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"Surveys are very important," he said. "Your customers' needs are changing."
He also told managers to closely monitor their bottom line. "Look at your bottom line at least four times a year," he said, and reduce your cost structures as volumes decline.
When doing a "make vs. buy analysis," he noted, don't focus only on the lowest-cost provider, but take the average of all providers. This is most likely what you will end up paying.
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.
