Three Mini-Rules of Thumb

Mini Rule of Thumb #2:

“Color houses and data processing firms will deliver at the last possible moment.”

This is another of those little rules that make no sense intuitively. With so many color houses and data processing (DP) firms vying for work, and considering the repetitive nature of their tasks, you’d think that they would have long since figured out how to meet deadlines as routinely as CNN reports headlines.