ng landscape in the paper industry. In-
stead of mass production, they are now able to produce the product according to customer
needs. With more individualized orders, fewer inventories will accumulate in the long run.
Unfortunately, even with this repositioning, the mill is slowly losing market share to its
competitors. Other paper mills are able to produce the same or similar product at a lower
price. With the current state of mill operations, Champion cannot match these lower costs.
One important reason for the lower costs is that most competitors have their own pulp mill
while Hamilton Mill does not have such a property. This leaves the mill at the whim of
high pulp market prices. For the current time, they are trying to remain in the market with
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