JDA PRINT RECRUITMENT
Innovation – A new weapon in the struggle to keep our industry relevant Quality is no longer the key driver of our industry that it used to be. Other more contemporary measures of success are emerging in this dog eat dog world. One of them is the need to be different. “Keeping the industry relevant…
While finding the right sales rep in the first place can often be a difficult task, the process that follows where the candidate and employer sit down to negotiate the famous ‘starting package’ can prove even more painful. This is what James Cryer from JDA Print Recruitment refers to as the ‘birthing’ stage. According to…
The recent awards night was a brilliantly staged multi-media extravaganza, the general organisation of which is to be congratulated. There’s no doubt about its technical excellence, and about the venue, and its importance as a rainmaking get-together for the various industry tribal groupings who flock from all corners of the continent, much like the aborigines…
There was a time when the printing process was exclusively about the craft. Skilled operators were tasked with preventing ghosting, adjusting ink densities on the plate and the all-important nailing down of the ink/water balance. To achieve good print quality you had to be a really good printer. But with rapid advancements in press technology…
Those unable to attend Printing Industries‘ CEO Forum last week missed some valuable insights into the operations of private equity in the printing industry. James Cryer of JDA Print Recruitment was there, and has a lot to say about the event. The PIAA’s CEO Forum might have been a languid affair, but our critical faculties…
Last week’s Sydney CEO forum was full of ideas on how businesses can work with the environment for a greener, richer future. Roving Print 21 commentator James Cryer was there and shares his thoughts on what companies should, and should not be doing. Printng Industries has done it again – picked another thought-provoking topic which…
At a time when printing is under fire for being an environmental enemy, the industry must work out what to do about Gunns. Regular Print21 commentator, James Cryer, shares his thoughts. Our industry’s new-found embrace of environmentalism (“accidental environmentalists” in Phil Lawrence’s terms) is to be commended. As converters, we may be very proud of…
The recent APIA meeting gets industry commentator, James Cryer, thinking about what needs to be done next. He shares his thoughts. I am all in favour of anything which promotes paper and print. Having said that, the thought of chopping down trees is only one step up the food-chain from clubbing Canadian fur-seals in the…
It’s time for press manufacturers to work closer with their customers and look further than the next sale, says James Cryer. For decades, those few but powerful manufacturers of offset presses have enjoyed a certain asymmetry when negotiating with their print customers – typically small – and scattered around the globe. As an industry, do…
Recently, a member of the magazine printing fraternity raised an interesting point when he referred to how the newly adopted bestof-the-best national print awards may lead to discrimination against some states. His suggestion is that “all … entries that are highly commendable be included in the NPA, which will enable a result that is more…
