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Partnership Success Pays Off!

Hi everyone! Happy 4th of July. During these uncertain times, I feel we need a reason to celebrate even more than ever this year. I'd love to hear your success stories. Here's one of ours to get us started. No matter what type of planned maintenance project you have, if you don’t have a good schedule it will fail. MGF Services is no stranger when it comes to planning a time table for a pre-planned maintenance project. One of our recent projects was recovering 30+ ink metering rolls for a Sunday 2000 press with our Rilsan coating. This project started off with some flexible dates for completion but as we got closer to the start, the timeframe for delivery became very tight due to shifting schedules of personnel needed to install the ink metering rolls. Working backwards from the customer’s deadline date for installation to get the press up and running, we sent partial orders to keep the installers moving without interruption. At the end of the project, w

2020 Maintenance Partnership

I have been working with printing and packaging companies' maintenance departments for 40 years. Our company's policies and procedures continue transitioning to keep up with the ever-changing requirements, solutions, and challenges to get the job done. Depending on the type of business industry you serve, there will be projects that have "The Murphy's Law" trophy. Let's face it, our communication process can get lost down the supply chain, and when something goes wrong everyone goes into PANIC mode. Developing a partnership as part of your supply chain, we can identify potential modifications that improve the performance and in most cases reduce out-of-pocket expenses. In the case of the hardened slitter rollers shown, WE SAVE THE AVERAGE CUSTOMER 40% WHEN COMPARED TO OEM COSTS . Keys to a Successful Maintenance Project:  Identify the details Communicate with team decision-makers Plan in advance with your supply chain and logistics Confi