Government Printers Meet in New Orleans
During a recession, he noted, people are more open to doing things differently to save money. This is the time to meet with customers, explain your shared priorities and tell them what your in-plant can do to help them succeed.
Achieving strategic relevance with the parent organization should be every in-plant's goal, and Xerox's Ed Danielczyk offered some advice on how to go about it. As PSO World Wide Industry Marketing Manager, he has visited in-plants all around the world. His recent trip to Asia showed him that in-plants everywhere face the same challenges, including proving their value. He offered these five steps to success:
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.