Performing Under Pressure

While the in-plant must keep the information confidential, it must also get the information out quickly. Much of the material the shop produces is time-sensitive. The research reports it prints for its market analysts, for example, have a 24-hour turnaround time.

Schleuter says the shop also produces high numbers of brochures, advertising materials, corporate forms and sales memos. Much of this is done as two-color work produced on offset presses. He points out that about 60 percent of the work the in-plant does is in color.