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**Pyramid**

```mermaid
flowchart TD
    A["▲ TTW can cut composing cost substantially"] --> B1["● Remove unnecessary process stages"]
    A --> B2["● Raise wages to the local market level"]
    B1 --> C11["○ Productivity trails the benchmark by 20-50%"]
    B1 --> C12["○ Every title gets the same checks regardless of complexity"]
    B1 --> C13["○ Fewer checks on simple jobs: saving up to 10% of composing cost"]
    B1 --> C14["○ Methods study to close the remaining benchmark gap"]
    B2 --> C21["○ Pay below nearby printers: cannot hire or retain compositors, two just left"]
    B2 --> C22["○ Understaffing: most work late, overtime over budget by 50%+"]
    B2 --> C23["○ Competitive pay makes recruitment possible and removes the overtime premium"]
    B2 --> C24["○ A new union claim may force higher pay anyway"]
```

**SCQ ribbon**

```mermaid
flowchart LR
    S["Situation: composition is 40% of hardback and 50-55% of paperback cost"] --> C["Complication: customers call TTW uncompetitive on simple jobs, and TTW does not know whether its cost is excessive"]
    C --> Q["Question: can composing cost be cut?"]
    Q --> A["Answer: yes — substantially, by cutting stages and raising wages"]
    A --> N["Next step: test simple jobs with fewer checks next week, monitoring quality and customer reaction"]
```

**Structure**

- Top: one sentence, answers the reader's question, states a payoff.
- Two first-level groups, same kind (actions), ordered by ranking — the tested, quantified action first.
- Supports: within each branch, evidence of the problem → the action → its payoff.