Manufacturing Industry In-plants Close To The Core

Mike Schrader at Mercury Marine has worked out a number of unique insourcing partnerships to boost the revenue flow into his in-plant.

"There's one major printer in town who does some stuff for us. They have all big printers, and we have small ones," he says.

So Schrader has roped in some of the work that would not be economical for the commercial printer to produce. The Mercury Marine in-plant has also picked up work from Brunswick Corp., its parent company.