Paper Markups and Customer Supplied Paper
Earlier this year, Margie Dana asked me to comment on Directed Buys. You can read what I said by clicking here.
This led me into a discussion of customer supplied paper, a close cousin to directed buys. It has always seemed to me that printers should buy the paper, with exceptions for major publishers or other large print customers who buy more paper than the printer does and have the infrastructure to handle it. But some print customers want to buy the paper because printers mark up the paper, and they want to avoid the markup.
Jack Miller is founder and Principal Consultant at Market-Intell LLC, offering Need to Know™ market intelligence in paper, print and packaging. Previously, he was senior consultant, North America, with Pira International.
Known as the Paper Guru, Jack is the former director of Market Intelligence with Domtar, where he also held positions as regional sales manager, territory sales manager and product manager. He has presented at On Demand, RISI’s Global Outlook, PRIMIR, SustainCom World and at various IntertechPira conferences. Jack has written for Printing Impressions, Canadian Printer, Paper 360, PaperTree Letter and Package Printing, along with publishing a monthly e-newsletter, MarketIntellibits.
He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from The College of the Holy Cross and has done graduate studies in Statistics and Finance.
