Recently added articles from Paperboard Packaging:
Human machines in the lean enterprise.(LEARNING LEAN)
Aug 01, 2009; ... Direct labor is a variable expense on the income statement. In the lean enterprise, direct labor should really be considered amortization on capital equipment--like lease payments on a human machine. Over the course of a 20-year career, the fully burdened cost of a human machine ...
Efficiency and electronics.(IN THE FOLD)
Aug 01, 2009; ... If you are about my age, you probably once had a car or truck that you worked on yourself, mine was a dark grey 1970 Mini. By far the biggest difference between my old Mini and the vehicle I drive now is in the amount of electronics. The Mini had none to speak of, apart from in ...
Still committed to you--the reader.(EDITOR'S COMMENT)
Aug 01, 2009; ... We're in the midst of tough times. In the 94 years this magazine has been produced, the industry has had its up and downs--some worse than others. This may be one of the worse times, it is survivable. While financial experts say things are getting better, that doesn't help companies ...
All in the (folding carton) family: a third generation is now involved in running Indiana Carton, It's a new animal that has evolved from old school commodity thinking.(COVER STORY: INDIANA CARTON)
Aug 01, 2009; ... It's a moment that members of the family-run Indiana Carton (IC), Bremen, Ind., never forget. Nine years ago, the independent folding carton converter was confronted with a harsh reality: It hadn't kept up with technological developments. Every department was operating with equipment that ...
Knowing when to walk away.(ON THE SALES SIDE)
Aug 01, 2009; ... As I arrived in the parking lot for the umpteenth time, I'd forgotten how many times I'd been there; I felt the old familiar sense of malaise come over me. I knew I was going to go into this account, spend another hour or two with the same old boring plant manager and still nothing would ...