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Because outsourcing is one mantra invoked by outsiders brought in to turn companies around, the executives hired consultants to look for outsourcing opportunities in all areas of the company. A firm called A.T. Kearney from Chicago looked at the print shops and took its findings to higher-ups whom Stoddard had never met, and who had never even been in his shops. He was not allowed to view or challenge the reports.