ACUP '98--A Louisville Slugger

Making his first visit to ACUP, Larry Aaron, executive director of the International Publishing Management Association, pointed out the dangers of making faulty comparisons while benchmarking. Statistics, such as those compiled by Printing Industries of America or National Association of Printers and Lithographers (or even IPMA), don't necessarily define impressions or salaries in exactly the same way, making it difficult for in-plants to benchmark against these figures. Such inaccurate comparisons have been used, he pointed out, to try to close in-plants.