This isn’t some grand notion or philosophical statement of purpose…

It came to light recently that there were those in our department who had not really been given a decent tour of our production facilities, so we put it together and did it. I started thinking about this and decided that it is really important to have at least a rudimentary understanding of what goes on in the company you work for.

We sell custom printed or personalized products online through our different websites, but we also produce most of what we sell. There are guys & girls that have been printing stickers(labels), hang tags, and more for 20+ years in our company and we feel privileged to be on the same team.

Whoever you work for, remember, you are all on the same team, so make an effort to learn what someone else does. I promise it will make your job better or easier or at least more fun knowing what else goes on around you.

In case you’re interested…

I asked for some quick reaction statements from the folks we gave our tour to…here they are:

“What I was most impressed with was the amount of attention to detail that each of our departments exhibit.  From our Art & PrePress department that makes sure customer art is as “clean” as possible for an accurate reproduction on the press, to the folks down in Production that have to make sure their press is set up “just so” in order to accurately reproduce the customer’s image, the attention to detail is impressive.  You can tell that both of these departments take great pride in their work.”

“I have been with the company for 10 years.  I have taken the tour several times, but I always enjoy seeing the new equipment and new technology. Great way to let our production team know how much we appreciate them.  Without them we would not have the products to sell.”

“Taking a tour of the entire facility reminds me that there are a large amount of hard-working, experienced people here – many of whom do things completely beyond my comprehension. The tour is a great way to recognize and understand that we are all part of huge team and without any one of us, we wouldn’t be able to accomplish our goals as a company.”

“I found it amazing how the entire process from beginning to end really is like a fine tuned machine.  If anyone drops the ball at any point in this intensely organized process; from order inception to product shipment, we really wouldn’t be able to make any of this possible.  It takes so many dedicated and highly focused individuals to make even a single order plausible.  I can honestly say, after the tour I have a new found appreciation for how much detail and hard work is required by every single person here, who ALL play integral parts of making this company a success.”

“I have worked here at Century for nearly 17 years.  Each time I do a tour such as this reminds me how much printing technology has changed over the years, and it will continue to change in the future.  Most of these changes happen so that we can more efficiently meet the customers needs. Every person in this company has an important task to complete… from selling the order, to creating the artwork, to the actual production of the order, to shipping the order once completed.”

If you want to read more internal testimonials, click here to view our parent company’s website