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DID YOU KNOW?
World-class manufacturers spend twice as much on product safety initiatives, have 50 percent fewer recalls and are four times less likely to have a recall than a less successful manufacturer. According to a Pittiglio Rabin Todd McGrath study, each recall costs manufacturers an average of $8 million.
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Free Industry White Paper Available |
| A free white paper, titled "Safety Information in Collateral Material," is now available. This 40-page document simplifies the new ANSI Z535.6 standard and allows you to develop collateral materials that will go a long way in protecting your customers and company. Visit www.konstanzkom.com/safety for more information. |
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Have questions about the most cost-effective way to print a specific job? When does digital make sense vs. offset? Need advice in designing, sourcing or managing print jobs? Ask now. Each quarter, our PrintConcierge® will respond to questions of broad interest in the next issue.
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What's your #1 Production Label Challenge?
Readers said: Eliminating obsolescence.
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BEST PRACTICES |
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Carrier Corporation Realizes a Cool $7.4 Million in Savings through Innovative Printed Production Parts Solutions and Technology
 Product labeling is a challenge for any manufacturer. The complexity of Carrier Corporation’s product labeling challenges would make any manufacturer uncomfortable. In an effort to refine one of its business processes, the company began a search for an accurate, uniform labeling system that would meet the needs of its diverse products and global requirements.
Read how this manufacturer streamlined its overall printed production parts process by analyzing existing processes and labels, eliminating obsolescence, combining label parts, and bringing uniformity to labels used. |
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FEATURES |
| Oh No! Ensure All of Your Safety Bases Are Covered with a Well-Designed Operator’s Manual
 Manufacturers should never overlook the importance of well-designed operator’s manuals and instruction sheets. One manufacturer of snow blowers and attachments failed to provide users with consistent product warning materials and ended up on the short end of a $10 million judgment.
Read more about this situation and how manufacturers can avoid similar shortcomings by properly designing their supplemental product safety information and labeling.
Maintain Compliance and Ensure Safety through Efficient Label Design
For manufacturers, safety labels on their products have never been more important. Inadequate warnings could have a wide variety of consequences for the manufacturer, its employees and its customers – consequences that range from non-compliance to lawsuits to minor injuries or even death. It goes without saying that just as important is the design and presentation of the safety labels themselves.
To learn more about properly designing safety labels and the requirements and standards of said labels, read here.
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Production Update |
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Integrating Print Centers for Increased Asset Utilization, Cost Savings and Efficiencies of Production Parts
The advantages of centralized print operations can quickly erode if equipment is underutilized or current contracts are not aligned with actual usage. By analyzing user requirements and costs against industry benchmarks, you can begin making fact-based decisions for improved operations.
Want to learn how to manage your centralized production parts printing costs? Read here now or share it with a colleague.
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