In-plant Managers Tune Up In Nashville
"I have not, in my research, found a single study [meeting academic standards for research design] that supports the notion that outsourcing a non-academic support service decreases costs or improves quality," Chambers stated. "And I've looked."
To back them up, schools and organizations use "research" offered by vendors and special interest groups. But these self-serving statistics do not hold up to the standards of academic evaluation, which require peer review and follow sound research design principles. Managers should point this out when confronted with such studies, Chambers said.
Bob has served as editor of In-plant Impressions since October of 1994. Prior to that he served for three years as managing editor of Printing Impressions, a commercial printing publication. Mr. Neubauer is very active in the U.S. in-plant industry. He attends all the major in-plant conferences and has visited more than 180 in-plant operations around the world. He has given presentations to numerous in-plant groups in the U.S., Canada and Australia, including the Association of College and University Printers and the In-plant Printing and Mailing Association. He also coordinates the annual In-Print contest, co-sponsored by IPMA and In-plant Impressions.
