Business Management - In-plant Justification

In-plants Celebrate Awareness Month
February 28, 2018 at 12:17 pm

In-plant Awareness Month gave many in-plants a chance to promote themselves in February. All around the country, in-plants held open houses, set up tables in public areas to promote their services, held employee luncheons and more. Here's a look at what some in-plants did.

Use Analytics to Demonstrate Your In-plant’s Value
February 8, 2018 at 10:27 am

We live in an age of data. It influences nearly every business decision that gets made. Embracing data and analytics in your in-plant is an important way to express the value you bring — in terms that data-minded decision makers can appreciate.

The Future of the In-plant Industry
February 7, 2018 at 1:14 pm

In this webinar Editor Bob Neubauer will unveil IPG’s new research and offer his observations on where the industry is going.

From the Editor: Never Stop Marketing
February 2, 2018 at 5:10 pm

Many of you have no idea how or why your in-plant got started. This is one reason why our story on Schneider Electric’s in-plant is so interesting. The in-plant was created just eight years ago, so the decision-makers are still around, their reasons still known. You need to remind your upper management why your in-plant was created and the value you still provide.

Outsourcing Out! In-plants Back In
January 30, 2018 at 2:06 pm

Many of you have no idea how your in-plant got started. To be fair, it may have been a really long time ago for some of you. I know of several in-plants that are more than 100 years old, and many that came to life before the Beatles hit the airwaves. The details of why […]

Take Our In-plant Survey, Win a Prize
December 20, 2017 at 9:22 am

Preliminary results from an IPG research survey now being conducted reveal signs of renewed optimism in the in-plant community. Add your voice to our research by taking our quick survey. You could win a nice prize.

Management by Wandering Around
December 11, 2017 at 4:08 pm

Organizations where management makes unstructured, random visits to the shop floor tend to be more efficient and enjoy greater morale.

In-plant Survival Lessons
December 8, 2017 at 10:15 am

A continued focus on three critical success factors will increase the value of in-plants and reduce outsourcing efforts.