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As summer temperatures rise, so do the challenges inside your print shop. Heat doesn’t just make the workday uncomfortable—it can affect your machines, your materials, and your team’s ability to stay productive. In this season of potential slowdowns and inefficiencies, one tool becomes more important than ever: 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹-𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘀.

Accountability isn’t just a buzzword in today’s competitive production environment—it’s essential for survival. Production managers, operators, and employees are increasingly held responsible for departmental productivity, but this raises a critical question: How can anyone be truly accountable without comprehensive visibility into operations?

You know the adage: what gets measured gets managed? It holds more truth than ever. Understanding and leveraging your operational data can’t wait for someday, whenever you get around to it—it’s a strategic imperative that can significantly enhance profitability.

Every minute counts when orders are coming in and finished work is being sent out the door. Unplanned downtime is the nemesis of productivity, potentially causing not just revenue losses but also eroding customer trust and your competitive advantage. The good news? Your path to minimizing these disruptions lies in something you already have: your shop floor data.

Investing in new production hardware—particularly high-value assets like inkjet printers—in our competitive print landscape requires more than a gut feeling or reaction to market trends. Industry leaders across commercial printing, book production, and digital print increasingly rely on comprehensive production data to guide these critical investment decisions…

Is your print shop juggling equipment from multiple vendors? The more complex your operation, the more critical unified metrics become.
Our latest article explores how vendor-neutral analytics bridge the gap between different systems, helping you identify which presses deliver the highest profit margins, which processes create bottlenecks, and where efficiency opportunities lie.
Stop relying on fragmented data or gut feelings. Discover how real-time, standardized metrics across all your equipment can transform scattered data into actionable intelligence—and action into profit.

A few days ago we were introduced to the new torpedo bat. It’s a prime example of how cutting-edge data analytics can transform sports equipment. A physicist and designers leveraged a combination of biomechanics, artificial intelligence, and performance tracking to create a bat that maximizes power, speed, and precision…

Ahh, spring—the season of fresh starts, blooming flowers, baby bunnies, and… cleaning out all the junk we either accumulated or ignored all winter. Just like you wouldn’t keep a cluttered kitchen or garage, why let inefficiencies pile up in your print shop? It’s time to dust off those processes and get things running like a well-oiled machine…

Don’t miss March Madness while running your print shop. SpencerMetrics’ vendor-agnostic system monitors production in real-time, allowing you to enjoy basketball and maintain operational efficiency.

I love filling out a March Madness bracket! It’s part science, part luck, and part whimsy. However, if you really want an actual edge over your competition—whether in basketball or business—tracking key data is a game-changer.

St. Patrick’s Day is all about leprechauns, shamrocks, and questionable green beverages. But if you’re running a business, relying on luck alone is riskier than an unguarded pot of gold!