Taking cost out isn’t a promise. It’s a system. .

Taking cost out sounds simple. Find an inefficiency. Fix it. Pass the savings to the customer. 

But how do you know the cost has genuinely gone?

A press runs faster, but the job waits longer at the next stage. Waste falls in one department and rises in another. One number improves, yet no real cost has been removed from the complete process.

That isn’t improvement. It’s moving the problem.

This is why we’re obsessed with data at Catapult. Not because more data automatically means better decisions. It doesn’t.

Data can be misleading. And when information relies on people manually entering it, there’s always room for interpretation or for people to report what they think others want to hear.

Taking cost out starts with knowing exactly where cost is being created. And refusing to let it hide.

One version of the truth

We needed one accurate view of the whole operation.

The real game changer came when we removed manual input and started capturing live data automatically from our equipment and systems.

Nobody can massage the numbers, protect their own department or create a more convenient version of events. If the data can be argued with, it isn’t good enough. We wanted one version of the truth, so we built it.

Seeing the whole job

We can see actual running speeds, real make-ready times, genuine downtime, material waste and exact capacity across every department. More importantly, we can follow the complete journey of every job.

We know where it’s waiting, where time or material is being lost and whether a change has genuinely made the overall process more efficient. Making one stage faster means nothing if the total job takes just as long. It’s not efficiency, it’s a better-looking number.

Turning information into action

Accurate data is only valuable if people can understand and use it. That’s why we’ve built systems that turn huge amounts of live information into something visual, simple and actionable.

If it takes half an hour and three spreadsheets to understand what the numbers are saying, the system has failed.

Our teams can see where performance is being lost, identify potential bottlenecks and act before they become bigger problems. The information also helps us understand where the next process improvement or investment should come from.

The data doesn’t just tell us what happened. It changes what happens next.

Passing the benefit to customers

Waste is one of the clearest examples of change. We’ve maintained waste at approximately 4% for the past year. That’s not just an operational statistic: every meter of wasted material costs money. In many print businesses, that cost simply becomes part of the customer’s price. 

We don’t think it should.

Lower waste means lower material costs. Greater efficiency creates capacity. Better planning supports shorter lead times. Every improvement strengthens the complete operation and every benefit flows directly to our customers.

We’re nowhere near finished

This is how Catapult disrupts the market. Not by promising a lower price, but by building a business that genuinely costs less to run.

We’ve brought together the data, systems, people and culture needed to deliver a different model: lower costs, shorter lead times, exceptional service and no compromise on quality.

Our growth shows that customers see the difference.

We’ve onboarded 48 new customers this year and expect to deliver more than $25 million in new business wins. It’s happening because they have seen how Catapult operates and understood that there is a better way.

But we are nowhere near finished. We’re still investing, still challenging ourselves and still looking for the next unnecessary meter, minute or process to remove.

Because taking out cost isn’t a promise we make. It’s how Catapult was built.

If you don’t believe we can reduce your label costs without compromising quality, service or lead times, put us to the test.