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Greening the Supply Chain

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£349 + VAT

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1 Day

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03/12/2008 calendar
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Through analysis and practical examples we will show you how to: * reduce your carbon footprint * save time and reduce wastage * maximise resources * rationalise and transform your production system * SAVE MONEY This is a practical course, with plenty of exercises throughout, ensuring that you'll really be able to implement everything you learn.

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Suitability You spend a substantial amount of time and money each year producing printed material. You'd like to say you are sustainability focused and are reducing your carbon footprint. How can your print output be produced more efficiently to save both time and money AND reduce your carbon footprint? When it comes to print and publishing there is far more to it than simply specifying a recycled paper.

Course objectives Through analysis and practical examples we will show you how to: * reduce your carbon footprint * save time and reduce wastage * maximise resources * rationalise and transform your production system * SAVE MONEY This is a practical course, with plenty of exercises throughout, ensuring that you'll really be able to implement everything you learn.

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Course programme

Greening the Supply Chain

GREENING THE SUPPLY CHAIN
During this course we examine the entire print production supply chain from concept through to delivery, investigate the technologies and options available and challenge some long-held assumptions. Programme

Planning
- Media: print, internet, or CD-Rom
- Target audience
- Message
- Format
- Extent
- Run-length (getting the numbers right - wastage and reprinting)
- Schedule
- Management systems
- Progressing
- Proofing
Design and pre-press production
- Copywriting - getting the key messages across without wastage
- Design and artwork - impact on subsequent processes
- Potential problems and how to avoid them (people and technology)
- "Auditing" your marketing and communications output
Materials
- Consumables required for a publication - ink, paper, solvents, water, electricity, recycling
- Choosing "greener" paper - the options
Printing and finishing processes - how to choose
Consumables - their use and re-use
- Solvents and water management
- Ink
- Plates
- Recycling
- Reducing, repairing and re-using
ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 and other environmental accreditations

Your tutors
Phil Harris has over 20 years' experience as a production director and print-buyer. During the 80s and 90s he gained experience in London, working with design agencies, leading magazine groups and book publishers. Since his move to Bath to form Impact Publishing in 2001, Phil has been involved in environmental book publishing as well as providing contract publishing and consultancy services to a variety of clients. Impact have become leading advocates of 'greening the supply chain' a policy evolved to deliver budget efficiencies and improved environmental credentials.

Norman Faulkner MSc MIP3 has over 15 years' experience working with many of the UK's leading print and paper suppliers. He is a qualified estimator and Lloyds accredited auditor, has worked extensively in the print trade and is currently the Chairman of Print Forum Wales. Recent consultancy includes providing technical and environmental advice to Cambrian Printers enabling them to achieve ISO14001 and Green Dragon environmental status and a string of industrial awards.

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Where	, The Publishing Training Centre At Book House 45 East Hill
When	Start: 03/12/2008 Finish: 03/12/2008 See calendar

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For more than twenty-five years, the Publishing Training Centre at Book House (PTC) has provided cost-effective and high quality training for publishers in the UK and overseas. Previously known as Book House Training Centre, it's an educational charity dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in publishing.

Although we're best known for our core editorial skills training for book and journal publishers, we actually offer about 70 open courses, covering the complete range of publishing skills. Training in IT and electronic publishing is also now a key part of our portfolio.

In recent years, we have seen a huge growth in demand for in company training and consultancy and for our distance learning programmes in Basic Proofreading, Copy-Editing, Effective Copywriting, Picture Research and Editorial Project Management.