How many supply chain managers does it take to screw in a lightbulb?

None, the lightbulbs are late. Painful paper cuts continue as supply-chain shortages affect envelopes. The job of an envelope is to get opened. However, when there are no envelopes to be found an envelope is un-employeed. We should be used to shortages by now, right? Well, you can add one more to the ever-growing list …

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What Would Ben Franklin Do?

Making the Environmental Case for Paper. Ben Franklin, the father of the Postal Service. By Kathi Rowzie, President, Two Sides North America This article was originally published in the March/April 2022 edition of Mailing Systems Technology Magazine. Mail center professionals, who already operate in a challenging business environment, are increasingly faced with the task of responding …

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Surviving the Paper Storm

Why are the Paper Markets remaining extremely tight? Post-pandemic demand for graphic paper is outpacing an already thin global supply. All graphic paper grades and basis weights and finishes are oversold for Q4 with orders exceeding saleable capacity. All paper manufacturers have moved to an allocation/reservation system. Why? The main reasons for the decrease in paper supply …

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The Return of Printed Catalogs

Reaching Consumers in an Environmentally Responsible Way By Kathi Rowzie, President, Two Sides North America After a sharp decline in 2020, printed catalogs are coming back in a big way. Market research firm Keypoint Intelligence reports that digital print volumes – the production method for most smaller-run catalogs – has rebounded close to its pre-pandemic …

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Paper Products Are Not a Major Contributor to Climate Change

Submitted: Kathi Rowzie, Two Sides, March 30, 2022 If you’ve been following Two Sides or other authoritative sources, you know that the paper products you use do not contribute in any major way to climate change. Why? Because most of the energy used to manufacture them is generated using renewable, carbon-neutral biomass. But what does …

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