Packaging Graphic Production in a Flat World

The degree of efficiency and quality at many of these companies is very impressive, but there is always room for improvement and they are always being pushed by their customers to make it faster, better, and cheaper. So, the question becomes: Is the time now upon them to build on their technical, workflow, and process expertise—and take advantage of the new flat world—to forge partnerships with offshore companies that can do the digital grunt work for art and prepress production?