In-Line Folding Carton Converting

For printers, the question becomes, 'How have your manufacturing processes adapted to meet these challenges?' If the answer still includes the use of older printing processes, company profits are probably being squeezed.

Car industry comparison

For comparison purposes, take a look at the auto industry and the changes in its production processes over the years. For years the Big 3 in Detroit used the Henry Ford assembly line production process and were very successful. They sold everything they built and made a handsome profit. Then the Japanese entered the U.S. marketplace with their Kaizen production philosophy and started to make inroads in the market. The once-invincible Big 3 thought no one would buy a foreign made car, but they were wrong.