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Manager Shares Steps for Surviving Outsourcing Threat 

StrategiesA manager of an in-house printing facility for a global corporation, who recently survived a wave of outsourcing threats, agreed to share with IPMA members the strategies he used to successfully defend his operation and the steps every in-plant should be taking now to prepare.

 

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New Categories in In-Print Contest -- Enter by Jan. 31
TrophyEntries are now being accepted for this year's In-Print Competition, the only print contest exclusively for in-plants, co-sponsored by IPMA and In-Plant Graphics. Not only does the contest have both Offset and Non-Offset categories, there is a category for projects printed using both techniques. *Plus 5 new categories have been added for users of non-production digital printing devices (speeds of 40 ppm and under).

Your first 3 entries are free as an IPMA member. 

 

 How to Enter

Tips for What Makes a Winning Entry

Becham, Brown and Lindsay Gain Recertification
Amy Becham
David Brown
Barb Lindsay
Amy Becham, CGCM David Brown, CMMBarb Lindsay, CGCM


Congratulations to Amy Becham, CGCM, Manager, Graphics and Printing Solutions, Georgia-Pacific in Atlanta, GA; David Brown, CMM, Mail Services Administrator, Louisiana Workers' Compensation in Baton Rouge, LA; and Barbara Lindsay, Associate Director of Printing Services at Georgia Perimeter College in Clarkston, GA, for successfully achieving recertification through IPMA.

 

IPMA offers two certification programs: Certified Graphic Communications Manager (CGCM) and Certifed Mail Manager (CMM).

 

 Certification Programs

All-Inclusive Registration Rate Plus Low Airfares Make IPMA's Educational Conference an Unbeatable Value

IPMA 2011Learn from those who understand this industry better than anyone -- in-plant managers. Don't miss this special educational event

exclusively for in-plants.

 

Some breakout sessions include: Reposition Your In-Plant to Grow, How to Justify Equipment So Your CFO Approves, Ways to Maximize the Potential of Wide Format, How to Handle Suspicious Mail, Making a Seamless Shift from Offset to Digital, Steps for Developing a Budgeted Hourly Rate, Figuring Total Cost of Ownership, Trouble Call Do's and Don'ts, USPS Regulations and the Care and Training of Customers, Building a Copier Fleet RFP, Future USPS Changes and How to Prepare,  Zen and the Art of Serving the Customer, Developing Managed Print Services, Why Consider Insourcing, Wipe Out MFD Security Threats, Self Promotion Doesn't Cost It Pays -- Plus Many More!

Register Now for the All-Inclusive Rate of $975
See How Your Pricing Compares with 80 In-Plants
IPMA 2010 Pricing Survey ResultsSee how your shop's pricing compares with  with 80 in-plants on issues such as budgeted hourly rate for single color offset? multi-color offset? bindery services? prepress? Plus find out what percentage of respondents are profit centers? insource work from the outside? anticipate and increase in sales in 2011? 

IPMA member price just $25; Nonmembers $199 IPMA participants receive results free.