Paper cost analysis

The New World NAQP Symposium will discuss how paper affects the price of print. Paper and labor costs are the two major factors that determine the pricing of printed products. Following the seminar on “Wages and Salaries” in the upper sector, the NAQP seminar in this sector will be based on paper prices for the first time to discuss the issue of selling prices for printed products. The aim is to provide quick printers with some practical management methods to effectively increase the price of finished products. , expand business profits.

At the meeting, it was proposed that the speed of the printing press determines the price of the product. Some people think that the quality of printing determines everything. They have their own advantages and disadvantages, but they are not all correct. Because the price of printed products is not determined by the skill level of individual manufacturers but by the average level of society as a whole, paper as a raw material should be one of the decisive factors.
The following are the results of surveys conducted by NAQP on the prices of ten generic paper raw materials and printed finished product gross profits.

Raw Paper Size 8.5 x 11 Inches Per Piece Average Price Type White Paper (20 lbs) $6.53 Envelope Paper (10/24 Numbers) $13.57 Non-Carbon Paper (2-p) $21.47 Non-Carbon Paper (3-p) $24.59 Station Letter (CL 24 lbs) $27.85 Envelopes (CL) $52.22 White Cardboard (110 lbs) $25.97 Envelopes (9X12 Inches) $49.20 Coated Plain Paper (80 pts) $21.85 Coated Covering Paper (80 lbs) $41.84

Market price of finished product market price per thousand sheets of paper (if not otherwise specified, the following refers to black print single-side print) Type Average price Paper consumption gross margin White paper $52.16 12.5% ​​87.5% Non-carbon paper (2-p) $157.10 26.6 % 73.4% Non-Carbon Paper (3-p) $227.00 32.4% 67.6% Station Letter (CL) $107.00 26.0% 74.0% Envelope (CL) $136.33 38.0% 62.0% White Card (110 lbs) $95.83 27.0% 73.0% Envelopes (9X12 inches) $149.00 33.0% 67.0% coated plain paper (80 pounds double color) $146.50 14.9% 85.1%
(The above materials are only part of the original statistics. The results of individual data will change with the market for reference only.)

From the above data, it can be seen that at present, the most effective way for fast printers is to enhance the competitiveness of enterprises by expanding value-added services. Although the general white-pound paper has a high gross margin, this part of the profit does not belong to the express printing. Because the high-speed copying machine can no longer exceed the offset printing press, long-run offset printing in this respect occupies an absolute advantage, especially in large-volume printing, but quick printing is better than offset printing. Adding value-added services, such as “double-coated paper printing” as shown above, will be a potential profit growth point for the fastprinters. Short-run fastprinters should make some efforts in the printing of multicolor coated papers, not only such products. Market prices are high, and there are few competing manufacturers, which is a very profitable market.

What is mentioned above is only the general management method of improving the competitiveness of enterprises. We must also pay attention to another waste phenomenon in the operation—write off. There was a couple who wanted to adopt a child. They had a policy for the company: All employees who want to adopt a child, the company reimbursed the relevant expenses. Naturally, they have reimbursed all expenses, but the employees did not enjoy this treatment, because after adoption, they quickly canceled this policy. There is also a boss who reimburses the cost of building all the tennis halls in the name of the construction workers' club. It can only allow employees to use it from 5pm to 6:30pm, and it can only be Tuesday or Thursday! What's more, the owner expanded the company's warehouse for paper deposits, but he only had two boxes of paper in the room, leaving all of his personal collections. The most peculiar is a woman who reimburses her breast augmentation surgeries as a rental fee. Her logic is: "I am the company's image. Companies can spend money on changing carpets and repairing their faces. Why can't I reimburse my dressing costs?" It's easy to understand that a series of beauty, shrinkage, and other expenses are "repaired." The fee "was settled.

Of course, all the above listed are some of the unpleasant phenomena that cause waste. The following is a good way to save money—using the Affinity Card service.

Some credit card companies stipulate that if you use their credit cards to pay, each dollar can reward a mile flight distance, and you can use your credit card to pay for all your expenses. Bill Heckerheiser took the United Airlines flight twice in this way! Naturally, this incentive measure also has a maximum limit, but it is also a good way to save it.