"He who marches out of step hears another drum." ~ Ken Kesey
IMO if everyone figured in the time savings not having to argue about DTS ROI they'd be able to afford the machine. Just food for thought
To be fair Inkman, Sam has the opposite problem as you lately it seems. He seems to be having to work all weekend or a weekend day and such to put out orders. In other words he has plenty of sales, and not enough time. DTS in his situation buys him time he doesn't have. DTS in your situation leaves you with more of what you already have too much of, extra time.Not defending him as we know he's a ass but reality is he's not totally wrong in certain scenarios. Outside looking in your 2 shops are in different places it seems. Of course that's true of most shops here as we all run our ship a bit differently.
Quote from: GraphicDisorder on December 17, 2013, 01:57:08 PMTo be fair Inkman, Sam has the opposite problem as you lately it seems. He seems to be having to work all weekend or a weekend day and such to put out orders. In other words he has plenty of sales, and not enough time. DTS in his situation buys him time he doesn't have. DTS in your situation leaves you with more of what you already have too much of, extra time.Not defending him as we know he's a ass but reality is he's not totally wrong in certain scenarios. Outside looking in your 2 shops are in different places it seems. Of course that's true of most shops here as we all run our ship a bit differently. I agree with what you are saying and that is based on the Sam really being that busy. I don't know if it is true or not, we print more than him but we do not struggle to get jobs done on time. I judge this by the postings of his print figures on his DB. Going by them and the time he has owned his DB we print nearly double what he does. So how he is bursting at the seams and running weekends is beyond me. Our shop is definitely different than his, its our embroidery dept that really earns the revenue here. Occasionally we even have to run a second shift in that area to keep up. Sadly its not constant but for the most part it stays steady just not 100% full production 365 days a year.
I know if is can save 50 bucks 100 times a year that is real money.
Quote from: Socalfmf on December 17, 2013, 01:06:55 PMI know if is can save 50 bucks 100 times a year that is real money.But the argument was saving $50 bucks ONCE a year. Not 100 times a year. That is the exact difference between the two discussions here. One is about $50 bucks 100 times a year and the other is about $50 bucks ONCE a year.10k pcs @ 500/hour = 20 hours10k pcs @ 1000/hour = 10 hoursAre you suggesting that you are saving 10 hours a weekend (when you run those 10k pcs) because of your CTS?!If so, me thinks that your systems before were severely flawed.
Quote from: Gilligan on December 17, 2013, 05:37:49 PMQuote from: Socalfmf on December 17, 2013, 01:06:55 PMI know if is can save 50 bucks 100 times a year that is real money.But the argument was saving $50 bucks ONCE a year. Not 100 times a year. That is the exact difference between the two discussions here. One is about $50 bucks 100 times a year and the other is about $50 bucks ONCE a year.10k pcs @ 500/hour = 20 hours10k pcs @ 1000/hour = 10 hoursAre you suggesting that you are saving 10 hours a weekend (when you run those 10k pcs) because of your CTS?!If so, me thinks that your systems before were severely flawed.The average shop does not run at 1000 per hour. Hell the above average shop does not even do that for 8 hours on an auto most of the time. 5-600 pcs per hour are the realistic numbers.