Printavo PrintHustlers Podcast Increasing Print Shop Productivity: The 4-Day Work Week | Lucky Prints
Jan 20, 2021
47:49
Lucky Prints in Chicago moved to a 4-day workweek. Could your print shop pull off a 4-day week? And why would you want to do it, anyway? Owner Adam Smith sits down to discuss what it took to pull of a 4-day work week, why it means less downtime, and how the Lucky Prints culture led to small (but very significant) improvements over time.
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Contents:
00:00 Introduction
02:25 About Lucky Prints
04:25 Are restaurants like print shops?
06:45 Why hiring from restaurants works
10:15 Changes in 2020
11:10 Why work 4 day weeks?
12:25 How the 4 day week works
14:20 4 day week means happier people
16:50 Tracking downtime
21:00 Building a culture of improvement
24:40 How workers give feedback
27:45 Competition in screen printing
31:30 Saying no to bad jobs
35:40 Firing a bad customer
39:04 How to compete: experience!
42:10 Digital printing?
46:10 Patches, transfers, embroidery
02:25 About Lucky Prints
04:25 Are restaurants like print shops?
06:45 Why hiring from restaurants works
10:15 Changes in 2020
11:10 Why work 4 day weeks?
12:25 How the 4 day week works
14:20 4 day week means happier people
16:50 Tracking downtime
21:00 Building a culture of improvement
24:40 How workers give feedback
27:45 Competition in screen printing
31:30 Saying no to bad jobs
35:40 Firing a bad customer
39:04 How to compete: experience!
42:10 Digital printing?
46:10 Patches, transfers, embroidery