Refurbished equipment enables tight-budgeted in-plants to enhance their services and grow business. By Gretchen A. Peck When North Broward Hospital District's graphic communications department decided to upgrade its press capabilities, Director Dick Raveson didn't focus on the sparkling new presses decorating the manufacturers' showrooms. His eye was drawn to the used equipment market, where he found a pair of MAN Roland presses just right for his Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., in-plant. "There's no need for me to go out and spend $2.5 million if I don't need that kind of firepower," Raveson says. "Not that we wouldn't like a new press, but meeting the needs
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Mismanagement, underfunding and poor morale are just some of the battles in-plants have to fight. Against the odds, some in-plants have turned themselves around. by Allan Martin Kemler WHEN RICHARD Raveson first came to the North Broward Hospital District in-plant, the machines were broken, the staff was unhappy and the management was indifferent. The in-plant was like a chronically ill patient in a world without doctors. Thanks to Raveson's skills as a manager, though, not only has the patient recovered, it's never been better. But 12 years ago, Raveson says, it would have been pretty hard to imagine this kind of turnaround. Back then,
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