In-plant Purchasing Decisions in a Recession

Assuming that respondents were going to report declines in revenue for 2008 and 2009, the survey went on to ask participants what their organizations were planning to do to offset these declines. When asked about their plans for staffing in 2009, in-plant respondents stated that they planned to reduce staffing by a mean of 1 percent. Another 70 percent stated that they had no current plans to add or remove staff, while 9 percent planned some level of increase and 21 percent stated some level of decrease. Of the 21 percent that stated they were considering staff reductions, 19 percent said they were expecting to trim fewer than 10 percent of their in-plant print-related positions.