Preparing for 2013
Though the economy is slowly recovering, parent organizations continue to focus on reducing overhead. In-plants must remain vigilant for ways to decrease the cost of manufacturing, measure improvements and respond to customers' changing needs.
Measuring and showing improvements are keys to proving an in-plant is competitive with outside providers. Some of the more common metrics to measure—or benchmark—include budgeted hourly rates, competitive pricing and on-time delivery. All in-plants should be measuring and tracking their financial and operational metrics and working on improving them—before they need to.
Howie Fenton is an independent consultant who focuses on analyzing/benchmarking the performance of printing operations. Fenton helps companies use metrics, best practices and workflow strategies to streamline operations. Call (720) 872-6339 or email howie@howiefentonconsulting.com
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