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PRINTING-INDUSTRY5 MIN READ

Commit to one print-job gemba walk

Create a specific commitment to observe one print job at the place where value is created and capture one improvement opportunity.

Run one 20-minute gemba walk that follows a real print job through a handoff where delay or defects often appear. Use this for a live job moving between prepress and plates, press and coating, press and bindery, bindery and packing, or packing and shipping. For [job name/family], I will go to [handoff location] at [time/date] and observe for 20 minutes. I will ask: what should happen next, what is actually happening, what is waiting or unclear, and what signal would make the issue visible earlier. I will record one improvement opportunity and one owner to review it. In 3 days,…

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