New Directions for Tomorrow's In-plant Industry

The in-plant is in a potentially crucial position in a world of increasing digital media convergence.

By Richard Vines

The modern world is indebted to print. Gutenberg's legacy gave rise to mass literacy and established the foundation for an era of mass production.

But the rise of computer networks and Internet protocols is already spawning a new era. Some of the important features of this emerging world are personalization and mass-customization (instead of mass production), accessibility of content from the desktop and print-on-demand.