Richard Vines

Richard Vines
The Traits That Matter

THE WIDESPREAD neglect of the in-plant is a phenomenon that makes no sense at all. To really understand the capacity and sustainability of the industry, I have attempted to frame the future through the lens of those that make up the industry. To do this, I asked myself: What are the attributes of successful in-house personnel

In-plants: An Epicenter of Industry Transformation

THE INTERNET has distracted enterprise management from the importance of adopting a strategic approach to the management of print. It is true that the print industry has embraced huge transformations in the past 15 years; there is nothing left of the print industry of just 20 years ago. But in many ways, the changes of the past 15 years have been about using digital technologies to emulate aspects of the analog print industry. A different type of transformation is now underway. The combined impact of the Internet and digitization is the root cause of a migration of print production closer to the source