Outsourcing--Friend or Foe?

Now Analyze And Maximize

After you have completed this fact-gathering phase, you will have a much better appreciation of what your strengths and weaknesses really are. In fact, you may be surprised.

Analyze the data you have accumulated. Your goal should be to identify the niche(s) where your in-plant is very strong or even excellent. You will find categories where your personnel and equipment resources are well matched to the specific publication. You will also find those areas where performance is obviously poor due to lack of appropriate resources.