In-Plant Primer 201: Article #5- The "Best" Production Print Operational Metrics. Part of our dealer and vendor in-plant education initiative, "In-Plant Primer: From Operations Basics to Advanced Sales Concepts." The best metrics are actionable and consistent with how you are evaluated.
Operational Excellence is No Longer Optional One of the highlights from Print 17 were a number of excellent presentations by leading companies who have demonstrated operational excellence. One example was presented during the Print 17 Luncheon by the managers of the Blue Valley Schools' in-plant. In the presentation video, staff explain the benefits of...
In-Plant Primer 201: Article #4-In-plant manager VS Administration View of the In-plant Benefits & Value Proposition. The benefits and value proposition for in-plant managers and executives are different. Part of our dealer and vendor in-plant education initiative "In-Plant Primer: From Operations Basics to Advanced Sales Concepts."
Idealliance Capital Investment Study Findings At Print 17, I had the chance to sit down with Andy Paparozzi, chief economist at Idealliance, and talked about the latest research on investment priorities. I had worked with Andy on the last Capital Investment study and was interested in learning about the latest study entitled "Capital Investment: Where
In-Plant Primer 201: Article #3- Specific In-plant and Commercial Printer Terms and Language to Use and Avoid. Using the Wrong Language with an In-plant Can Result in Being Shown to the Door. Part of our dealer and vendor in-plant education initiative "In-Plant Primer: From Operations Basics to Advanced Sales Concepts," this is the third post of the advanced in-plant primer series.
In our last In-plant Insights blog post we talked about the different in-plant business models: fully funded, partially funded and partially charge-back, full cost recovery / break-even and revenue or profit-driven. During a recent webinar, we offered an observation about the changing business models which is represented by the blue arrows in the graphic. Although only observation, we believe that:
In-Plant Primer 201: Article #2- In-plants by Vertical Impact Size, Concerns and What is Printed. Understanding in-plant verticals can help identify in-plant size, provide insight into the type of printing produced and typical print volumes. Part of our initiative to educate dealers and vendors about in-plants, “In-Plant Primer: From Operations Basics to Advanced Sales Concepts." This is the second post of the advanced in-plant primer series, “In-Plant Primer 201: Operational and Financial Concerns.
Few things strike fear in the hearts of in-plants more than the announcement that they are under review. The administration can call this many things, including: an analysis, review, comparison of performance, or evaluation of best practices. Whatever it is called, it means scrutiny. In some cases,
In-Plant Primer 201: Article #1- In-plant Financial Models and Their Impact on Decisions. If you are a regular reader, you may already know that we working with industry consultant, Howie Fenton, to create information for dealers, reps and owners and print equipment vendors to help them better understand the in-plant market. Comprised of two six-article series, this post starts our more advanced topics in second series.
This is the third and last in a series of blogs that addresses how to create a strategy to justify your in-plant's existence. In the first blog, we talked about measuring performance. In the second, how to use benchmarking to prove your value, and in this blog, we will discuss the growing importance of non-print technologies and services.
This is the second of three blogs that address how to create a strategy to justify your existence and prove the value of the in-plant, corporate or in-house print center. In the first blog, we talked about measuring performance. In this blog, we are discussing bench-marking performance.
In-Plant Primer 101: Article #6- 8 In-plant Questions that Identify Workflow Solution Opportunities This in-plant primer article is the sixth in a 12-article series designed to help dealers and print vendors understand in-plants called "In-Plant Primer: From Operations Basics to Advanced Sales Concepts." All topics were announced in our first post. This last article in the
In-Plant Primer 101: Article #5- Industry Trends Occurring With In-plants. This article is part of a print vendor and dealer in-plant education series to. This article focuses on positive and negative in-plant industry trends, including outsourcing and insourcing.
In the recent PRIMIR study entitled "Digital Printing Technology's Influence on the U.S. In-Plant Printing Market" that IMG worked on with IDC, we identified that the top in-plant challenges focused on justifying:
In-Plant Primer 101: Article #4- Recent Technology Changes and Their Impact on In-plants. This article is part of a print vendor and dealer education series to understand in-plants. We discuss technology like inkjet, SaaS and the big three software automation tools.
In a presentation recently, I was asked if there were specific times in-plants are more likely to invest. I had to think for a second because the commercial and in-plant investment plans are different in many ways. First, in-plants tend to hang on to equipment longer
In-plant Primer 101- Article #3- Typical In-plant Contacts to Engage. This in-plant primer article is the third article in a series of 12 articles designed to help dealers and print vendors understand in-plants. It doesn't matter if you're a customer or a salesperson, who you can talk with in an in-plant print center is based on the number of staff that work at the in-plant.
The latest State of the Industry report written by Andy Paparozzi, the Chief Economist at IdeaAlliance, was recently published. In his presentation at a recent conference, Andy spoke of the decline in overall work from a high of $98.3B in 2007 to a low of $77B in 2011. Since then however,
In-plant Primer 101- Article #2- 3 Typical Problems In-plants Face. This in-plant primer article is the second article in a series of 12 articles designed to help dealers and print vendors understand in-plants. In this article, we'll discuss the some overall challenges and the top in-plant issue- cutting costs.
Tips For Increasing Awareness of Your In-Plant Print Center February is the In-plant Printing and Mailing Association's (IPMA's) In-Plant Awareness Month. For everyone actively working to increase their customers’ awareness, congratulations. For those who don’t know where to start, here are seven ideas. Survey Customers and non-customers. Surveys can provide two functions. In our assessments