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The IDEAlliance Paper Inventory Database is the result of a desire by printers, publishers, and paper manufacturers to provide the paper market better inventory visibility. The impetus for the initiative is an ever-repeating paper cycle in which lack of visibility for paper inventories contributes to unnecessary buying that leads to a tight paper market and price increases. The price increases then lead to budget reductions in print volume by publishers, which then lead to utilization problems for printers. The resulting consumption decrease and corresponding inventory de-stocking creates utilization problems for paper companies and price declines. The IDEAlliance Paper Inventory report provides, on a consistent basis, the paper being held in printers' warehouses, whether owned by printers or publishers. Since the manufacturing capacity within the group of reporting companies is dynamic, consumption data is also reported, enabling translation into days of inventory.

IDEAlliance Paper Inventory Database - September 2007

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