Business Management - Operations

A Different Take on Efficiency
September 28, 2021 at 12:00 pm

Research into CEOs of the most successful privately held businesses reveals several common themes. Among them is a relentless focus on how they spend their time and, perhaps more importantly, what they choose to ignore.

What Do You Call Your In-plant?
September 17, 2021 at 9:32 am

In-plants go by numerous names internally. We reviewed a recent survey to see what names in-plants use and discovered 73 different variations.

How to Eradicate Graphic File Errors Before Printing
September 15, 2021 at 11:47 am

File errors are one of the biggest workflow cripplers in the printing industry. Validating and repairing job files as they are onboarded prevents the snowballing of wasted time and money for each process that encounters the job.

How to Create a Winning Company Culture
August 27, 2021 at 10:19 am

In a world that is rapidly changing - sometimes on a daily basis - creating and maintaining a great company culture and keeping employees engaged can be challenging.

Collaboration and Automation: Not Mutually Exclusive
August 25, 2021 at 10:53 am

Though automation and collaboration are often viewed as diametrically opposed because collaboration increases human touches, while automation eliminates them, the reality is we need to increase both of them in every step of the workflow and from every participant.

What Makes an Effective Leader?
August 19, 2021 at 5:25 pm

Recently, I was invited to lead a Zoom-based discussion on the topic of leadership. A list of questions was prepared in advance of our one-hour session. Here are a few of the questions.