A Texas In-plant Roundup
The Outsourcing Threat
After that session, the outsourcing theme picked up in earnest. Jack Williams, manager of the University of Tennessee's Graphic Arts Services operation, told the story of how his 44-employee in-plant, after just passing an internal review with flying colors, was suddenly on the chopping block. His school's board of trustees issued a directive to begin soliciting proposals from outside vendors for the possible outsourcing of his in-plant as part of a campus-wide analysis of all service operations.
- Companies:
- Canon U.S.A.
- Xerox Corp.
- Places:
- Austin, Texas
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.
