing set out to find software that would modernize its system and increase the consistency of its printing processes—without eating into its bottom line—little did it know that it was in line for a bonus.Not only did the system the company choose achieve efficiencies throughout its commercial printing runs, from sheetfed to webfed to digital, it was also the basis for integrating and updating the entire enterprise.

The Real Meaning of Lean
June 1, 2009

Waste is everywhere at your in-plant, impeding your quest for efficiency. Lean manufacturing can help 
you eliminate that waste, improve your productivity and stay alive in these 
tough economic times.

Oops! Printing Error Mars High School Diplomas
May 29, 2009

LOUISVILLE, CO—Nearly 400 diplomas from a high school here will need to be reprinted after an observant parent noted one tiny flaw: The city's name was listed as Lafayette, CO. The error was spotted following the graduation ceremony. The Associated Press reported that the unnamed printer is footing the bill for the rerun of 395 diplomas.

New Facility for Booklet Binding and Team Services
May 15, 2009

CAROL STREAM, IL—Booklet Binding and Team Services announced the opening of its new production center here. The new facility unites the operations of its two prior locations—Booklet Binding's Broadview, IL, bindery and finishing operation and Team Services' Itasca, IL, data, direct mail production, mailing and expanded packaging operations—into a single plant.The 366,000-square-foot integrated production facility required a capital investment of $21 million.

Eight Costly Printing Issues - Lean Strategy Helps Minimize Printers’ Downtime
May 1, 2009

When you think of waste, what comes to mind? Many printers don't think beyond paper—makeready, roll slab, roll damage, running waste and so on. But in the bigger picture, waste encompasses time and material expenses that consume resources without adding value. As we'll see, if you want to minimize waste, you must embrace Process Excellence.

If you're not adding value, you are creating waste. Printers add value when their processes change or convert the form, fit, and/or function (print, cut, fold, collate, stitch, etc.) of materials and items into the final product.

VistaPrint Forges Alliance with FedEx Office
May 1, 2009

HAMILTON, BERMUDA—Business-to-consumer online printing specialist VistaPrint and FedEx Office have developed a new application for designing, ordering and printing business stationery and marketing materials. Customers will be able to design and order their customized products online at fedexoffice.com or in-person at any of the 1,600 FedEx Office Print & Ship Centers in the United States.