Print On Demand is about using technology to put your customers’ needs’ first.That’s one reason in-plants have taken the lead.

By Vic Barkin

What POD means from an in-plant perspective is summed up aptly by Larry Clements, of Redlands Community College: “Print On Demand means that we don’t have to keep as much inventory on such things as catalogs, student handbooks, brochures. In the past when most everything was done on the press it didn’t make sense to print 100 copies of a document when you knew that within a couple of weeks we would have to put the job back on the press to print an additional 100 copies. It’s a bit of a no brainier, with digital technology, not to keep lower inventories.”

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Vic Nathan Barkin has more than 35 years of experience in the printing, paper and wood products industries and currently owns a consulting practice specializing in business development, workflow, and technology implementation, focusing on “Green Procurement and Production” practices. Vic is a QMS Lead Auditor certified to ISO 9001:2008 standards, is a consultant for the Rainforest Alliance as an FSC Chain of Custody and Controlled Wood senior auditor, is an FSC, SFI and PEFC lead auditor for PricewaterhouseCoopers and SGS North America, and has engaged in more than 700 site assessments and audits.

In-Plants and POD: Ahead of the Curve