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No urgency in pressroom ... slow makeready times.
April 14, 2008

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Question: My pressmen have no sense of urgency, and our makeready times are high. We have purchased the latest presses but have seen no improvement in productivity.

Answer: Productivity in any plant is directly related to the expectations that management sets. The new presses on the market are fantastic in terms of improved productivity—and that goes for any brand of press. This industry is blessed with very good hardware.

Are your expectations for makeready time and run speeds posted and monitored? The old adage that ”nothing happens until you turn up the heat” seems to hold true here. In all fairness to the people, you should have a Pressroom Audit done first to see if there are any technical problems prior to turning up the heat. 

Readers, please e-mail your questions to Ray.  

Posted by Raymond Prince on April 14, 2008 | Comments (1)


Industries: New Products, Press
April 16, 2008
In response to: No urgency in pressroom ... slow makeready times.
Russ Leone commented:

No urgency in pressroom ... slows make-ready times. I agree with your suggestion to set expectation, post and track them and audit for any deficiencies in the make ready process. A very effective tool that I used was to make everyone on the press crew aware of the financial parts of the running of their equipment. In other words, let them be aware of the complete dollars and cents part of what they do. In a business where we were happy to realize a 3% net profit per year, I would present the perspective that for every dollar saved in the press room, that represented $33. + of work that didn’t have to be produced to realize the same net results. Easy to do the math and to see how a seemingly small savings of time and materials across the days, weeks and months of production can have a huge impact on the bottom line. Russ Leone





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