by: Tom Quinn Are you on the leading edge of your industry? Have you incorporated mailing and/or fulfillment into your service mix? If you can answer yes to this question, did you ever wonder how your company was performing compared to your competitors in the mailing and fulfillment industry? The printing and binding industries have been fortunate to have associations with … [Read more...] about Fulfillment: Measuring Your Performance
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Disaster Recovery Solutions for Business Continuity
by Dawn Warner The first step to understanding disaster recovery (DR) and business continuity (BC) solutions is to understand the scope and definition of the word "disaster." When defining the word disaster, people inevitably take into account only natural disasters such as hurricanes, earthquakes, or tornadoes. However, the term disaster, in regards to business continuity, is … [Read more...] about Disaster Recovery Solutions for Business Continuity
Adhesives in the Bindery: An Overview
by: Ken Kroeger, Ph.D. Adhesives are used in many different operations in the bindery. In a pejorative sense, adhesives are the Rodney Dangerfield of the bindery (they get no respect) because while adhesive performance is very critical to finished product quality, adhesives are almost always a very low cost component. For example, in the production of an 800-page college … [Read more...] about Adhesives in the Bindery: An Overview
CPSIA and Its Implications for Binderies
by: Staff Recently, a conversation on the BIA listserv revolved around the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA), lead and phthalate testing, and its applicability to binders. The responses indicated that not all binderies are clear as to the testing requirements and the manner in which the requirements will affect their business. Lead and phthalate testing and … [Read more...] about CPSIA and Its Implications for Binderies
New Year’s Revelations: Updating the Outlook for Print in 2010–2011
by: Dr. Ronnie H. Davis Before presenting the outlook for print over the next 12-24 months, let's review the key relationships between print and the economy. A perspective on print's performance relative to the economy is provided by examining the relationship between the economy (inflation-adjusted or real gross domestic product) and our Print Market Index, which tracks the … [Read more...] about New Year’s Revelations: Updating the Outlook for Print in 2010–2011
Napco: Changing the Game of Loose Leaf
by: Dianna Brodine Customers seeking loose leaf products have moved beyond the vinyl three ring binder to demand custom turned edge binders and other specialty paperboard products and packaging for more powerful marketing impact. Whether it is geared toward internal corporate communications or the end user, rigid paperboard products and packaging provide the opportunity for … [Read more...] about Napco: Changing the Game of Loose Leaf
Seaboard Bindery Writes Its Own Story
by: Dianna Brodine By nature of the work, every bindery has a story. Decades of bundling pages into a cohesive entity lend themselves to history, stretching each year into another chapter, telling anecdotes of prosperous times and periods of struggle. The story at Seaboard Bindery began in 1977 with a man looking to further his entrepreneurial career in a new industry. Its … [Read more...] about Seaboard Bindery Writes Its Own Story
In-line Finishing Techniques Enhanced with the Use of Electrostatics
by: Ken Troemel, Andy Grzesik, and Mark Blitshteyn, MKS Ion Industrial Thanks to the one-stop-shop nature of today's print customers, binderies are increasingly becoming involved with in-line finishing processes - which can include slitting, folding, diecutting, gluing, coating, perforating, perfume scenting, rotary cutting, shingling, sheeting, and stacking. While the … [Read more...] about In-line Finishing Techniques Enhanced with the Use of Electrostatics
Targeted Bindery Automation
by: Brad Emerson, www.fixyourownbindery.com Efficient operations often hinge on automated equipment that increases production efficiency while also decreasing makeready times. However, these objectives also can be met through targeted automation, rather than through six- or seven-digit silver bullet investments. Improving bindery quality and identifying obtainable returns on … [Read more...] about Targeted Bindery Automation
Delivery Management: Increase Productivity, Customer Service, and Profitability
by Mark Porter, Dienamic MIS Software, Inc. The past year has proven two things to those of us in binding and print finishing. One, we must be more productive. Our existing staff must be more efficient and perform more tasks with fewer resources. Two, we must provide extraordinary service, especially to our good customers. It is generally accepted that 80 percent of revenue … [Read more...] about Delivery Management: Increase Productivity, Customer Service, and Profitability