The aggregation of marginal gains… is a concept that was popularized by Dave Brailsford, the former performance director of British Cycling. British cyclists won 178 world championships and 66 Olympic or Paralympic gold medals and captured 5 Tour de France victories during the ten-year span from 2007 to 2017. This is Read more
I recently started swimming to accelerate weight loss. I’ve come to the conclusion that most ailments experienced as a fat bastard can be overcome by losing the weight. I’m 46 now and through inconsistent training and exercise over the years, water polo, body building, Kung-Fu, training with a personal trainer Read more
Print is a tough business but it has nothing on catering, I know because my wife owns a catering business which works mostly in the photographic stills and film industry. A 3:30am alarm is common in my house, its what it takes to serve breakfast on location in Langebaan at Read more
I learnt very early in my career that turnover is vanity and profits are what count, I’m sure most managers in print would agree with that fact, the same rule is not true for some big tech brands that continually lose money year after year yet valued in the 100’s Read more
Eliminating the variable factors in the offset printing process will dramatically boost profitability if you take control of them. The modern offset press continues to evolve from one Drupa to the next, delivering improved levels of control and production efficiency, but unless the variable factors like the contamination of the Read more
We all know how fine a line there is between profit and loss, maybe only 2% – 3% of turnover, if you do it well. So figure out how much turnover that last bad debt actually cost you or how much of your profit is lost every time your press Read more
The principle of the “Aggregation of Marginal Gains” seeks to optimise all the variables in a process or system. So even though the consumable spend in a printing company accounts for only 3% of the total cost of production print managers still look to “save” by using cheaper consumables. This Read more
FOGRA – Materials and Environment In the Federal Republic of Germany there are more than a hundred industries whose medium sized member companies have banded together to form associations for joint industrial research. The umbrella organisation for these research organisations is the German Federation of Industrial Research Associations (AIF) of Read more
We often find printers closing off when we talk about standards and certification.It seems that there is a perception that consumables and additives that carry certification and adhere to certain standards with regards to the environment, will cost the printing house more a thereby reducing profitability. This is simply not Read more