I read Malcolm Gladwell’s book the Outliersearlier this year. I found Gladwell’s previous books fascinating and the Outliers doubly so, especially with the cultural changes we have been working on within our company and the cultural changes newspaper companies in general will need to make in order to remain viable.
The changes our compnay is going through [...]
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Understanding change and culture
Posted in Uncategorized on April 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MIS system update
Posted in Uncategorized on February 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I have sadly neglected keeping my blog updated on happenings at Color Web Printers. We have been very busy with some big changes in many areas of our business.
One of the biggest changes is the Prism Management Information System (MIS) http://www.prism-world.com/ we’re in the process of installing. The system will impact every process from estimating, scheduling, production [...]
Live blog on Gazette Communications reorganization
Posted in Uncategorized on February 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Chuck Peters, CEO of Gazette Communications (parent company of Color Web Printers), Steve Buttry from our content group and Lyle Muller the new brand editor for The Gazette are currently answering questions regarding our company’s reorganization live at http://www.gazetteonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090224/NEWS/902249974/1001/NEWS
We can’t do the same thing and expect different results . . .
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged commercial printing, new business models, newspapers, packaging, Prism on December 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We as the printer and packager of newspapers have to do business differently to support the emerging needs of our customers and the new business models our customers will be adapting.
Going Green
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged FTA, green printing, NAA, PIA/GATF, SGIA, SGP, sustainable green printing partnership on April 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
There’s a lot of talk about “Going Green” in the printing industry. The challenge is there are no widely accepted standards at this point. Printing Industries of America (PIA)/Graphic Arts Technical Foundation (GATF), Specialty Graphic Imaging Association and Flexographic Technical Association are the founding partners of the Sustainable Green Printing Partnership. They have developed a [...]
My first blog
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged cedar rapids, color web printers, commercial printing, newspaper, newsprint on March 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This is my first blog, I plan on posting information on both newspaper production and commercial printing. You will eventually be able to link to my blog through my company website www.colorwebprinters.com
