Plymouth, Mich.

Unisys Plymouth, Mich. It seems only fitting that a pioneering software company like Unisys has one of the country's most cutting-edge in-plants. Having incorporated online book ordering, color management and print-on-demand (POD), Unisys' in-plant has firmly established itself as one of the leading in-plants. It's also one of the largest, with 91 employees and $16.5 million in annual sales. But again, this is only fitting for a company as vast as Unisys. "Unisys is a big company," declares Gregg Gabbana, manager of print-on-demand operations. "It has 37,000 employees and operations in 100 countries. As the company's in-plant, we do the worldwide printing and

After being recognized as a top digital shop, Unisys revamped its offset operation to make it an on-demand model. In 1995, the in-plant at Unisys was recognized as a leader in the digital realm when it was honored with the CAP Ventures Technology Innovators Award. After adding digital technology, the in-plant had reduced its 200,000-square-foot warehouse to an aisle of less than 10,000 square feet, while raising production and quality. But what could the shop do in the offset area to cut costs and offer faster service? "I said, 'Hey, we have to come up with a better way to do offset than