Dollars and Sense
At the University of Louisville, the in-plant has cut through waste to eliminate a seven-figure deficit and sharpen its operational efficiency.
"Outsourcing has gone up, but that has helped us improve our bottom line," Knaster asserts.
"Our external print partners use us to keep their presses busy—to us, a 10,000-piece finished run is huge; to them, it's tiny—so we can get some staggeringly low prices," he explains. The trade-off is turnaround. "For outsourcing, it's typically a 10-working-day timeline from awareness to delivery, but if customers can wait, we'll get them absolutely great deals."
- Companies:
- Xerox Corp.
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