05-16-2006, 06:01 PM
$tevie Wrote:
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> It does seem to be industry-wide. The deadlines
> are so tight that every thing becomes a disaster
> waiting to happen -- but when it does, they are
> all so surprised.
You're preaching to the choir...you know that? (-Kidding-)
Seriously though, our printshop has some very nice, very fast fully automated equipment. Still...things break, things act up, a certain paper or ink causes a problem, Joe is out sick and is the only one who knows how to set up the Duplo machine for a 60 page newsletter with insert and cover, blah, blah blah....
So yeah, you compound all that on top of the fact that you're pushing a job through quicker than normal because "someone" took their sweet time getting it to us BUT HAS TO HAVE IT TOMORROW!!!! = Recipe for major FUBAR situation.
So we've gotten really good at covering our azzes in the event of a crisis. B)
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> It does seem to be industry-wide. The deadlines
> are so tight that every thing becomes a disaster
> waiting to happen -- but when it does, they are
> all so surprised.
You're preaching to the choir...you know that? (-Kidding-)
Seriously though, our printshop has some very nice, very fast fully automated equipment. Still...things break, things act up, a certain paper or ink causes a problem, Joe is out sick and is the only one who knows how to set up the Duplo machine for a 60 page newsletter with insert and cover, blah, blah blah....
So yeah, you compound all that on top of the fact that you're pushing a job through quicker than normal because "someone" took their sweet time getting it to us BUT HAS TO HAVE IT TOMORROW!!!! = Recipe for major FUBAR situation.
So we've gotten really good at covering our azzes in the event of a crisis. B)