In the first episode of our rebranded In-plant Outlook podcast series, In-plant Impressions Editor Bob Neubauer talks with well-known in-plant consultant Howie Fenton, principal of Howie Fenton Consulting. In a wide-ranging discussion, they explore Fenton’s long career, how he started consulting for the in-plant market, why he enjoys working with in-plants, past in-plant consulting jobs where he feels he made the biggest impact, and much more.
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Bob Lindgren is the management and business advisor for Printing Industries Association of Southern California and its president/CEO Emeritus. He has worked with printers both in Los Angeles and Chicago for more than 50 years and has an MBA in accounting and finance from the University of Chicago.
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 180 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.
In the February 2022 article of the Graphic Communication Advisors Group, well known industry consultant, Howie Fenton, presents an article entitled, "A Roadmap to Becoming an Industry Leader in Print Production."See here for the full article.
Fenton, a frequent consultant, writer, and speaker on matters of printing industry management, advises on steps for printers to take should the DELTA variant of the pandemic persist through the remainder of this year and possibly beyond.
This article was written in response to the article titled, "TCO Considerations Before Acquiring a Digital Press," by Howie Fenton. The article looks at some of the issues that the authors feel make TCO a very limited tool when it comes to printing equipment investment decisions.
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