From the Editor: Stress Your Value
Of course, while you're doing all this, you still have to be saving the organization a good deal of money—and you have to be able to prove it, too. Calculate your in-plant's financial contribution, then make sure your CFO is aware of it.
Just doing all these things isn't enough, either. You have to market your contributions and clearly articulate the value your in-plant brings. We've covered all of these areas in past articles (all available on our online archives) and will continue to do so. For now, though, I'd better get busy pulling these ideas together into my presentation. (I have to prove my value, too.)
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.
