Table of Contents:
NPOA 2013-2014 Printing Industry
Bindery Services Pricing Study
Preface
Executive Summary
Terminology & Definitions
SECTION 1 – Data Summary by Category
Highlights & Overview of Statistics Appearing in this Study
Profile Of Respondents
PART 1 – Mandatory Company Data
Age of Firm
Number of locations
Location
Market Size
Total # of Employees
Annual Sales
Are You Independent or Franchise
Franchise
Association Membership
Your Owner�s Compensation for 2012
Percent of Total Sales
PART 2 – Packaging Methods & Pricing
Shrink Wrapping Charges
Letterhead Boxes
Business Card Boxes
Carton Size Used
Charge for Cartons
Type & Price
PART 3 – Scoring, Perfing & Creasing
Typical Scoring
Crease Separately
Creasing Charges
Typical Perfing
PART 4 – Manual Collating & Gathering
Hand-collating/gathering & Method of Charging
Bindery Hourly & Price/M Rates
Estimated Speeds
PART 5 – Machine Collating & Gathering
Machine Collating Charges
Machine Collating Charges (Off-line)
Stapling/Stitching In-line?
In-Line Stapling/Stitching
Off-line Stapling/Stitching
PART 6 – Basic Cutting Charges
Cutting Charges
Round-Cornering
Round-Cornering Charges
PART 7 – Specialized Binding Services
Plastic Coil
Wire-O
GBC
Tape Binding
PART 8 – 1, 3 & 5-Hole Drilling Prices
Standard Drilling Charges
Drilling Charges
3-Hole on Digital Copiers
PART 9 – Regular & NCR Padding Charges
Standard Padding Charges
NCR Padding
PART 10 – Digital Numbering Charges
Digital Numbering on Copier
Software for Numbering on Copier
Which Copiers
Numbering Charges
Digital vs. Crash Numbering
Sample Pricing
PART 11 – Crash/Impact/Letterpress Numbering Charges
Your Charges for Crash/Impact/Letterpress Numbering Services
Estimated Speed
Numbering Charges, 1 Number
Numbering Charges, 2 Numbers
PART 12 – Off-Line Booklet Making Charges
5.5 X 8.5 Booklets
Face-Trimming Only
Auto-Trimming
Books Per Lift
PART 13 – Digital Copier Booklet Making Charges
Charge Extra
Booklet Cost
PART 14 – Folding on Digital Copiers
Folding on Copier
Extra Charge
Your Charges
PART 15 – Perfect Binding
Perfect Binding In-House
Perfect Binding
PART 16 – Folding
Basic Folding Charges 8.5×11
Basic Right-Angle Folding Charges
SECTION 2 – Industry Snapshot Comparisons
Geographic Region
North East
South East
Central
West
Population Density
Rural Area (Under 25,000 Population)
Small Market (25,000-100,000 Population)
Medium Market (100,000-300,000 Population)
Large Market (300,000-1 Million Population)
Major Market (1 Million Or More Population)
2012 Sales Volume
Sales <=$500,000
Sales >= 1,000,000
Independents vs. Franchises
Independents
Franchisees
Quartiles
Top Quartile >= 19%
Bottom Quartile <= 9.5%
NPOA vs. Non-NPOA Membership
NPOA Members
Non NPOA Members
High vs. Low Sales Per Employee (SPE)
SPE <=110,000
SPE >=130,000
APPENDIX
Worksheet – The 2013-2014 Bindery Services Pricing Survey
The 2013-2014 Bindery Services Pricing Study Comment Sheet
