The recent IPMA conference in Oklahoma City was a perfect opportunity for in-plant managers to mingle and learn.

By Bob Neubauer

They met with each vendor three times, visited sites to see their equipment in action, drew up pro/con lists and had each machine print the same sample job. Then they awarded each vendor points based on price, service/support, fit to the curriculum and other factors.

Workflow changes were the biggest obstacle they encountered. To date, 75 percent of all impressions are produced by the in-plant and 25 percent by the academic program, most of those done for non-profit groups by the students. Applications for the printing program have increased since the installation.

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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.

IPMA 2007 Conference: More Than OK