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According
to Gartner, companies are recognizing that "output
fleets (print-copy-fax) are one of the most overlooked and
undermanaged corporate assets...representing a hidden gold
mine of savings." Moreover, the long stagnant office
equipment market has experienced tremendous growth over the
past two years. Recent trends dictate the following:
- Cost
not understood: 90% of all companies do not know
what they are currently spending on internal printing, nor
do they fully understand their real and total cost per page.
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Convergence of technologies: the market is shifting
from analog to digital technologies and to color and enterprise-class
multifunction printers (MFP's)
- Printing
growth: the Internet has created an explosion in
the number of print jobs generated by users. Paper use is
increasing 6-8% each year, and is expected to continue growing.
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Increasing costs: 1%-3% of a company's revenue
is spent on printing; that's $1-$3 million for a $100 million
company.
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Balanced deployment: companies are reconsidering
traditional output fleet strategies in favor of consolidated,
multi-function platforms that offer network printing, copying,
scanning, faxing and digital sending in a single device,
thereby reducing inventory and per page operating costs.
Because most companies have no idea how much they are
spending on hardcopy production, sharp IT decision-makers
are engaging the services of a consulting organization to
conduct an output fleet assessment. T.A.B. Company is clearly not
a hardware dealer with quotas to meet, and while most other
vendors focus on consolidation strategies, We employ
a balanced deployment methodology, understanding that
all companies are different and typically require a mixture
of both local printers and networked devices, including MFP's.
T.A.B. Company's quantitative process includes:
- Inventory
data collection of printers and copiers, local and network-attached
- Review
and analysis of toner and service spend data
- Capture
of page count meter data - from a sampling of devices
or all devices - based on customer objectives
- Interviews
with key business units and power users to discover objectives
and pain points with hardcopy production
- Total
cost of ownership calculations based on pages printed, maintenance
requirements, age of device, power consumption, space (real
estate) requirements, functional specifications, and utilization
levels
- Delivery
& presentation of a custom Balanced Deployment Technology
Proposal with rightsizing recommendations to achieve maximum
cost savings
Contact
us today to learn how T.A.B. Company can help you reduce TCO
and maximize ROI on your output fleet environment!
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