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Read about topics relevant to in-plant, in-house and corporate print centers in all vertical markets. Get insights from RSA and guest industry bloggers like Howie Fenton and Ryan McAbee.

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  • Elisha Kasinskas
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  • 03 September 2013

Tom Rohrbach Discusses Being Progressive at PRINT 13 In-Plant Panel

This article is the third of an in-depth series introducing each of the in-plant panelists on the PRINT 13 panel I'll be moderating on September 9th, titled "Empowered In-plants: Tell-All Success Stories from the Field." The session features in-plant leaders in insurance, higher education and government. Tom Rohrbach is an IT Systems Engineer Consultant at Progressive Insurance. Over the past twenty years, Tom has had primary responsibility for the evolution of transactional print and mail from a manually intensive process to a fully automated ADF.

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  • Elisha Kasinskas
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  • 01 August 2013

Abbas Badani Tells All at In-Plant Panel at Print 13

Abbas Badani is the Director of Penn State University Mail, Print and Copy Operations (MPC). With 25 plus years of international experience in Print and Mail, Abbas and his team at Penn State continue to prosper and succeed in challenging times, re-positioning the in-plant as a strategic asset of the university.

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  • Elisha Kasinskas
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  • 17 July 2013

Mike Lincoln Reveals the Secret to In-Plant Success at Print 13

This article is the first of a series introducing each of the successful in-plant panelists on the PRINT 13 "Empowered In-plants: Tell-All Success Stories from the Field," panel I'll be moderating on September 9th.  The session features in-plant leaders in Insurance, Higher Education, Healthcare and Government. Introducing: Mike Lincoln, Operations Manager of IDS, State of Colorado Mike Lincoln is the State of Colorado Operations Manager of Integrated Document Solutions (IDS).

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  • Elisha Kasinskas
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  • 03 July 2013

Secrets of Successful In-Plants Revealed at Print 13 Panel

Announcing Panelists for Successful In-Plant Panel at Print 13 Last year's top In-plant panel at Graph Expo was so well received that there will be an in-plant panel session at the show again this year. Titled "In-Plant Panel: Success Stories from the Field,"

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  • Elisha Kasinskas
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  • 20 June 2013

Web to Print & Workflow Automation Can Secure an In-Plant's Future

This In-Plant Graphics webinar, sponsored by RSA, features Ventura County, CA and MIT discussing how in-plants can leverage workflow automation software to secure their future by keeping costs low, facilitating customer savings, and adding services to remain relevant.

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  • Elisha Kasinskas
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  • 11 April 2013

Build a Better In-Plant: Four VDP Tips to Get You Started

This quarter's tips are VDP strategies to start your variable business. Part of RSA's "Build a Better In-Plant" series Every in-plant manager struggles with a constant shift of customer priorities. In the middle of those requests is one for a customizable promotional piece for sales.

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  • Elisha Kasinskas
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  • 07 March 2013

Your Print Center Needs a Traffic Cop (Output Management Software)

Marketing Director Complexity Simplified and Money Saved with Print Management In the past, only high volume operations had central output management system software. However, as print center complexity has increased- think about the variety of input sources, the mix of printers, and the multitude of possible outputs- a tool to automate, centralize

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  • Elisha Kasinskas
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  • 14 January 2013

In-plants: Team Re-Org Tips from an In-plant Leader

In this session of our occasional audio series, "In-Plant Print Leader Chat" our featured in-plant leader chats about reorganizing reams for efficiency. Re-aligning your in-plant's team to meet new needs or handle more work with fewer people is a fact of in-plant life.

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  • Elisha Kasinskas
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  • 05 November 2012

Valuable Budget Tips from an In-plant Leader

This informal audio-only call is designed as a quick way for in-plant leaders to share information and help other busy in-plants learn from these leaders in an intimate setting.

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  • Elisha Kasinskas
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  • 01 October 2012

Elements of an In-Plant Multi-Channel Campaign That Worked

Phil Larson continues his series of how-to articles to help in-plants build successful multi-channel offerings. This week's blog post looks closer at the elements of a good multi-channel campaign and what makes it work – how an in-plant can offer multi-channel in addition to printing solutions.

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  • Elisha Kasinskas
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  • 10 September 2012

Partners in the In-Plant Multi-Channel Process: Five Friends You Need

Master in-plant leader Phil Larson, president of Shepherd Consulting OK and former director of AFPress and grafaccent at American Fidelity, continues his series of how-to articles to help in-plants build a road map for successful multi-channel offerings. This week we talk about the support needed for an in-plant to offer multi-channel in addition to printing solutions. 

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  • Elisha Kasinskas
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  • 31 August 2012

In-Plant Multi-Channel GPS: Sail and Develop a Plan

How can an in-plant build variable and multi-channel offerings? Master in-plant leader Phil Larson, president of Shepherd Consulting OK and former director of AFPress and grafaccent at American Fidelity, has written a series of how-to articles for in-plants and those who work with corporate print centers. This week we will cover how an in-plant can determine their direction and develop a plan to add variable and multi-channel offerings to their services.

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  • Elisha Kasinskas
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  • 27 August 2012

In-Plant Multi-Channel GPS: How to Build These Offerings - a Series

It all started when one division of a supported company challenged the existing team to build an on-demand method of printing sales collateral. The team succeeded, despite cumbersome hardware and software, ultimately delivering just-in-time results for the division and trimming costs by 50 percent a year.

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