PFM Production Spring '08 Issue

Perspective
Dave Rosner, senior vice president of marketing for Framerica, discusses why your company can benefit from touting new products and services to create a buzz in the industry and among customers. Read this online.

The Finishing Touch
Vivian Kistler, CPF, CMG, talks about why framed art is an essential part of room design. Citing examples of hotel and corporate lobbies and boardrooms to home living and bath areas, it is easy to see how artwork can make a real difference in any interior look. Read this online.

Analyzing Your Production Part II: Mats & Mounting
In this second installment, Jim Burke continues to show how using a systematic approach to analyzing your production can help eliminate problems and make you more efficient. This article lists specific questions you need to ask to begin improving your efficiency and increasing your profitability when it comes to storing matboard, cutting it into sized mats, and mounting artwork. Read this online.

Quadrum SACA 2008
Take a look at the newest frames, graphics, and technologies that Vivian Kistler found at Europe’s major trade show in February 2008. Read this online.

New Releases
See the latest releases from art publishers that supply the wall art market. Read this online.

Catalogs in the Digital Age
Patrick Sarver talks with production framers throughout the country about the pros and cons of using catalogs in a time when websites and CDs are increasingly popular and about how catalogs are actually being used today. There’s also a discussion of the printing process and why it’s important to know about such factors as paper weight and sizes, coatings, types of presses, and postage fees. Read this online.

Are You OSHA Compliant?
Jim Parrie, Ph.D., CPF, shows you how to make sure your facility complies with OSHA by doing your own safety inspection. Important tips about electrical and fire protection and labeling and signage, as well as other hazards are covered. Read this online.

Improve Your Inventory Turn
Mike Hulser offers ideas for boosting cash flow through inventory turnover management. See how to decide which aspects of your inventory are useful and which can be liquidated. Read this online.

Do The Math
Jay Goltz offers his advice on how to decide if it is worthwhile to buy a piece of new equipment.  Jay shows you an example and how to do the math to figure out what makes real financial sense for your company. Read this online.

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