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This is how I understand it in terms of printing: Most printing companies have a push production system. There is a sales force that pushes for demand. This activity creates consumer demand. For the most part this type of system tries to sell directly to the customer. That being said, the...

Thanks for the information Bob and Fireplug, this was very helpful.

Hey all: Just had a quick question haven't dealt with this because I've worked with mainly conventional printing equipment. I was asked by a potential customer if we use "Co-Cure Ink". I said no because we use conventional equipment so we aren't into much of any specialty printing and I knew...

David: Thanks for the post, I gather everyone in this forum is experiencing the economic slowdown, in one fashion or another. Mike, your observation is a fairly basic and fairly successful thought process on what to produce. If the company makes the most profit from letterheads, why can't...

Paper price reduction? That would be nice considering our shops expenses are around 23% for paper. I'd be ok with a decrease. Our business is slower then last year. We just had two rounds of layoffs, and now we are at an extreme case of skeleton crew. I don't think we can get rid of anyone...

Yup. Attached is the current layout for the plant, lower right hand corner is the shipping area. We used this map to make a spaghetti diagram and it was horrid. One of the issues that you might see is a long square that blocks the plant. That is where Danny's desk is currently located. It...

It would be most helpful to get people's first hand opinions or expertise on what products are out there that do the best work. Thanks for the initiative!

Still looking for someone to fill the position.

Hey all: Just wanted to ask around if anyone had a barcode system in place to track inventory. Wanted to get opinions and try to start researching into a solution for designating incoming inventory into a barcode tracking system. This mainly has to do with paper inventory and trying to create...

Few movies I've seen recently that were better then I expected, and yes some of them are old: 1) The Money Pit - 1986 movie with Tom Hanks in it, hilarious movie. 2) No Country For Old Men - 2007 - Best movie i've seen in awhile 3) Children of Men - 2006 - Awesome movie, and very...

Hey Steve: The MIS system we have currently is EFI Logic. We use PrinterPresence for our web solutions, and it looks like from your website you use their services as well. Currently, the EFI system is only being used by sales, and our CSR's but will be fully implemented within the whole...

Hey all: Thought I'd get more of a response then currently has been expressed, I changed around the plan for the area a bit and hopefully solved some flow issues that were expressed by the production team. I am still open to any suggestions anyone on the forum has, thanks!

David: Thanks for the synopsis, glad to hear Graph Expo went well. Wasn't able to get there i'm afraid, but maybe next year. As you say, many companies that try to sell products that will make you lean is of course all fluff. Its like the pills that will make you lose 30 pounds in 30 days...

You got the problem down... You got the problem down... Humidity change isn't much of an issue here, we have humidifiers and environmental controls in the plant. The issue is that the way we potentially would organize multiple jobs might not look to pleasing to customers. If you had a good...

My name is Matthew Flashner and I work for Smith Print Inc., in Norwell, Massachusetts as their Workflow Administrator. I just got this job about 3 months ago and I just graduated from RIT 6 months ago. I was in the Graphic Media concentration and have had a passion for all types of media...

http://www.banta.com/CustomPoint Saw this at WhatTheyThink.com and I was skeptical at first. I looked through their website, they are very organized in order to handle as many jobs as they can in a system that is clear, concise and easily accessible by anyone who needs these services. Reminds...

The what The what The what is very simple and clear cut. To me it is at least, and I shall try to explain a bit. The issue with the workflow currently is that there are too many overs when the job is completed. This brings up a few other factors: 1) We order lots of different types of...

Hey all, just wanted to see if I could get some feedback if I did this 5Why chain the correct way. Here are the questions + answers I asked and the production side gave me. This has to do specifically with overs: 1) Why do we have overs? In case customer wants more. 2) Why would the customer...

Michael: I gotta tell ya, this is an interesting idea to talk about. Smith Print is located in Norwell, Massachusetts, about an hour north of Providence. One of the key areas our COO was trying to push sales was within Colleges, and I think this would be a great opportunity for everyone to...