Practical Process Improvement (PPI) was founded by Scott Cornish, who serves as founder, managing director, and principal consultant. PPI works with small to medium sized businesses, primarily publishers and printers, to improve the effectiveness, efficiency and productivity of their manufacturing and service processes by use of practical process improvement tools and methodologies.
Prior to starting PPI, Scott was with The New York Times. As managing director of national production, he managed the remote printing operation as the newspaper grew national edition circulation, daily and Sunday advance print sites, paging and color positions. During a sixteen year career, he lead a number of process-improvement and change initiatives that included launch of daily color advertising in the National edition, then full rollout of color for New York, Northeast and National editions. Scott also developed and implemented new metrics gathering and reporting initiatives, quality/productivity improvement programs, and lead teams launching new print-sites and equipment. Additionally, he held management positions in the strategic planning and circulation departments.
Before joining The Times, Scott was a member of the launch team that started USA TODAY and held various production and quality management positions. He led the conversion from conventional to electronic color-prepress system production, first for USA WEEKEND and then for USA TODAY. Scott also developed and implemented new metrics gathering and reporting along with leading roll-out of new color processing equipment.
Scott holds an MBA in finance and marketing from Rutgers University School of Business and a BS in printing management from the Rochester Institute of Technology. Professional affiliations include senior membership in the American Society for Quality (ASQ) with certification as a Quality Manager. Scott is a member of the Specifications for Newsprint Advertising Production (SNAP) Committee and holds membership in Technical Association of the Graphic Arts (TAGA), Partnership in Print Production (P3), and the American Finance Association (AFA). In May 2004, Scott received the Gold Key Award from Gamma Epsilon Tau, national collegiate printing fraternity at New York City College of Technology. He also writes articles on practical process improvement for Newspapers & Technology, a trade magazine.
