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I would assume there would be constraints to the process itself. Granted, since this was developed by the Maple-Vail Book Manufacturing Club the constraint is within books, assuming all other work wouldn't be able to use this system. I have read a few places where they compare the quality to...

The screwed up part is, the external auditor we were assigned was retired before he got hired into this. He was located in New Jersey as well, so there was a lot of strings to get this guy going because the eastern seaboard has very little auditors. If only we had the capitol ourselves to...

I assume this is mainly within FSC, and I've heard and seen a lot of ridiculous stories concerning their approval process on jobs. They have said they are getting "better", but it becomes convoluted at times to deal with their agency. I'd much prefer to handle SFI, but what can ya do. If the...

Not sure why your company wasn't audited by a certified auditor. We had to go through a separate agency who does the audit itself and they give the Chain of Custody agencies the go ahead for our certified jobs. Now for our audit process we HAVE to do an internal audit and give that as...

I hear you about FSC jobs not selling, it really depends on your customer base and what their needs are. Right now a lot of people want to place the logo on their product to be viewed as "green". Is this really the best thing for them at this present time? To some yes, to others no. This is...

Thanks for your input. Our customers of course are worried about costs within this economy, but there are many industries that are requiring their jobs to run on paper that is Chain of Custody certified. We deal with many who are heading in that direction, so its logical for us to stay ahead...

Many customers do not see through it. Our company is about a month away from an audit and we have customers left and right asking about if we have been certified yet. Its kind of ridiculous. But what are ya gonna do? I wouldn't want to lose a $300K a year account just because we didn't...

Second time got a 12, I guess this V7 monitor is worse then I realized. Might have to get this thing calibrated.

0 is the best score, I got a 29 and I thought that was awful. Going to RIT didn't help me at all!

The one section I completely agree with in your Print CEO post is this: This hit right at home. At the company I work for the sales people do their own thing. We do not target specific sections of the market, we do not create continuous feedback and each salesperson has their own way of...

Lots of advertisements heading into the forum....

Agree with you 100%. As with any process, the ability to get management "buy-in" is essential. The creation of a new mindset always is in need of management support, what I call the Authority structure: 1) Authority to oversee 2) Authority to take action 3) Authority implement 4) Authority to...

Another tool I like to use is a 5S audit sheet, its attached to this post. This is used for internal evaluation of the area. Consistent audits help to support the concept of a clean and organized area that is sustained.

1) 5S should be your first initiative. Figure out where the waste is and just get rid of it before trying to implement any improvements on the system itself. 2) Attached is an example of a value-stream map. This will help you to document non-value added processes and value added processes...

I got a 29.... I suck! I thought my prepress experience would help me with this stuff! :P

Mr. White: Welcome to the forums! I'm glad to see people asking questions about subjects pertaining to lean. To get to the bare bones ideas of lean, you need to think about a few concepts. First off: 1) What is the current state of the pre-press department? 2) What areas are clearly in need...

The highway system indeed was a government subsidized project. The one specific industry that lobbied for it was the automobile industry. Why wouldn't they? Creation of a nationwide system that only automobiles can travel on? Of course they are going to lobby for it. And on top of that, the...

Is there anyway possible to reduce waste without the assistance and use of computers and computer specific programs? I'm dealing with a very "old fashioned" employee who does the scheduling for all jobs. His method is hang tag cards with job information on those while also having a small...

1) Blacklight is its own company. They are providing a service like any other company. Whether they will succeed or fail is depending on whether the market wants the product. Sure the government can still give subsidies to that company, but if people don't want the product then whats the...

Of course its RR Donnelley, and of course they "can" do it. But is it really profitable for them? I didn't know the scope of the ordering system so I was trying to figure out how specific they actually did get or was it just an online ordering system for large vendors?