Overproduction – The Power Of Understanding Waste
By Terry Rayner In a previous post Not Understanding Value Can Cost Printers More Than Customers, I discussed the meaning of Value as seen through the eyes of a Lean practitioner, now I want to address waste so that you can get out into your plant and start making real change. Lean Identifies eight categories of […]
Printing Industries of America's Color Management Conference…Reinvented!
5 Colorful Questions for Julie Shaffer by Sandy Hubbard, Print Futurist Traditionally, Printing Industries of America’s Color Management Conference has been a place where prepress operators, retouchers, and print production professionals could rub shoulders with color scientists and those who create the standards for color around the world. In a word, it was a Geekfest. This […]
Six Trends From Cross Media Show 2013
Since I don’t get to go to ALL the shows I wish I could attend, I am very fortunate that I can ask some great people to do a little recon for us. Such is the case with Matthew Parker and the Cross Media Show which just took place in London. He also reported for […]
Reviewing Your Business Model So You Can Become More Successful!
By Terry Rayner I just read a relevant post by Greg Cholmondeley “What the heck is a print manufacturer?” In the article Greg examines the difference between a manufacturer and a craftsman along with why choosing to be a manufacturer will make your printing company more successful! As I read the article it makes me think […]
SGIA EXPO 2013 Delivers The Goods
For a few days last week the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando was the happiest place on Earth – at least for the specialty graphics crowd. In fact, the show floor was like one giant printing theme park with sounds of machines and moving parts, bright lights and flashing screens, and crowds that made […]
Consumers Chime In On Why Direct Mail Still Matters
The Drum posted this infographic last week with some commentary you can see here. My only comment is why are we still saying “still” as though we STILL need to convince people that print isn’t going anywhere. I think we need to get off that message point and move on! We spend an awful lot […]
1/1 Interview With Daniel Dejan – The Man, The Myth, The Design And Paper Legend!
Ok, so there really aren’t any myths to dispel when it comes to Daniel Dejan. Basically, everything you have read about him, seen about him, heard about him or heard about him from others is true, and yes… he is THAT amazing. There are a few people that make my print geek knees buckle, and […]
Include Everyone if You Want to Build a Better Company
By Terry Rayner If there is one thing I have learned during my career in the printing industry – it is that we are in a business of constant change. From the technology that we use to produce printed products, to the way our customers perceive and purchase printing, our business has changed dynamically! Yet when […]
ASK ROCK: When The Family Business Gets Personal
Welcome to ASK ROCK, a monthly advice column where industry expert Rock LaManna will answer your questions on topics such as: key financials for business, and how it can lead to profitable organic growth, M&As, strategic alliances, succession plans, and exit strategies. He will also talk about leadership and present family business case studies. Do you have […]
When The World's Largest Camera Meets #HP Latex Technology
As a Print BUYERologistTM I spend a good amount of time speaking and writing about the importance of relationships between buyers and service providers. This project just may be the pinnacle example of that relationship, and it goes one further. As explained in the video, the photographer and inventor of the camera Dennis Manarchy called […]
#PRINT13 WEBINAR: Hot Technology Highlights
It’s simply impossible during PRINT 13—with 603 top suppliers, 49 MUST SEE ’EMS, plus over 140 new worldwide introductions—to see every exhibitor’s demonstration of their hot new innovations in equipment, technology, software and related products at the show. BULLSEYE THE “BEST OF THE BEST” TECHNOLOGIES!This fast-paced Executive Summary session will present the “best of the […]
Paper Generators Create A New Level Of Interactive Print
I don’t have a degree in electrical engineering, so Im not sure how this is something “new” and not within the known world of printed electronics (the video actually shows electronics being printed)… but if Disney can help kids read, and keep them reading cool interactive printed books… who cares! Disney info and press release […]
