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1. How Your Press Affects Registration
   Mark A. Coudray
   Improve your color-to-color image placement by understanding how your press works and registration is maintained. Here's a laundry list of things to check to make sure you get the best possible results. . . . Keep Reading
   
   
2. Off Contact Influence on Print Quality
   Mark A. Coudray
   Whenever the topic of print quality on press arises, the conversation will usually drift to the topic of off contact. This is one of the most critica . . . Keep Reading
   
   
3. The Secret to Success for Any Business C.P.R. Part 1
   Mark A. Coudray
   Renowned industry expert Mark A. Coudray reveals one of his PERSONAL secret management weapons: a test for measuring consistency, predictability and repeatability (CPR). CPR removes risk and fear from the equation of change, neutralizing the emotional anxiety that accompanies new concepts and practices. . . . Keep Reading
   
   
4. Measuring the Cost Impact of Variables on Your Production and Profits
   Mark A. Coudray
   The concept of C.P.R. as a method for creating a Consistent, Predictable, Repeatable business is fundamental to your operation. Not only is it a valu . . . Keep Reading
   
   
5. Reducing Misprints - How to Goof Proof Your Printing Process
   Mark A. Coudray
   Misprints are a part of every print operation. Besides being annoying, they're costing you more than you think. Learn how to systematically reduce the causes so you can get to a near zero misprint rate. . . . Keep Reading
   
   
6. Guidelines for Start-Up T Shirt Companies
   Mark A. Coudray
   Every month there are hundreds of newcomers to our industry. They start businesses for any number of reasons. Some want the freedom to call their own shots. Others are artists, designers, or printers that feel they can offer a superior technical product. A few are sales people that want more control of the bigger picture. All of them face the same up hill challenge: 85% will fail in the first two years. . . . Keep Reading
   
   
7. Implementing Continuous Improvement and Total Quality Management
   Mark A. Coudray
   Everyone wants to improve their operation. Quality is always a worthwhile objective. In fact, quality and service are the two most often mentioned characteristics that decorators think separate them from their competition. Of course, quality is one of those vague terms which means something different to each person you talk to. High quality for one decorator may be a complete reject to someone else. . . . Keep Reading
   
   
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9. Dealing with Employees Who Fear for Their Job Security Part 2
   Mark A. Coudray
   With any organizational change comes fear and anxiety. This is a natural response to the unknown. It's a primary component of the resistance element. In fact, I have never been in an organization undergoing change where fear and anxiety weren't present. Why is this and does it need to be so? . . . Keep Reading
   
   
10. Strategies to Defeat Low Price Competition Part Two
    Mark Coudray
    We all acknowledge we're living in a highly price sensitive and competitive market. There are some powerful strategies you can use to grow your customer base AND increase your profit at the same time. . . . Keep Reading
    
    
11. The Difference Between Old School Manufacturing & Knowledge Driven Management Models
    Mark A. Coudray
    The importance of change and being able to react to a changing market and technical landscape is critical to the TShirt 2.0 Generation. Your success into the future will largely depend on the ability of your organization and people to quickly recognize and react to situations and opportunities as they present themselves. At the very heart of this is the fundamental difference between the way we used to manage and the way we need to manage information. . . . Keep Reading
    
    
12. Developing a Flexible Temporary Workforce
    Mark A. Coudray
    Strategic use of temporary labor can up your daily output and still keep your labor cost per unit down. Here are some techniques that open the door to a flexible, temporary workforce that can be a real asset to your company and your growth. . . . Keep Reading
    
    
13. Screenroom Makeover
    Mark Coudray
    How to make low-cost improvements that will enhance your screenmaking efforts. Of everything I've seen, the screenroom remains one of the most interesting areas. It also is usually one of the scariest areas in the business. It's almost always dark, dirty, wet, and generally grungy. I'm amazed that such a critical part of the process is so grossly ignored and abused. . . . Keep Reading
    
    
14. Dealing with Employees Who Fear for Their Job Security Part 1
    Mark A. Coudray
    When new knowledge, practices, and proceedures are introduced, there is often an associated reduction in the number of employees needed to do the job. Learn how knowledge application can be used as a way to strengthen your organization. . . . Keep Reading
    
    
15. How to Stay Ahead When You Will Never Be the Low Cost Producer
    Mark A. Coudray
    Being competitive in any market today means much more than being the low cost producer. Anyone who's been in business, at any size, quickly learns there's always somebody cheaper than you. If you continually lose business to the price cutter, it's an indication you haven't found your value in the eye of the customer. . . . Keep Reading
    
    
16. The Hidden Cost of Moving From Home to Commercial
    Mark A. Coudray
    The time finally arrives when running a growing business from your garage or basement is just too much. Besides being too crowded, the physical bulk of having to move boxes and boxes of shirts in and out of the house is no longer a workable scheme. UPS delivery trucks arriving on a regular basis begin to draw attention to the fact that something is going on that may disturb the peace of the neighborhood. . . . Keep Reading
    
    
17. Managing Change Part 3
    Mark A. Coudray
    Real-World Challenges of Instituting New Systems - Introducing new concepts and systems into any business is a challenging affair. There are a number of significant factors which must be overcome in order to gain a foothold on progressive change. Here are discuss some of those factors and what can be done to overcome them. The best place to start is with the fundamental approach to introducing new ideas into an organization. . . . Keep Reading
    
    
18. The Ten Key Drivers for the Next Generation
    Mark Coudray
    There are ten fundamental drivers that will shape the next generation of sales in the T Shirt business. Whether you are a traditional screen printer or a digital decorator these principles apply to all. . . . Keep Reading
    
    
19. A Look at The Difference Between Static and Dynamic Screen Tension
    Mark Coudray
    Discover how dynamic tension can affect the quality of printed graphics . . . Keep Reading
    
    
20. Evaluating Color - Components of Remote Soft Proofing Part 2
    Mark Coudray
    Soft proofing means comparing a monitor image to hard-copy output Digital Remote Soft Proofing: The Key to Effective Color Communication . . . Keep Reading
    
    

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