Business Management - In-plant Justification

Decision-makers are now facing difficult choices. Now more than ever, in-plants must identify key performance indicators and leverage data to justify their existence.

The In-plant Printing and Mailing Association concluded its weeklong series of in-plant webinars yesterday with an information-packed presentation by consultant Greg Cholmondeley that detailed how in-plants can go about writing a five-year strategic plan.

The decision was made. Vanderbilt University Printing Services would be shut down. Employees received layoff notices in March, and the Nashville in-plant was scheduled to close on June 1. And then the coronavirus hit.

Few in-plants are as busy right now as those serving hospitals and health care facilities. Their staffs are reporting to work to print critical materials to help hospitals save the lives of COVID-19 patients.

In this webinar, you will learn the nine steps necessary to achieving financial stability.

Bloomberg Ink was recently saluted by The Honor Foundation for providing a professionally printed and bound a journal for the foundation to present to service members.

In-plants that view themselves as being in their parent organization’s business will develop strategies to help the organization thrive and meet its goals.

At PRINTING United, Consultant Howie Fenton talked with RSA's Vince Tutino about the two prongs that in-plants need to remain competitive and survive.

Noted in-plant consultant Ray Chambers has donated his 30 years of in-plant-related research to the In-plant Printing and Mailing Association. The searchable archive is now available to IPMA members.

There are several reasons in-plants give for not having up-to-date and relevant strategic plans, but all of them are bogus, says Analyst Greg Cholmondeley.