In-plants 
Bring Value to Colleges and Universities

Recommendations for Success

To ensure that in-plant operations are delivering the right products and services through the right means and to the right constituents, the research revealed the following recommendations for success:

Maintain the Production Infrastructure. This should be a key priority for in-plants. Equipment and software have two distinct life cycles: An operational life and a market life. Continuing to use equipment or software beyond their market life simply because they still function at some level reduces the overall productivity of the shop and its value to the institution.