Title
LDP Lean Document Production---O.R.-Enhanced Productivity Improvements for the Printing Industry
Abstract
Xerox has invented, tested, and implemented a novel class of operations-research-based productivity-improvement offerings, trademarked LDP Lean Document Production® solutions, for the $100 billion printing industry in the United States. These solutions, which Xerox has implemented in approximately 100 sites to date, have provided dramatic productivity and cost improvements for both print shops and document-manufacturing facilities, as measured by reductions of 20--40 percent in revenue-per-unit labor cost. They have generated approximately $200 million of incremental profit across the Xerox customer value chain since their initial introduction in 2000. The offerings have extended the use of operations research to small-and medium-sized print shops, while increasing the scope of its application to large document-production facilities.
Year
DOI
Venue
2009
10.1287/inte.1080.0413
Interfaces
Keywords
Field
DocType
united states,ldp lean document production,incremental profit,medium-sized print shop,xerox customer value chain,document-manufacturing facility,print shop,enhanced productivity improvements,printing industry,revenue-per-unit labor cost,billion printing industry,cost improvement,dramatic productivity,production scheduling,data analysis,statistics,applications,manufacturing
Customer value,Performance productivity,Scheduling (production processes),Engineering,Operations management
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
39
1
0092-2102
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
6
0.87
3
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Sudhendu Rai172.03
Charles B. Duke260.87
Vaughn Lowe360.87
Cyndi Quan-Trotter460.87
Thomas Scheermesser561.55