From the Editor: Raise Your Rates
The reality is, your costs are rising all the time. Paper, ink, gasoline for delivery vehicles, they’re all getting pricier by the day (as are employee wages and benefits). Some in-plants factor rising consumables costs into each job estimate without touching the overall rate. But what of future needs like software and equipment upgrades? A tactful rate increase (that takes competitors’ rates into account) will help you cover these costs.
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.
