James McGuire

Hired at Forest Envelope by pervious VP Brian Dietrich as a production scheduler. He asked me to come on board and help streamline production, expedite orders and better coordinate orders between the office and the plant. With the addition of a ERP system (One Point), I was able to use actual data to review job costing and help sales better control pricing. As some Forest employees moved on, my job scope expanded to include plant manager. I scheduled all projects and personnel through out the plant. Ordering all supplies need for production and maintenance. Daily customer contact also became part of my job description, which involved writing up orders, production updates and shipping documentation.

With the closure of Centennial Bindery, I moved to Continental Bindery and continued as plant manager. Again doing daily scheduling for a full service bindery that included cutting, folding and saddle binding. In a sales/ CSR capacity, I continued to service my previous customers that followed me over form the closure of Centennial Bindery.

Upon being hired at Centennial Bindery, I oversaw six polar cutters, 22 MBO folders and 7 various makes of Saddle binders. At our peak, I was responsible for overseeing a staff of 105 people over two shifts. My daily duties included scheduling equipment and personnel. Ordering all supplies and needed repair parts. Daily contact with customers included taking orders, preparing delivery receipts and providing daily updates for work in progress. During my time at Centennial, the owner was involved in a terrible accident that left him incapacitated for two years. I was thrust into the roll of accounting (using quickbooks) for payroll, billing and receivables. I expanded my roll from CSR to Sales, all while maintaining my normal production duties. Company closed with the death of the owner.

Hired in 1999 as plant manager. I oversaw a letter shop with 12 inserts, 4 Sytex imaging systems and assorted stamping and labelAir equipment. My daily duties included scheduling projects through out the plant. Arranging daily mail pick up or routing to presort houses. Preparing mail reports and coordinating on-site verification with our local post office.

Hired at Rich Graphics to run the bindery. As company began to grow, I help add 6 MBO folders, 2 Polar cutters and 2 Harris saddle stitchers. Over the 6 years I was with Rich Graphics, we also added two Bell + Howell intelligent inserts into the bindery department. With the addition of inserting, I learned to do postal verification and reporting. I have the ability to set-up, run, trouble shoot and repair all makes of bindery equipment including those mentioned above. At this time, Rich Graphics also began using an ERP system to track projects. I used acquired data in daily production meetings to recap all projects.

Started out at Continental out of High School as general floor help. Over my 8 years at Continental, I progressed to learning and being lead manager in the cutting department. I can program, run and repair all types of paper cutters including Wholenberg, Polar and many others.