Talking about the cost control of offset printing paper
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Nowadays, China's offset printing enterprises have been developing rapidly, the prices of printed materials are becoming more and more transparent, and the market competition is becoming more and more fierce. In order to survive and develop, small and medium-sized offset printing companies occupying the main position of China are paying more and more attention to cost management. In the printing materials of lithographic offset printing, the amount of paper used is the first, and the cost of paper can not be ignored. Below we will discuss the specific methods of controlling the cost of offset paper from five aspects.
1. Weigh paper prices and save paper costs
Many factors influence the purchase price of paper. How much cost can be saved depends mainly on your purchasing experience and the quantity and type of paper purchased. First grasp the market dynamics of the paper industry. Understand the variety orientation and price difference among paper competitors, familiarize yourself with the characteristics and quality of each variety, and keep abreast of the changes, know the latest market prices, and know how to know each other and win. Second, implement a transparent procurement system. After the public bid opening, the company will review and compare, and then sign the sales contract, and finally publicize the bid evaluation and calibration results. This will standardize the bidding work, which will help to save procurement costs and improve procurement quality. Third, long-term cooperation and bulk purchases. Try to cooperate with paper suppliers who know how to print, long-term cooperation and large quantities of goods, he will be more willing to accept the price reduction plan, and once the long-term contract is signed, even if the paper price rises and then rises, it can ensure the stability of the paper price. Fourth, pay as soon as possible. If paper dealers can get the payment from the printing house in a short period of time, they usually give customers a discount of about 10%, so the printer should negotiate with the printing customer in advance and let them pay a part of the payment in advance. Save a certain amount of paper costs. Fifth, pay attention to the special clearance of paper merchants. The dealer's list of clearing products will be updated regularly, and you will be able to enjoy very favorable discounts. Some dealers may have some papers that have stopped selling or have changes in properties such as brightness, but will not affect the printing effect. Then these discounts will save you about 35% of the cost.
2. Reasonable storage of paper, saving paper costs
First, protect the stock. Reasonably guarantee the certain inventory of paper, and timely purchase and keep the paper with tight supply. Reduce the storage and storage of paper that is adequately supplied, and avoid excessive capital storage. Second, develop a consumption quota. Under the premise of clear printing plan, the printing paper consumption quota is established. To be precise, quantitative management should be implemented in all aspects of printing, and the cost control responsibility should be decomposed into each grassroots management and first-line production personnel. Through the monthly workshop cost accounting, the standard of the workshop machine (team) should be worked out. The number of printed papers is reduced, and the number of shots is strictly limited. This can effectively reduce the amount of paper used. Third, strict control over paper data. Regardless of whether it is stored in the warehouse or on the machine, it is necessary to count the number of printed papers according to the type and batch of printed products, so as to ensure that no misses, no re-recording, no falsification, and accurate records. The paper library management personnel and the workshop machine should be reconciled regularly, signed and confirmed, and supervised each other. Fourth, set up a waste paper recycling center. Specialists will be responsible for recycling the waste paper in the workshop, implementing the waste conversion and paper-increasing project, setting up a waste paper recycling center, and recycling the waste paper as much as possible. In this way, the paper is fully protected and utilized to avoid loss. When the above measures are not standardized, at least 20% of the cost is saved.
3. Specifications, paper opening, saving paper costs
First, select the correct paper size based on the customer's original, and the number of individual pages will vary depending on the paper size. For example, a book is printed with a size of 3 0 0 × 2 30 mm, a book size of 5 6 P, and a full book weight of 200 g. If you select positive paper 7 87 mm × l 0 92 mm, you need 7 pairs of sheets to complete, but if you choose special paper 9 6 0 × 6 3 0 paper for printing, you need 3.5 metric sheets. can be completed. The positive paper is 1.38 yuan, and the special paper is 1.05 yuan. If the printing is 2 0 0 0, the positive paper is (2 0 0 0 + 1 0 0 ) × 7 ÷ 2 = 7 3 5 0 sheets (Note: 1 0 0 is the number of puts), a total of 1. 3 8 × 7 3 5 0 = 1 0 1 4 3 yuan; special paper is ( 2 0 0 0 + 1 0 0 ) × 3 × 1 . 0 5 + ( 1 0 0 0 + 1 0 0 ) × 1 . 0 5 = 7 7 7 0. Comparing the two, a reasonable choice of paper can save 2,37 yuan of paper money, while saving 28 rounds of PS material and 7 times of machine, according to the cost of 30 yuan per plate. Save the plate 2 8 × 3 0 = 8 4 0 yuan. That is to say, the book selection is correct, that is, the paper and the plate are saved, and the time is saved, and the time saved can be printed a few more sets, and the value generated is cumulatively increased. This is the profit, which actually reduces the cost by more than 25%. Therefore, be careful when selecting paper specifications and paper opening methods. Unreasonable selection will result in a reduction in the effective use of paper and excessive use of paper.
How to choose the paper opening method? We often use the open cut method. That is, the series that is expanded by an exponential of 2, which is easy to print. There is no scrap left after the paper is cut, and the paper web utilization rate is high. To make more use of paper, you can seek the advice of the printing house at the beginning of the product design, and try to adjust the product size to the state of paper saving. Sometimes you can save a lot of paper costs by reducing the size by 1 / 8 inch. If it is a small batch printing task or the post-press process has little effect, it can be combined with the actual situation, using the second straight-line cutting method, the number of opening is more selective, and the paper utilization rate is higher. Of course, if your product is not suitable for printing on any standard size page, you can also consider customizing the paper to the paper mill. You may choose to open the paper by size, as this will maximize paper utilization. And paper waste is minimized.
Note: Do not waste the cut paper edge. If the paper edge is more than ten inches, it can often be used for small-format printing machines or other purposes, such as six-boot printing, so that you can save the company 3% - 5% of the cost.
4. Introducing innovative technology to save paper costs
Focus on the development of new printing technologies, and introduce innovative measures to improve efficiency and cost savings to reduce paper loss. For example; C I P, the introduction of color management systems and the establishment of the E P P platform. C I P / C I P 3 P P F files are produced before printing and can be used to create a digital file containing data for each stage of production. This digital data will follow the printing process through the printing process, which greatly reduces the number of printed paper. For example: Before using CIP, the number of printed copies of the 100-volume print is about 200 (for booting), that is, 100 sheets of full-sheet paper, and 200 grams of double-copper paper each 1. 7 1 Yuan, 1 0 0 × 1. 7 The amount of loss is 171 yuan. After using C I P, the number of copies of the 100-volume print is only 80, so that 40 0 full sheets × 1. 7 1 has a loss cost of 68.8 yuan, that is, the loss is reduced by about 60%. This is equivalent to saving $100 per package. The cost savings from day by day, month by month and year after year are 100,000 and millions, and the cost savings are 40%. The same is true for the introduction of the color management system, which greatly reduces the number of trials in the printing process and reduces the generation of waste paper. There is also an Digital Management System (ERP) platform, which provides detailed and clear inventory of materials and spare parts, standardizes the process of material procurement, requisition and financial reimbursement, and systematically records information on each material receipt and invoice, and information on each invoice. It greatly facilitates data statistics, analysis and assessment. The E R P system has a paper consumption assessment function. The statistician can automatically summarize the output paper consumption table according to the output of the printing workshop operator and the actual paper consumption, which greatly reduces the paper consumption of the workshop and improves the work efficiency. The increase in efficiency has resulted in cost savings.
5. Improve the quality of employees and save paper costs
Cost management is a conscious consideration of the production and operation activities and costs and benefits. And this kind of consciousness is realized by "people", then cost management takes "people" as the main body. When the company realized this, it began to create various incentives to increase cost awareness and create a concept of cost management throughout the employees. For example, an assessment team is formed by the leaders of various departments to improve the rules and regulations for cost management, implement restraint and incentive mechanisms, and conduct quantitative assessments to regulate the behavior of all employees within the enterprise. Every mistake and every waste is delivered to the operator and the inspector. It also implements the “Energy-saving Enterprise Activity” to implement energy-saving and consumption-reducing projects, and rewards those who are serious and responsible, save in place or make special contributions to cost savings.
Paper takes the first place in the amount of printing materials, and the cost of paper is an important issue for offset printing companies in China. In accordance with its own fund status and development level, enterprises need to implement cost-saving methods step by step from the above five links. In particular, technological innovation, software introduction, and the whole body need to be carried out in a planned and step-by-step manner. Paper price, paper storage, paper opening method and specification selection, and employee management require enterprise system and operation procedures to be standardized, and implement them in a long-term manner. Then reducing the cost of paper and enhancing the competitiveness of enterprises is just around the corner.