Three Mini-Rules of Thumb

But during the years since, I’ve learned that nail-biting finishes are quite common.

Why? No one knows for sure, but here are two possibilities:

1. “It’s those doggone clients.” Color house and DP house sales reps typically point to late deliveries and last-minute changes by their clients as the reason for last-minute job completions. However, this doesn’t hold much water—all clients deliver jobs late and make changes. Color houses and DP firms have had years to develop business procedures for coping smoothly with such things. But they haven’t.