Blanchette Press needed a planning tool that would automatically optimize layouts and eliminate manual planning, without sacrifi cing the hands-on direct control required for the creative one-off work the company is known for. To keep its focus on quality, the company has restricted growth, remaining small by design. The staff of 30 is extremely dedicated, many having grown up with the company. Lorne McKendrick has been at Blanchette for 13 years, and proudly wears the multiple hats of systems/IT manager, job planner, estimator and purchaser. Before EFI Metrix software, production planning at Blanchette was a strictly manual aff air. Says McKendrick, “I used Excel to calculate scaled sizes and position coordinates so that I could then draw the template in MS Word, placing s

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