Expressing Your In-plant’s Value

I read Bob Neubauer's editorial in the September issue of IPG, titled "Beware the Backstab." He emphasized in-plants must be proactive in communicating with their parent organizations. An in-plant manager must take the initiative when defining the in-plant's purpose and contribution to upper management. It is still a numbers game, and the in-plant manager is responsible for calculating the in-plant's financial contribution and articulating that contribution to upper management.