In the end, only two vendors offered bids. The in-plant's costs were lower. Last month, a decision was made. The in-plant would stay.
Elated over this victory, Williams credits the shop's experienced staff, high-quality output, excellent service and the fact that it has been showing a profit. It also helped that the in-plant received tons of customer support.
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 180 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.