Expressing Your In-plant’s Value

Two areas to rigorously review are revenue and costs. The cost side is clearly the aspect of the printing over which you have the most immediate control, so look at all ways to reduce the fixed costs. These are the costs that keep eating away at your budget even though the volume has changed. While head count is often seen as the easiest way to reduce costs, it is possible to look at alternative areas such as reducing the space allocated to your operations and other general overhead areas. Perhaps this space could be used by other parts of the organization and not be charged to the in-plant.