Hey Adobe! What About In-plants?
In its August 1 announcement, Adobe noted: “Moving forward, Adobe has set up a Print Advisory Council and will consult with this group to investigate how best to integrate third-party print services into Adobe products [my emphasis], as more partners invest in online print infrastructures.”
While the makeup of the Advisory Council has not been announced, Adobe has implied on several occasions that the folks that attended the July 17 meeting will be the core. Where does that leave in-plants? In-plants were significantly outnumbered at the July forum that I attended, along with Tom Tozier, director of Printing Services at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Tozier represented the Association of College and University Printers (ACUP), and I represented both college and university interests and the in-plant community. We made some points, to be sure, but I am not sure they were heard.
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Ray Chambers, CGCM, MBA, has invested over 30 years managing and directing printing plants, copy centers, mail centers and award-winning document management facilities in higher education and government.
Most recently, Chambers served as vice president and chief information officer at Juniata College. Chambers is currently a doctoral candidate studying Higher Education Administration at the Pennsylvania State University (PSU). His research interests include outsourcing in higher education and its impact on support services in higher education and managing support services. He also consults (Chambers Management Group) with leaders in both the public and private sectors to help them understand and improve in-plant printing and document services operations.
