Business Management - In-plant Justification
Ellen Abbey has some strong advice for any organization thinking about closing its in-plant and hiring a print outsourcing firm: “Don’t do it!” She should know. She spent five years trying to make it work before kicking that company out and bringing back the in-plant.
The in-plant for C&S Wholesale Grocers is always looking for new and more creative ways to help further the company’s mission.
Outsourcing companies will stop at nothing to convince your in-plant's upper management they can cut costs. A sneak attack like this happened at the University of Cincinnati a few years ago — but the outsourcing company overlooked one crucial thing.
More than 30 in-plant managers attended an in-plant road show March 28 on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus, organized by the In-plant Printing & Mailing Association.
Value-added services are a great first step, but Consultant Howie Fenton believes that by integrating their services, in-plants can increase their efficiency and align themselves more closely with their organization's mission.
In-plant Awareness Month ended yesterday, and numerous in-plants took advantage of it to promote their services throughout the month.
At next week's IPMA 2019 conference, consultant Greg Cholmondeley will deliver the opening keynote on the topic of "What In-plants Need to Do to Stay Alive in 2019." We caught up with him to find out more.
The Ithaca College Center for Print Production got a great PR boost recently when the college newspaper, The Ithacan, produced a very professional video touting the in-plant's capabilities as part of its #ICHowItWorks series of videos.
Seeking a new perspective when crafting its business plan, Oregon State University Printing and Mailing Services sought out its past directors to learn what had worked for them and what ideas they had for the in-plant’s future.
Available free of charge to all in-plants, the In-plant Printing and Mailing Association's self-assessment tool is designed to help in-plants improve their operational health.