Your Production Workflow is Not as Efficient as You Think

By Joann Whitcher

Howie Fenton

It does not matter if you are an in-plant, commercial, sign printer, or franchise service provider, the efficiency of your production workflow determines your cost competitiveness, productivity, and profitability. Over 90% of companies do not have a well-functioning workflow. The problems are often small problems that have a big impact – with companies having just 75 to 85% of the productivity of industry leaders.

In this seminar, “Benchmarking Your Workflow and Building a World Class Operation,” Consultant Howie Fenton will discuss:

How to measure your workflow
The difference between good and bad metrics
Creating actionable data
How to benchmark against others
Typical issues such as bottlenecks and quality control – and how to overcome them
The cost and benefits of software automation tools
How to cost justify
How to rebuild and streamline your workflow

“We will dispel many of the myths around workflow automation,” says Fenton. “Everyone thinks their productivity is high. Everyone thinks they have top-notch staff. Everyone thinks that their software and processes are as they could be. However, only 8 percent of companies are production leaders – which means that 92% are lagging behind the leaders.”

Come to this session on Wednesday, October 23^rd at 2:00pm in Room C146 and learn the best practices of leaders in production workflow.