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: