From the Editor Who's Watching the Vendor?

Smart organizations trust their in-plant managers to decide which jobs can be printed more cost-effectively on the outside and which ones are better suited to the in-plant. By supporting their in-plants, those organizations have saved money and improved their own efficiency.

Speaking of in-plant supporters, I'd like to acknowledge someone who has acted as an in-plant advocate for many years. As publisher of IPG since 1997, Gary Rubin has been a well-known face to many of you who attend industry conferences. Gary recently retired from IPG. I wanted to personally thank him for his years of service to the magazine and to the in-plant industry. He asked me to relay his best wishes to the many managers he got to know over the years. Those who have met him will surely miss him.