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start, but be prepared to pivot or make
changes as new information comes to
light. It's the solution you're after, not
dogmatically sticking to the plan.
Here are a few considerations to get
you thinking about what you might need:

"YOU'LL WANT TO
START CROSS-TRAINING
EMPLOYEES TO GIVE YOU
BETTER BENCH STRENGTH
MOVING FORWARD."

1. Take a Skills Inventory
What are the core tasks of your business?
Have you mapped this out before? These
are the key elements that are present and
necessary for everything you do - not
just in production, but in sales, marketing,
accounting, scheduling, art, purchasing,
receiving, and shipping. Who is doing the
work, and what are their core tasks and
responsibilities? What does quality look
like? Think about when these actions and
activities have to happen for seamless
flow. Define these roles. What are the
skills necessary to perform each of these
tasks? Do you have a method to assess
the level of skill for each employee in
your business in these areas?
Let's say you need someone to help in
shipping. Who on your staff knows your
computer system and can be trained on
how to coordinate with UPS, FedEx, or
ShipStation? Having a skills inventory for
the basic, intermediary, and advanced
skills your business needs to operate can
help you think through this challenge,
and also assist in who to bring back as
your shop opens.

strength moving forward. You can't simply shove someone into the deep end of
the pool and hope they can swim.
Remember, you can only move as
fast as the slowest part of your process.
When shops are understaffed, this typically means key functions get delayed
because there are not enough people or
hours in the day to handle everything.
This is why it might seem like you're
jumping from fire to fire constantly.
When thinking about where you
should begin your training program,
start with these challenges. Your first
inclination might be to train more printing press operators, but your actual
delays are being caused by your screen
room processes and scheduling. Work
on those friction points first.

2. Start a Training Program
Not all of your team will have the necessary skills. You'll want to start cross-training employees to give you better bench
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3. Make Learning a Journey
Once your training program is underway, don't stop. Keep it going by adding
more skills and advanced knowledge to
your team. This should be a dedicated
and continual process. Over time, your
team will be cross-trained into many
different functional areas and this will
increase their value to the company.
Generally speaking, most people want
to learn and be empowered to make
decisions because they have the back-



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