Serious question. If Target outsources the food service, computer installs/maintenance, and now TCI is gone . . . . why would they keep hundreds of people on the payroll in the printing & shipping business?
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Printing Services provides at-cost printing. We can not buy printing cheaper in most cases. I don't see it ever being sold.
It's going. Print vendors can print cheaper.
Right on 'target,' 101733. That's the whole key - do they add value OBJECTIVELY, TODAY to the current Board & Leadership . . . . not just the folks who did the deal & backed it at the time? That's where I was going with the Printing Services question - it's one thing to convince leaders that have been in place for years that a division or business until "adds value" or saves XX% by starting/buying or keeping it. But when a whole new set of eyes gets a good look at it (and/or the folks who started it are now gone), will these non-core divisions/businesses survive under the TGT umbrella? Stay tuned, I guess . . . . .
Here's another thought - how 'safe' are the recent acquisitions - Cooks, and Derm Store, etc? These new companies were acquired before the new regime came into power so do they have champions who will advocate for keeping them around? Are they adding value?
Some of Printing Services was outsourced to Xerox 2 years ago.
Oh srum
Yeah 150 dollar hourly rate vs. 40 dollars...... Smart business decisions.
Oh, SNAP!
Wait till IBM replaces TTS.