A System Without a Name --Dickeson

For years the printing industry has been plagued by a global overcapacity. The harsh reality of unused or wasted local capacity revealed by Printrol may come as a shock when the time spent in activities is zero balanced with available hours. It's the elephant in our living room. No coverlet will obscure it. It's a policy constraint top management must resolve.

Zero balancing the details of materials usage to capacity brings a stark reality to a War on Waste project that both management and operating personnel must address—primarily by system changes. It's the most direct path to profitability.

Call your software provider. . . or do it yourself.

—Roger V. Dickeson

About the Author

Roger Dickeson is a printing productivity consultant based in Tucson, AZ. He can be reached by e-mail at roger@prem-associates.com, by fax at (520) 903-2295, or on the Web at http://www.prem-associates.com.