Your production floor is bleeding money. Here's where:
Managing Multiple Publications
Without a system that tracks which inserts belong to which publication, mistakes slip through. The wrong piece gets matched to the wrong product, and suddenly you're dealing with reprints, reruns, refunds, and reputation damage.
Inventory Mismatch
You planned for 50,000 inserts but only have 30,000 on hand. Or worse — you have 80,000 gathering dust because a edition got cancelled. Poor inventory visibility burns cash fast.
Legacy Control Systems
Aging proprietary hardware that nobody supports anymore. When your inserter goes down, finding replacement parts is a scavenger hunt — and every minute of downtime costs you thousands.
Reactive Decision-Making
You don't know there's a problem until someone calls — or a truck leaves half-empty. By then, it's already cost you time, money, and your reputation.
Disconnected Workflows
Planning doesn't talk to production. Production doesn't talk to distribution. Data falls through the cracks at every handoff, and you're always playing catch-up.