Franklin University Brings Printing In-house
While researching this, he contacted consultant Jerry Sampson, then with xpedx, who did a feasibility study on the types of printing being outsourced, the volumes and the cost. The study showed that starting an in-plant and moving some printing in-house "had the potential for about 30 percent savings," Donahue says. In just the first year, that would yield approximately $90,000 in reduced spending—a figure he simply could not ignore.
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.
