Edited by Erin La Row, editor, PostPress Investing in workflow management software to connect binding/finishing operations helps streamline specific tasks of the production processes, increasing efficiency and minimizing the chance for costly errors. PostPress posed questions to these industry experts – Andrew Bailes-Collins, head of product management, Ultimate … [Read more...] about Importance of Workflow Software for Binding/Finishing
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The Easiest Way to Increase Sales May Be Right Under Your Nose
By Mark Porter, Dienamic MIS Software, Inc. Successful businesses continually are looking for ways to increase sales and profits. Looking for new products, new processes and new markets are common approaches to meeting these objectives. These methods often are costly and time intensive. There are significant increases in sales and profits that can be obtained much more easily, … [Read more...] about The Easiest Way to Increase Sales May Be Right Under Your Nose
Folding Carton Production: Automation to the Rescue for Workflow Challenges
By Liz Stevens, writer, PostPress From the earliest days in the folding carton finishing sector, there has been a push for greater output quantity, higher product quality, increased speed and improved efficiency. Each time a goal in one of these areas is achieved, the honeymoon is short-lived because, in the blink of an eye, another new goal crops up. Folding carton finishers … [Read more...] about Folding Carton Production: Automation to the Rescue for Workflow Challenges
Software Can Bring Savings on the Plant Floor
By Mark Porter, president, Dienamic Software Businesses constantly are trying to increase profits by developing new products they can offer to existing customers and finding different ways to attract new customers. But, this only is one side of the profit equation. Profit is sales minus costs, so business owners can improve profits by focusing on controlling costs as well. … [Read more...] about Software Can Bring Savings on the Plant Floor
Turning Problems into Positives
by Mark Porter, Dienamic MIS Software Inc. As the old saying goes, "When life gives you lemons, make lemonade." Software helps document and record problems and provides several benefits that actually can turn problems around to strengthen relationships with customers, vendors and employees, as well as improves operating procedures. Providing employees easy entry of … [Read more...] about Turning Problems into Positives
Job Costing – Using Data Collection to Determine Estimated vs. Actual Profits
by Mark Porter, president, Dienamic MIS Software, Inc. In any business, knowing costs is important. After all, isn't the mathematical formula Profit = Sales - Costs? If companies don't know their costs, how can they know their profits? Sure, at the end of the year anyone can say "I made money" or "I lost money," but when businesses control costs and use cost data to make … [Read more...] about Job Costing – Using Data Collection to Determine Estimated vs. Actual Profits
Estimating: Know Your Costs to Determine Your Profits
by Mark Porter, president, Dienamic MIS Software, Inc. A good product estimate not only determines the selling price to give to the customer, it also should determine the true costs to produce the product. This is very important because if finishers do not know their costs, how will they know their profits? After all, profit is the reason we are in business. For many … [Read more...] about Estimating: Know Your Costs to Determine Your Profits
Labor Reduction Technologies: New Software Solution for Guillotine Cutting
by Zeenath Haniff, Farheap Solutions It is commonly believed that bottlenecks in print production most often occur in the bindery. But, to reach the finish line, let's look back at the start. While the finishing may be the most time-consuming stage, what other factors consequently affect the time it takes for print jobs to reach the bindery where the cutter operator is … [Read more...] about Labor Reduction Technologies: New Software Solution for Guillotine Cutting
Digital Front Ends for Package Printing
by Lee Zerfass, Anderson and Vreeland There has been a huge push towards digital printing over the last few years and increased interest in what digital printing has to offer, including short-run printing efficiencies, personalization, prototyping and more. Every digital press is a complicated piece of hardware; the mechanics "under the hood" are scary yet brilliant. … [Read more...] about Digital Front Ends for Package Printing
Cash is King
by Mark Porter, Dienamic MIS Software Inc. Controlling your cash is vital in today's economy, but you also are probably understaffed and overworked – a perfect combination that can lead to missing items, which can greatly affect your cash flow. Therefore, it is vital to have checks and balances built into your operations that will help avoid bad customers, missed charges, … [Read more...] about Cash is King