IPMA 2005 Transforming Your In-plant

An Insourcing Success Story

The impressive story of how the Allstate Print Communication Center went from insourcing $81,000 in 1997 to $3.6 million in 2002 was recounted by Jerry Grouzard, senior print communication manager. He admitted that when the in-plant was told to test the insourcing waters eight years ago, he was not initially in favor of the idea. But after getting decent results the first year, the shop saw the potential of insourcing and hired a sales staff to sell its services.