Business Management - Productivity/Process Improvement

Choosing 20 graphic arts industry professionals—all under the age of 40—who are rising industry stars is, 
admittedly, a subjective undertaking. Surely, some high achievers who might have qualified didn’t appear on our radar screen. Likewise, some people who were nominated elected to avoid the spotlight for personal reasons. These 20 up-and-comers weren’t just handed positions of authority. They typically worked their way up, toiling in several job capacities within their respective organizations, to earn their stripes.

Celebrate your wins, create a positive work environment and make your workplace fun. It makes good business sense and pays dividends. Don't ignore the losses either. We certainly don't want to celebrate them, but we should put plans in place to fix them.

Here’s a scary picture (just in time for Halloween?) of a fairly typical American business...in most businesses there are thousands of details and variables that MOST workers try to commit to MEMORY; any of which, if botched or forgotten, eat up a company’s profits each year. SCARY!

Do you know a "John Galt?" They’re the ones many current television shows, movies, and the politically-correct ("PC") crowd like to characterize as "greedy, underhanded" people who "can't be trusted to give workers a fair wage" or a clean work environment.

Innovative ways to deliver content that meets consumers’ changing needs for an interactive experience: rich media, mobile, software.

The old idiom, "You win some and you lose some," when applied to a business, can mean customers coming in the front door and going out the back door—in other words, the business is just running in place, going in circles, but not gaining ground—NOT GROWING.

Reduce setup times, eliminate bottlenecks, free up staff. Use automation to increase your in-plant’s value and ensure your success.

Too often I find many small-business people to be too conservative. I don’t mean in the political sense. I mean they become too risk-adverse and afraid to take on new things because they are "too busy."

As a business grows, the complexity of the operation often multiplies exponentially. This happened to Linda, owner of a thriving commercial printing company, who was seeking a solution to get a handle on the daily operations. I remember the day Linda and her husband Ron flew down to Tennessee to pay us a visit.

Strategies for transforming price into value for printers and helping the customer get a clear picture of the value that you deliver.