Spectra Combats Ongoing Paper Supply Shortages
SUMMARY:
Spectra, a full service fulfillment provider based in Columbia and North Charleston, South Carolina, features a print facility equipped with advanced machines to offer its clients the highest quality in printed materials. In recent months, as supply chain shortages have negatively impacted a broad variety of industries, Spectra has worked hard to meet the challenges of paper unavailability in particular. By increasing stock on hand when possible and assisting clients in selecting alternatives to high demand paper options, Spectra continues to empower clients to print their projects on time, within budget, and with a high level of quality.
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One of the biggest challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly during its final stages, has been the shortage of materials caused by manufacturing and shipping delays. Spectra, as both a print services provider and an end-to-end fulfillment provider, has certainly not escaped these challenges. The Columbia based company, which also operates a distribution facility in North Charleston, has exercised foresight and creativity to meet the needs of its clients despite the unavailability, delays, or increased costs related to different materials.
Even as COVID restrictions lift across the United States and the world, shortages of materials like paper continue to be an issue. Spectra is committed to keeping its print facility running despite these challenges, and is applying strategic measures to keep paper in stock and to keep client projects rolling off the presses according to schedule and with the same high level of quality that they have come to expect from Spectra.
One important strategy is to increase the amount of paper stock on hand, purchasing supply when it comes available so that potential future shipping delays will have less impact on clients’ print projects. Spectra’s expert print managers are constantly working to build their paper supply in house, particularly those stocks that are most popular with their clients, in order to mitigate future supply chain problems.
When a specified paper stock is unavailable in the quantities needed by a client or cannot be obtained within a given timeframe, Spectra guides the client in assessing alternative paper stocks for their project. Often the print facility can utilize a more accessible paper option and yield the same quality overall, allowing the client’s materials to be printed and sent on to the fulfillment department on time.
The priority at Spectra throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and associated supply chain challenges has been to get each client’s materials printed, inventoried, and shipped to their end users on time and within budget. Over the past two years this has required more creativity, advance planning, and flexibility than it has in more predictable times, but with over two decades of experience in print and fulfillment, the Spectra team has proven that it is up to the task. Companies and nonprofits that are interested in learning more about Spectra’s services and how they are continuing to provide on-time fulfillment for their clients can visit them online at www.spectraintegration.com and send an email to request specific information.
