In-plant Primer 101- Article #1- In-Plant Print Centers Defined
This is the first of a series of articles designed to introduce internal print production, corporate, in-house or in-plant production centers, as they are often called.
Comprised of a 12-article series, two eBooks and a webinar, the initiative is called “In-Plant Primer:
From Operations Basics to Advanced Sales Concepts.” The goal is to provide important background information as well as detailed information to help understand in-plants
This is the first article of the first six-article series and will soon be compiled into a convenient eBook titled: “In-Plant Primer 101: Trends and Challenges.” In this series, I’ll cover the basics of the in-plant market. The second primer and eBook will be called: “In-Plant Primer 201: Operational and Financial Concerns.” Watch for it later this year.
Key Take Aways
- In-plants are found in a wide variety of companies and organizations and offer a wide range of services such as design, copy, printing and other services.
- In-plants are often divided into two categories: one that prints primarily bills and statements for their parent company (transactional printers), and others, called graphic arts in-plants, that don’t specialize in specific documents.
- Transactional in-plants print much higher volumes than graphic arts in-plants (10M/month vs 1M month), but there are significantly fewer transactional in-plants than graphic arts in-plants (1:4 ratio).
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