Business Management - Operations

Five Areas of Focus to Kick-Start May
April 29, 2020 at 9:21 am

If your in-plant has been slowed down by the coronavirus, this may be the time to take a close look at your customers – and your competitors. Here are five key areas for you to examine.

Canon Solutions America Device Cleaning Guide
April 22, 2020 at 9:32 am

As the situation with COVID-19 develops, Canon Solutions America wants to safeguard its customers and associates by equipping them with proper instructions on how to proactively maintain their devices with detailed cleaning procedures.

Changing Your Workflow After COVID-19
April 22, 2020 at 9:21 am

In a recent blog, Consultant Howie Fenton suggests there will need to be changes to physical spaces and workflow before a vaccine is released to address the current pandemic.

Hope for the Best, Plan for the Worst
April 13, 2020 at 3:17 pm

As we struggle through the shelter-in-place pandemic and wonder how this will change business, there are two strategies in-plants should consider: increase the use of automation and cross-train staff to handle more tasks.

Leadership Qualities are Tested and Proven in Times of Uncertainty
April 3, 2020 at 10:34 am

One thing that is certain during the current COVID-19 situation, is that there will be challenges never seen before. What is a leader to do? A good place to start is by giving consideration to stakeholders--those who would feel a profound sense of loss if the enterprise went away.

How’s Your Printing Company's Contingency Plan Working?
March 27, 2020 at 10:29 am

Companies of all sizes across all vertical markets are now in an uncertain and uncharted situation due to COVID-19. Contingency plans are critical to support print, mail, fulfillment, and direct marketing production. How does yours stack up?

Sanitizing Your Shop? Be Careful
March 27, 2020 at 10:25 am

For anyone giving their site a deep clean, or simply sprucing things up during downtime, it's important that disinfectant chemicals don't cause damage to signage and displays.

SGIA Requests Washington State to Change Certain Fall Protection Rule Requirements
March 20, 2020 at 12:24 pm

As a result of changes made to fall protection requirements, the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries has continued to update state regulations. SGIA reviewed the proposed rules, and found the previous request to revise them was only partly accepted. SGIA has submitted comments for additional changes.