e-Kanban: Lean when Breeding Proactive Suppliers

Written by Sam Bayer


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procurement signals, four faxes per month are going to be problematic and diluterepparttar entire rationale for a lean manufacturing operation. Suppliers claim they did not receiverepparttar 102833 fax kanban; suppliers cannot makerepparttar 102834 shipment date requested and expedited shipping fees are incurred, or worse, there will be a stockout which will negatively impact customer service levels.

According to Sam Bayer, President of Datacraft Solutions Process improvements with existing suppliers will further reduce lead times and inventory levels and bring more suppliers ontorepparttar 102835 system.

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Digital Printing Press: An Update

Written by Marlon D. Ludovice


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Today with high-speed color copiers are beginning to look more like low-end variable imaging digital printing presses. Xerox has split its DocuColor 40 copier/printer line into two basic versions--the 40 CP andrepparttar 40PRO. The 40CP is a network connected copier/ printer equipped with a digital controlled from EFI. It's suitable for walk-up copying as well as low-volume network printing. The 40PRO is intended for sophisticated color document production, which emphasizes speed and color quality.

As printers look at re-equipping their plants forrepparttar 102832 21st century, difficult choices between conventional and an emerging digital press must be made. A mistake can put a firm's survival at risk, but failure to re-equip to meet client expectations will almost certainly be fatal. Knowing when to harness available pressroom technology has become printing management's most difficult task.

Digital press development is proceeding at an accelerating pace for both fixed image and fully variable imaging presses. Fixed image developments are being led by direct-to-platemaking on-press technologies. Full-color, 100 percent variable capability presses are enteringrepparttar 102833 production mainstream as their operating costs decline, while output quality improves andrepparttar 102834 presses become wider and faster.

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