IPMA hits the road with free regional mini-conferences for in-plants: new ideas, emerging technology, networking, vendors, in-plant tours, and more. Join RSA at the Vanderbilt University and State of Tennessee road show.
Watch the leader of one of the largest government in-plant print centers present how they changed their Web to Print and Print MIS software from solutions that were not meeting the needs of the shop or their customers. See what triggered the need for the change, how solution requirements were developed, new solution evaluation, the implementation phase, and more.
The panel shares ideas for how they balance today’s challenges with tomorrow’s opportunities to prepare their shop for the future. Hear how they are future-proofing their operation by using automation and workflow software to proactively address multiple challenges.
At a recent in-plant conference I was reminded of the benefits of remaining focused on long term strategic goals. Spending too much time on production issues like finding paper and rehiring staff can shift your focus away from strategic issues like remaining aligned with your parent organization. An excellent presentation about workflow automation showed how one in-plant has benefited from remaining focused on working toward their strategic goals for over a decade.
Get the ideas for future-proofing your in-plant session handout. Read these exclusive ideas from Blue Valley Schools to start, maintain, and advance an automation-forward mindset that ensures their shop’s future. Presented in the IPMA 2022 conference session, "Ideas for Future-Proofing your In-plant."
In this post, Howie Fenton previews his IPMA conference presentation designed to help in-plants in your recovery from the last two and a half years. He offers suggestions for dealing with four top issues: declining volumes, hiring new staff, and minimizing complaints about pricing, and the impact of the paper shortage.
To celebrate the IPMA's in-plant awareness month, this article talks about combining some new strategies to increase customer satisfaction, awareness, and sales. The ability to demonstrate shop value has been threatened as more customers work from home and more communication, marketing, and sales activities have switched to video communications. Using video for communications and demonstrating services can help in-plants increase satisfaction, awareness and sales.
In this article, we discuss print applications that are likely to decline and grow post-pandemic and a strategy to help you win back clients of your in-plant that may have outsourced their work during the pandemic. Using this knowledge will help you negotiate the twists and turns in product demand.
Inspired by in-plant awareness month, this post talks about the often-overlooked importance of understanding product and service awareness and offers five ideas to help you increase your in-plant’s awareness.
3 tips to lay the building blocks to be a data-driven In-plant operation. Answer questions about which KPIs are important and identify the data collection frequency and tools.