Business Management

Like many out there, I got a crash course in telecommuting over the past week and a half thanks to the coronavirus pandemic. The experience has had its ups and downs.

Last Thursday the country seemed to explode with anxiety as the realization set in that the coronavirus really could be a big deal. Here are some updates from in-plants about how the pandemic is impacting them.

Everyone was waiting for it, and now the industry's biggest domino has fallen. The drupa trade fair scheduled for June 16-26 will be postponed almost a year, to April 20-30, 2021.

I’m still healthy. But the coronavirus has hit me anyway. Events are being canceled, people are stressing about traveling, and with a busy spring of conferences ahead, what’s going to happen?

The new higher-education membership program includes free access to industry-leading certification courses for all students, educators, and print center team members. The membership includes regular Idealliance benefits, and various online certification courses.

Learn how migrating to a Smart Print Shop will help you run more productively, efficiently, and earn more profits.

The in-plant industry was saddened last week to learn that long-time University of Delaware in-plant manager Rodney Brown had passed away

Sooner than expected, the U.S. Senate held the nomination hearing for the future director of the Government Publishing Office yesterday in Washington, D.C. It was the public's first opportunity to see and hear Hugh Nathanial Halpern and learn his thoughts about GPO and his ideas for its future — and not all of his observation about GPO were positive.

For the past two years, the Government Publishing Office has been led by a series of acting directors. President Trump's previous nomination for the position was later withdrawn. This new nominee comes without the printing pedigree of most of his predecessors.

Last week in Topeka, Kan., dozens of in-plant managers met for a Public Sector Symposium organized by the In-plant Printing and Mailing Association. State printers from Colorado, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Kansas attended the two-day event, along with many other government and educational in-plants.