Problem:
Managing a printing company in today’s economy and industry is challenging. My staff is cut to the bone and everyone is doing two jobs, at least! Where do I find the information, data, and management support to make the right decisions at the right time?
Solution:
Let Print & Graphic Communications Association be your source for a variety of tools designed to help you make the winning decisions that will support your efforts to build a productive and profitable business.
Solutions For Managers Who Make Critical Business Decisions
(Owners, CEO’s, CFO’s, Senior Management)
Finance Solutions
- Budgeted Hourly Cost Rates
- Profit Matters Webinar Series
- Economic Reports
- Mergers and Acquisitions Consulting
- Collection Service
- Experian Credit Reports
- Buying Decision Evaluator (BDE)
- Sales & Use Tax Guidelines for Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York
- Reducing your 401(k) fiduciary liability
Operations
- Industry Consulting Network
- Starting a Lean Manufacturing Program
- Improving your Customer Service Department
- Understanding export regulations to sell print into Canada
- Negotiating a union contract
- Evaluating your current insurance program
Crisis Management
- Dealing with a problem employee
- Finding a new employee
- Reacting to union handbilling
- Managing an OSHA violation
Workplace Solutions
- PrintAccess Online Buyers Guide
- Neographics Printing Contest
- Industry Benchmarking Reports (see below)
- Workforce Shortages
- Supply Chain Disruption
- Finding or selling a used piece of printing equipment
Industry Benchmarking Reports
2022
How Paper is Affecting Printing Companies and Approaches to Consider – Oct. 2022
Connecting a “Comprehensive Strategic Approach” to Printing Firm Performance – Oct.2022
Marketing and Strategic Planning – a Deeper Dive – Sept. 2022
Marketing Planning, Sales Team Management & Social Media Usage – April 2022
Is Your Firm Growing Like Others in the Printing Industry? – April 2022
Identifying Strategic Groups in the Printing Industry and Their Related Performance Benchmarks – January 2022
2021
Printing Industry Outlook – Q4 2021
If you plan to drive your firm to a different revenue category, these outlooks may support your ideas or prompt you to rethink your plan.
Workforce Shortages – October 2021
This report provides insights into how workforce shortages affect our industry and ways to address those shortages through effective recruiting, hiring, and human resource practices.
Supply Chain Disruption – October 2021
This report presents insights related to how supply-chain problems are affecting our industry and related effective tactics.
PGCA Newsletters
Key Contact Information
General Questions
Tim Freeman, Co-President
tim@printcommunications.org
Melissa Jones, Co-President
melissa@printcommunications.
(716) 691-3211
PGCA Association Counsel
Nicholas J. Fiorenza, Managing Partner
njfiorenza@ferrarafirm.com
Michael L. Dodd, Partner
Ferrara Fiorenza PC
mldodd@ferrarafirm.com
(315) 437-7600 | ferrarafirm.com
Print & Graphic Communications Association
Providing Professional Management Support for the Graphic Communications Industry.