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Print Is Custom Manufacturing—and It Built the Operator I Became business operations consumer products custom manufacturing leadership print management printing industry process improvement Jul 23, 2026

Most people think I left printing and moved into consumer products.

I don’t see it that way.

I took the operating system the print industry beat into me—the estimating, materials, equipment constraints,...