Productivity Central features ideas, advice, technical information and more. Although geared to the printing industry, many of the concepts would be beneficial for enhancing productivity at any manufacturing firm. Production efficiency and quality go hand in hand with safety and sustainability, all natural byproducts of a well trained and motivated workforce.
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This site is devoted to improving the productivity, profitability, safety and sustainability of your business. I hope you find it informational and entertaining. Please bookmark the site and come back often.
Also, be sure to check out my companion blog at http://MarComCentral.blogspot.com/ for information, ideas and tools to improve your sales and marketing efforts.
Also, be sure to check out my companion blog at http://MarComCentral.blogspot.com/ for information, ideas and tools to improve your sales and marketing efforts.
Thursday, April 21, 2011
The FTA Great Lakes meeting is today at Ditrolio Flexo Institute.
We have a terrific program lined up for the next FTA Great Lakes meeting. In addition to some excellent presentations, we will have complimentary food, refreshments, as well as beer and wine.
When: April 21st from 3:30-7:30PM
Where: Ditrolio Flexo Institute
1724 W 19th St
Broadview, IL 60155 US
Vince Ditrolio will discuss the programs offered by the Ditrolio Flexo Institute and some of the government grants available to companies for employee training.
Jim Raffel from ColorMetrix will speak on Color in Packaging.
Windell McGill from Advanced Vision Technology Inc. presents an overview of inspection systems and discusses on-line color management.
Dan Uress from MeasureColor will talk about color measurement software.
FTA Hall of Fame Member, Jean Jackson from Praxair Surface Technologies presents an overview of the projects and specifications being developed by the FTA Flexo Quality Consortium.
Food and refreshments courtesy of Sonic Solutions and Harper Corporation of America.
Complimentary beer and wine courtesy of Alden & Ott Printing Inks.
Cost: $10 for FTA Members / $20 for non-members payable at the door by cash or check made out to FFTA. All proceeds go to the FFTA scholarship fund.
When: April 21st from 3:30-7:30PM
Where: Ditrolio Flexo Institute
1724 W 19th St
Broadview, IL 60155 US
Vince Ditrolio will discuss the programs offered by the Ditrolio Flexo Institute and some of the government grants available to companies for employee training.
Jim Raffel from ColorMetrix will speak on Color in Packaging.
Windell McGill from Advanced Vision Technology Inc. presents an overview of inspection systems and discusses on-line color management.
Dan Uress from MeasureColor will talk about color measurement software.
FTA Hall of Fame Member, Jean Jackson from Praxair Surface Technologies presents an overview of the projects and specifications being developed by the FTA Flexo Quality Consortium.
Food and refreshments courtesy of Sonic Solutions and Harper Corporation of America.
Complimentary beer and wine courtesy of Alden & Ott Printing Inks.
Cost: $10 for FTA Members / $20 for non-members payable at the door by cash or check made out to FFTA. All proceeds go to the FFTA scholarship fund.
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Why you need a good writer on your staff.
For those of us who are bored silly with buzzwords and platitudes in corporate communications, this is a "must read" article. Sorry. Eye opening? Game changing? Paradigm shift? Ground breaking? Just read the darn thing !
http://www.inc.com/magazine/20100501/why-is-business-writing-so-awful.html
http://www.inc.com/magazine/20100501/why-is-business-writing-so-awful.html
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
FTA's online auction is open for bidding ! There are some wonderful items available and you don't have to be an FTA member to bid.
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