"He who marches out of step hears another drum." ~ Ken Kesey
What emulsion are you using now?Also if you took just a little bit of time to convert films to CTS files, wouldn't that eliminate the job for employee 3?I don't think many shops here has that many people working in their shops, let alone in their ink rooms, but it'll be interesting to read.
The only down fall to having a small efficient crew is when one guy is out then you create a major backlog super quick which also happened today.
I would like to get down to a 3-4 person crew, I think with the tools they have, they could get the same amount of work done. Just not enough oversight. And now that it is getting manageable, and I've trained two new artists, and can step away from my desk I can start looking at each department and figure out where to increase productivity.
Agreed to above about machine placement and flow
I am trying to visualise your workflow ScreenDan, would it be possible to post a mud map sketch?