![]() ![]() Sometimes one color will be a bestseller, and then the next year it will be the least popular. What is your strategy for keeping up with YTP demand through our busiest season when we have higher sales in every product?Īround our busiest season, (Black Friday for example) I try to keep at least 250 YTPs per color completed on the shelf. But because the YTP is so thick, we have to add an extra step to manually close it. That is much faster because you can insert the wire-o and close it in one step. For example, with other products like notebooks, we can use the binding machine to close the wire. What makes the YTP different or more difficult than making other products?ĭefinitely the thickness. Planners are packed by hand with an identifying label. If it’s not, once you put it in your hand you can see the cover sticking up at an angle instead of laying completely flat. This person is able to see page by page what is going on.Īlso, at the end we check that the wire is closed correctly. One person stands in front of the the collator while it's running. I remember last year there was one single page each month with lines that shouldn’t have been there from excess ink. We need to go through each page, because sometimes there are printing issues. The interior is the number one priority for QA. For example, right now we have about 2,000 interiors stacked and ready to go, which will take us about a week to make once covers arrive.Īre there any details about the YTP that require close attention during the production and QA (quality assurance) process? But it depends on what else we’re working on and what we’re reserving planners for. So let’s say we receive a partial of 250 of each color cover, we try to have everything done by color. It depends on how many covers we receive, because sometimes we receive partial orders. That’s so interesting! Do you work in stages like: today we collate-tomorrow we bind? Or do you work on a specific quantity of YTPs until they’re done? Jaime binds Year Task Planners with our signature wire-o binding. ![]() Packing takes a while because right now there’s no way to automate it. Once we have the assembly process ready, everyone on the team jumps to the table and starts packing. ![]() The final step is the packing process, using a cello bag and label. Once it’s even on the back we pull the lever and close it up. This is like a small press with a lever-we place the wire facing the wall of the machine. We again work in stacks of 50, and (one at a time) close the wire-o binding with a manual wire closer. We don’t use this machine to close the wire up, though-because the YTP is so thick this would damage the machine. We use this machine to loop the wire inside the interior. We set this machine up first for a 9/16” wire and set it to cut at 28 loops. The next step is the our binding machine. We then collate them with the interiors in stacks of 50. Once we get the covers in, we punch holes for the wire-o with a manual punch. We try to do this step before we receive the covers so that we can begin working as soon as the covers are received. We stack collated interiors on our work tables in stacks of 50. Once this is entered I have to check that it's collated correctly with a single interior before running the whole pallet. So let’s say I have ten pages for December-I enter ten pages plus one page for the tab, etc. Once we receive pallets of interior and tabs (from different vendors), I have to input the setup for each tab by counting the number of pages between each month. Walk us through how the Year Task Planner is constructed from start to finish.įirst, we use a collating machine. When it comes to releasing brand new products, I work with Alex from our product development team to create samples and make sure everything is going to work as expected. I also draft planner interiors every year for calendar and academic releases, which involves coordinating the proofing process. I’m the one who sets up machinery for new products, checks to see if we can work with a die for a custom order, chooses which type of hot press to use for different jobs, etc. What do you do at Appointed?īeing head of production means I create the schedule of manufacturing in order to fulfill orders-from custom to wholesale to orders from our website. Read on for a first-hand look at what it takes to bring our top-selling planner from our studio to your doorstep. Manager of Production, to chat about creating the Year Task Planner (YTP) from start to finish. Curious about how your favorite planner is made? You’re in luck. ![]()
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