Texas University In-plants Gather in Houston

The theme this year was “Will You Win, Place or Show in Your In-plant’s Race for Success?” Sessions urged managers to choose the road to advancement and progress rather than remaining with the status quo.

Jerry Sampson of xpedx was the first keynote speaker, and he took the conference theme to heart. He emphasized that the in-plant must be seen as a winner in its competitive field by offering innovation and new services—especially services that the print-for-pay market is beating them with (e.g. scanning/archiving, photo books). Like famous racehorse Secretariat, he said, in-plants must be so good that they blow away the field.