Pittsburg, Kansas

Insourcing is a great source of revenue for in-plants. But what happens if your parent organization frowns upon one of your customers? At Pittsburg State University (PSU), officials declared this week that the in-plant could no longer accept work from politicians, according to a report by KOAM-TV, in Pittsburg, Kansas. Officials worried that taking print work from politicians gave the impression the university was endorsing one candidate over another. (Never mind that all candidates were welcome to bring their work, and politicians paid the same price as other customers.) Though the in-plant manager at PSU did not return IPG’s calls today, he was presumably

ROLLING HILLS ESTATES, CA—Dec. 6, 2006—A new EDSF study, titled “Current and Future Use of MIS/ERP Systems in Production Printing in the U.S.,” reveals insights into Management Information Systems/Enterprise Resource Planning (MIS/ERP) solutions. EDSF, the non-profit organization dedicated to the document management and communications marketplace, in collaboration with Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, Kansas, examine current and future use of MIS/ERP--- which provides an automated workflow for print production---in the print marketplace. The EDSF study is available as a free download at www.edsf.org. The report was made possible through an EDSF research grant provided to Pittsburg State. According to Dr. Jesús J. Rodríguez,

What types of hurdles might you face if you try to integrate with your data center? Find out from two managers in the midst of the process. Integrating your in-plant with your organization's data center/information systems department can not only save big money for your organization, but it can bring more equipment and support to your in-plant. In-Plant Graphics recently spoke with two university in-plant managers about the hurdles and benefits of merging with the data center. • Linda Grilz, director of printing services at Pittsburg State University, in Pittsburg, Kan., integrated with her university's data center a year ago.