Need for Benchmarking the GPO Evident from Interquest Forum Keynote

• Should a final conclusion be that it would be advantageous to the GPO and its clients to license the PPM4, then this INWK software should naturally be compared against the other print procurement software offerings available.

Production Benchmarking Opportunities

It was learned during the conference that a couple of years ago the GPO installed a second passport production plant in Stennis, MI, that has identical equipment and technology to the GPO’s North Capital St. passport entity in Washington, DC. While the original DC plant has total backup of equipment in every single production process, this southeastern plant provides the State Department with universal backup and geographic duplicity for this valuable and security conscious production entity.