IPMA Makes a Splash in Kansas City
- Machine (misfeeds, poor quality)
- Personal (misread directions, bad math)
- Overages (setup sheets, trim waste)
- Design (incorrect margins, etc.)
Then they set up boxes to collect samples of each type of waste, and continued working as usual. Griffin notes that his biggest challenge was convincing staff he was not trying to find people to blame. After collecting waste for 10 weeks, they used paper scales to measure it and convert it into a dollar figure. They calculated that waste cost them $72,000 in lost revenue.
Bob has served as editor of In-plant Impressions since October of 1994. Prior to that he served for three years as managing editor of Printing Impressions, a commercial printing publication. Mr. Neubauer is very active in the U.S. in-plant industry. He attends all the major in-plant conferences and has visited more than 180 in-plant operations around the world. He has given presentations to numerous in-plant groups in the U.S., Canada and Australia, including the Association of College and University Printers and the In-plant Printing and Mailing Association. He also coordinates the annual In-Print contest, co-sponsored by IPMA and In-plant Impressions.
