The Kinko's Threat

Up at Michigan State University, Carmen Crist, General Manager of MSU Printing Services, says the local Kinko's pushed to become a preferred vendor with the university. The purchasing director initially sent the Kinko's representative to Printing Services, which was coincidentally putting out a Request For Proposal for its document management and production services. But when the Kinko's proposal came in late and was disqualified, the company returned to purchasing and asked again for preferred vendor status.