Six Steps To Make Your In-plant 
Financially Fit

4. Competitive Advantage

The strongest in-plant is the one that maximizes its unique advantages and business niches to give the parent organization value it can't get at a lesser cost from an alternative source. Aligning the mission of your broader organization with your in-plant's own business mission is absolutely essential. Look for as many matches as you can find. For example, consider using company or purchased data to provide cross-channel marketing or your own dedicated Web site. Create efficient production workflows that give your in-plant an advantage. One area where in-plants have long held the advantage is information security. Keeping data within the in-plant, rather than sending it out to external services providers, translates to increased security of business information.