Konica's In-plant Practices What It Preaches

"Since transitioning to POD," Kern contends, "our operation is now more efficient than ever."

To understand just how much efficiency has improved, Embury gives a brief background of what operations were like before the digital switch.

"As an offset operation, we were on track of doing anywhere from five to seven million (8-1⁄2x11˝) impressions per month," he says. "Part of the problem was running it on a press, four up, at 17x22˝, and backing it up and making trucks of four or eight pages. Then having to collate and cut them. It was very labor intensive."