Cutting Through The Complexity

"Also, don't rule out buying used equipment that isn't inline," Spiel adds. "Sometimes, it's faster to do things offline. Some people are into the mentality of 'paper in this end, finished product out the other end,' even if such a process winds up taking more time."

William Golde, president of MBM, says that the importance of buying the proper size of cutter can't be overstated. "Is the manager going to purchase pre-cut paper, or buy larger sizes of stock to be cut down to smaller sizes?" asks Golde. "If one cuts paper only occasionally, a manual or semi-automatic model should be purchased. Consistent cutting jobs require a fully automatic and/or programmable model."