Pete Basiliere

Bob has served as editor of In-plant Impressions since October of 1994. Prior to that he served for three years as managing editor of Printing Impressions, a commercial printing publication. Mr. Neubauer is very active in the U.S. in-plant industry. He attends all the major in-plant conferences and has visited more than 170 in-plant operations around the world. He has given presentations to numerous in-plant groups in the U.S., Canada and Australia, including the Association of College and University Printers and the In-plant Printing and Mailing Association. He also coordinates the annual In-Print contest, co-sponsored by IPMA and In-plant Impressions.

IT’S SAFE to say that no one left the 31st annual National Government Publishing Association (NGPA) conference thirsting for more information. Held in Bellevue, Wash., near Seattle, the meeting combined excellent educational sessions with a well-orchestrated plant tour that left many attendees breathless.

InfoPrint Solutions Co., a joint venture between IBM and Ricoh, today announces another step in its on-going program with the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Council through the formation of the Corporate and Faculty Leadership Committees, in support of a milestone research initiative. These groups of leading marketers, experts, authors and academics will provide insight to support InfoPrint’s commitment to and continual drive to educate the marketplace on the value of TransPromo. The company has also been working in partnership with the CMO Council to launch several pilot TransPromo projects with blue chip brands across North America.

Corporate interests in and experiences with e-procurement offerings and how companies are saving money with such solutions are outlined in the results of new survey. Titled “The Print e-Procurement Marketplace: 2007 Print Buyer Survey Results,” the report was produced by George Mason University, in collaboration with the Gartner research firm, under a grant from EDSF. The report is available as a free download at www.edsf.org . ”Today’s web-to-print tools are viable options for print providers and buyers,” said Pete Basiliere, research director, Gartner. “Based on our research, there is no doubt print e-procurement tools improve the purchasing process and generate significant cost savings.” Key

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