Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.
It's predictable as the sunrise. When the economy struggles, efforts to optimize line yields and reduce manufacturing costs become, well, let's just say a bit more intense. I've been through many a slow cycle, and the cost-cutting pattern repeats with each economic swing. This behavior, while understandable and necessary, is also a little curious, as many of these measures should probably be employed as normal practice regardless of the macro economy. Process optimization tenets are something I shout about constantly and, apparently, sometimes my enthusiastic ramblings have fallen on deaf ears. But, these auditory channels are now remarkably keen to hear what can be done to maximize resources. In the case of screen-printing, that means getting the...
