Konica's In-plant Practices What It Preaches

Because it has been operating more efficiently, Konica Printing Services has been able to take in more high-value work, says Embury. Last January, the in-plant started accepting outside commercial print jobs.

"We work one shift, eight hours a day, five days a week," Embury says. "Outside work is helping to keep the POD center running at 80 percent capacity. Impressions per month have decreased, but our monthly billing has increased. That's because the commercial work and internal work is more high value. Instead of producing black-and-white pages, we're producing more color."