Team Economic Analysis: Make Inhouse vs Outsource

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Team Economic AnalysisMake In-house vs
Outsource

• Organization, tech, summarizing
• Chris Koszo
• Holly Miller
• Liliana Raigosa

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Problem

• Is it more economically efficient to print all
  engineering drawings in-house on a purchased
  plotter, or outsource all jobs to a local
  printing firm?

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What we are comparing

• In-house Printing
• Purchase price
• Supplies
• Maintenance
• Operating cost
• Operator cost
• Salvage life/value
• Space utilization
• Time effectiveness

• Outsource Printing
• Base printing prices
• Shipping
• Pick-up costs (gas, etc.)
• Cost of error to jobs
• Time effectiveness

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Resources

• Hollys records, invoices etc.
• Plotter retailers (Internet, local shops)
• Gas price averages
• Job statistics postings for print machine
  operators