In our print area we have a similar type situation. Our designers will create the piece, and then it goes to our in house print shop. It can be there for 5 days to 4-8 weeks depending on the project. Then it will come back to the department secretary who closes out the job by filing samples of the pieces. What I did to help the timeline stay accurate was set a task for it going to the print shop, and then I have a task after that for the secretary that will be set for the number of days that we expect the piece to be at the print shop. We then know if a project is running behind from the print shop or not based on when the secretary gets her samples in. My task for when it goes to the print shop has a must start on or as soon as possible if we are running early, and then the secretary"s first task is as soon as possible with a duration of the number of days it will be at the print shop. Hope this helps! Lauren McCollim, M.B.A, PMP Advertising Project Manager Pensacola Christian College