Something About IPMA...
Franklin talked about frugality and avoiding waste. Today's in-plants can practice this by eliminating anything that doesn't add value in the customer's eyes, like overproduction, idle time between job steps and inefficient delivery processes.
Unfair Competition is Essential
One very eye-opening and insightful presentation was given by Burr Millsap, associate vice president for Administrative Affairs at the University of Oklahoma (and IPMA President John Sarantakos' boss).
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.
