Business Management - Productivity/Process Improvement

A renewed contract with publishing company Scholastic will guarantee stability and viability for Waseca’s Quad/Graphics.

The Digital Packaging Summit is an invitation-only, hosted summit designed for senior managers and business executives who want to understand how current and future digital production printing technology, software and solutions will impact their business and investment decisions. The Digital Packaging Summit will be held from Oct. 31-Nov. 2, at the Ponte Vedra Inn & Club in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.

A truly documented production workflow identifies all of the touch points.

“Finishing 4.0” is about using versatile machines and powerful software to make post-press as “smart” as prepress and printing.

Michael Murphy has been tapped to serve as Trend Offset Printing's newest chief performance officer. As such, he will focus on operational excellence and automation through software intelligence. A graduate of RIT and former president of Japs-Olson, Murphy joins the executive team at Trend with more than 25 years of experience in the print and mail industries.

At drupa, KBA announced its return to the sheetfed flexo market for corrugated.

Direct mailing firm The Wilen Group has completed its HIPAA Security Assessment across both of its facilities.

"Blondin" was the most famous tightrope walker of all time! In 1859 he became the first man to walk across Niagara Falls on a tightrope. He later planned to attempt crossing over the majestic Falls on a tightrope, but this time, pushing a wheelbarrow.

Zoo Printing has expanded its services to offer free local delivery to three states, six major cities and surrounding areas.

Most companies that have a printing operation believe that they have a workflow process. In-plant departments, packaging converters, direct mail providers, commercial printers, sign shops and transaction producers all know that to keep the business running they must identify each job, break it down into components, and track it through their organization until it is delivered to the end client. However, what most organizations have is a series of processes that have grown over the years to mitigate bottlenecks as they arise.