Meeting Of The Minds
Keeping upper management informed is essential, managers agreed. Boeing's in-plant management is in close contact with the upper levels, sending weekly activity reports. LSU and Target suggested getting the top brass to visit the in-plant, perhaps during an open house—just make sure it's clean, busy and there are no employee problems brewing, noted Target's rep.
Winning awards is another good way to give your operation a good reputation, stressed Allstate's representative. Allstate, UC-Berkeley and Cigna have earned NAPL Gold Awards, and many others have won In-Print awards.
This is just a sample of the countless ideas exchanged at this meeting of the Top 70 in-plants. Because of the enthusiasm generated by this roundtable, IPG plans to turn this into an annual event. It will likely be scheduled during next year's Graph Expo, October 6-9.
Bob Neubauer can be contacted at Bob Neubauer
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The Participants
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Corporate:
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-Allstate:
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Jerry Grouzard
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-Best Buy:
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Rick Fiebiger
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-Blue Cross-Blue Shield of Minnesota:
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Lee Sperl, Tom Swenson
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-Boeing:
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Bill Kennedy, Bela Farkas
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-Cigna:
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John Panhorst
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-Safeco:
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Stephen Benzon
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-Target Corp:
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Gary Hiltbrand, Robb Gruman
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-Unisys:
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Gregg Gabanna, Steve Steen
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Government:
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-State of Ohio:
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Joe Tucker
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- People:
- Bob Neubauer
- Places:
- Chicago
- Ohio
- WASHINGTON
