Business Management - In-plant Justification

Outsourcing companies make a lot of promises but often fail to perform as expected. Here are three organizations that got fed up, dumped their outside print providers and started their own successful in-plants.

Outsourcing is one of those issues that seems like it’s always going to be with us in the in-plant industry. No sooner do I report on an in-plant that scored a victory over a facilities management takeover attempt, when I hear about another in-plant being shuttered due to a backroom outsourcing deal.

When is the right time to bring in a consultant to help you justify your in-plant? Before the word “outsourcing” comes out of your boss’s mouth.

Hard work, smart equipment decisions and appropriate internal publicity have helped the Logistics Management Institute’s in-plant win its parent organization’s confidence - and nearly 100% of its business.

Earlier this month, the University of Virginia's Printing & Copying Services department hosted an in-plant event that drew nearly 35 people to its Charlottesville facility.

Following up on the success seen at IPMA Road Show events across the country, the University of Oklahoma hosted a two-day event that drew more than 50 attendees from in-plants around the region.

In-plant Awareness Month gave many in-plants a chance to promote themselves in February. All around the country, in-plants held open houses, set up tables in public areas to promote their services, held employee luncheons and more. Here's a look at what some in-plants did.

Frisco Independent School District's in-plant turned the launch of a testimonial video into an awareness, promotional and employee-engagement opportunity during in-plant awareness month.

We live in an age of data. It influences nearly every business decision that gets made. Embracing data and analytics in your in-plant is an important way to express the value you bring — in terms that data-minded decision makers can appreciate.

In this webinar Editor Bob Neubauer will unveil IPG’s new research and offer his observations on where the industry is going.