Merge Ahead

For example, a major Northeast insurance company's in-plant had been recovering 100 percent of its costs for years. It had prices 35 percent lower than outside printers. But when the company was purchased, the CEO who had supported the in-plant was gone and the in-plant was audited by the acquiring company's printer. Needless to say, the audit uncovered "inefficiencies" and the new parent decided to outsource.