Thom Roylance

Bob has served as editor of In-plant Impressions since October of 1994. Prior to that he served for three years as managing editor of Printing Impressions, a commercial printing publication. Mr. Neubauer is very active in the U.S. in-plant industry. He attends all the major in-plant conferences and has visited more than 170 in-plant operations around the world. He has given presentations to numerous in-plant groups in the U.S., Canada and Australia, including the Association of College and University Printers and the In-plant Printing and Mailing Association. He also coordinates the annual In-Print contest, co-sponsored by IPMA and In-plant Impressions.

Last month the Association of Rocky Mountain College and University Mail Services (ARMCUMS) met in Rapid CIty, S.D., for its 15th annual conference—finishing up just before a major snowstorm paralyzed the city.

A partnership between Brigham Young University and Deseret Mutual Benefit Administrators has resulted in both in-plants installing seven-color HP Indigo 7000 digital color presses. What’s more, a pooled click charge arrangement has reduced costs for each.

The Sunshine State proved a great location for last week’s Association of College and University Printers conference. More than 125 higher-ed in-plant managers converged on Clearwater Beach, Fla., for the 44th annual event. IPG Editor Bob Neubauer had the honor of being the first speaker. His state-of-the-in-plant address drew data from a major IPG industry survey, and ACUP attendees were the first to see the results. (They also learned other interesting facts, like which manager has appeared on the most IPG covers.) Other key sessions: • Purdue’s Chuck Tuttle and Thom Roylance of Brigham Young University took turns discussing the challenges and benefits of

One of the largest university in-plants, the BYU Print & Mail Production Center is reorganizing to make itself more efficient and customer friendly. By Bob Neubauer When Brigham Young University merged its print and mail operations in 1998 to form the Print & Mail Production Center, it improved communication between the departments and enhanced its workflow. Now Doug Maxwell wants to take that merger even farther. The new director and his team are reorganizing and streamlining the 65-employee in-plant so that printing, copying and mail functions are completely integrated, not independent services with separate staffs, reporting structures and scheduling. "We felt that we

Don't stop with merging mail and print. You can continue to bring savings and increase efficiency after the merger. So you've merged your in-house mail and print departments? You've been through turmoil and tumultuous times, and you persevered? Why stop there? With the constant changes in technology, improvements to your in-plant mail and print operations should be ongoing. Keeping on top of trends, postal regulations and new ideas can only increase your parent organization's bottom line. Take Brigham Young University, for example. The Provo, Utah, school merged its copying, printing and mail services more than two years ago and continues to

The weather was warm but the sessions were hot as more than 300 college and university print and mail managers got together in sunny Scottsdale, Arizona. College and university in-plants are thriving, and nowhere was this more apparent than at the recent Association of College and University Printers (ACUP) conference in Scottsdale, Ariz. This year's event, which marked ACUP's 35th year, broke new ground by partnering with the National Association of College and University Mail Services (NACUMS). As a result, a record 325 people attended the event, which was hosted by Arizona State University (ASU) and organized by Bob Lane, ACUP president, and

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