Craig Press delivers engaging webinars, seminars, and workshops covering a broad range of topics designed to help printing and packaging companies improve performance and profitability. Areas of expertise include business processes, benchmarking, estimating, pricing, cost accounting, management best practices, and the effective use of MIS/ERP systems.

Each educational session is carefully customized to align with the specific audience, event objectives, and time constraints. Craig has provided seminars and speaking engagements for numerous printing and packaging organizations, including:

• Printing Industries of Wisconsin (PIW)
• Printing Industry of Minnesota (PIMN)
• Printing Association of Southern California (PIASC)
• Printing Industries of America (PIA)
• Graphic Arts Technical Foundation (GATF)
• The Institute for Graphics and Imaging (IGI)
• Printing Industries of America e-Commerce Council
• National Association for Printing Leadership (NAPL)
• Graphic Arts Marketing Information Service (GAMIS)
• Printing Industry Financial Executives (PIFE)
• Foil Stamping & Embossing Association (FSEA)
• International Publishing Management Association (IPMA)
• Printing Association of Florida (PAF)
• International Association for Document & Information (IBFI)
• Printing management software vendor user conferences

Example Topics:

• Financial Ratios - Boost Your Profits With The Printing Industry Financial Ratios
• Lean Printing Office - Learn how to apply the Toyota Production System principles to your administrative environment to improve workflow, improve office productivity, reduce overhead costs, and enhance the ability to meet customer demands.
• Benchmarking Your Printing Operation - Learn how to measure and improve the overall performance of your operation.
• Establishing True Cost - Learn a straightforward closed-loop approach for measuring costs and recovering your expenses with sales.
• Printing Estimating & Planning - Improve your understanding of estimating and pricing practices and processes.
• Pricing Strategies for the New Economy - Learn how to develop a pricing strategy that will increase sales and capture the maximum profitability.
• Preparing Budgeted Hourly Rates - A interactive workshop that teaches you how to develop and calculate hourly cost rates of your production equipment and employees.
• Improving Your Business Practices and Processes - Learn how to implement a business process improvement initiative that will smooth your workflow, lower costs, improve service, and increase profits.
• Assessing, Selecting, Planning And Deploying Of Successful Management Information Systems
• Maximizing Your Information Technology ROI - Optimize the capabilities of your management system.
• Best Practices for Pre-Production Workflow
• Implementing A Waste Reduction Program
• Critical Information For Managing Your Printing Company