What are the costs of an in-house spray operation?
There are numerous primary, secondary and hidden costs. Primary costs are materials, people, energy, water and the cost of compliance. Secondary costs are the cost of rework, the time involved in manufacturing the product, the number of manufacturing steps appropriate to produce a product in a spray operation, and, of course, touch-ups. Hidden costs include lack of flexibility, since you can only apply one coat at a time, growth limitations and slower manufacturing cycle time due to a paint line bottleneck.
