Please find some links and notes from the 2 Regular Guys Podcast. We are excited to share with you some knowledge that one of our co-hosts, Terry Combs, has accumulated over his 30+ years in the industry. Terry talks about ways that you can increase your profit, get more work down and manage your production without adding employees or more expenses. He gives us practical tips that we can use right away, and teases some of the bigger details and step by step instruction you can get from his upcoming training series “Scheduling & Estimating Production Time”

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Scheduling and Estimating Production Time Aaron: Terry, you’ve spent years on the screen printing production floor, and you’ve moved 10’s of 1,000’s of pieces. You’ve talked Production Scheduling and Estimating Production Time many times on this show. And you’ve talked about the five steps in the process. Ready to talk about them?Terry: There are two keys to being a successful screen printer: Do good quality prints, and deliver on time.Aaron: Let’s talk first about the Estimated Production Time formula.You are either juggling production or scheduling productionEPT is a simple formula to calculate Aaron: I know step 2 in the process is about every shop being different. Let’s discuss using your own unique production numbersYou can use my numbers all day, and still not know where you standYou can’t use perfect scenario numbers and be successful at schedulingMost people have no real idea what they’re capable of producing - wish they could produceAaron: Terry, you talk a lot on our show about scheduling production, but we see out in the real world decorators delivering late, working over time, and basically lost as to how to schedule. Talk to us about the process of creating a schedule.