Roger Dickeson

Production Measurement & Control Techniques for Commercial Printing Environments

Managing Print Production is a collection of some of Roger Dickeson's most popular and important columns concerning production measurement and control. Both as an expert and student of the industry, Dickeson asks the tough questions and brings thought-provoking answers to the subject of printing productivity.

This booklet should serve as a guide for printers looking to improve their company's productivity and streamline its processes.

About the Author

Roger Dickeson was a contributor to Printing Impressions magazine from the late 1970's until his passing in 2006. His popular monthly column, Dickeson on Productivity, chronicled the struggles commercial printers face handling waste, tracking production costs and gaining maximum efficiency.

Dickeson, a former Marine Corps Captain and pilot wih an MBA in accounting and a law degree, cut his teeth in the printing industry as CEO of Nebraska Farmer Co. in the 1960's. As he learned the printing business, he grew more interested in web offset printing and newly developing computer applications. Soon after, he began speaking at industry events and helped form the Computer Section of the Printing Industry of America (PIA).

Stints in executive postions at Mid-Atlantic Webpress, Los Angeles Lithograph, Rumford Press and Arandell-Schmidt followed Dickeson, in addition to serving as principal for PREM Associates Consulting.

But he was best known as the father of the War on Waste, a subject on which he penned several publications and numerous columns. Dickeson also oversaw a web press database that allowed printers to compare operating performance of presses with actual data.