November 17th, 2009 by admin under Complexity Simplified. No Comments.
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Earth First Thinking
While many companies announce their green initiatives with great fanfare, Prudential Fox and Roach Realtors, the largest real estate firm in the Mid-Atlantic region has quietly adopted an environmental strategy that allowed them to stop generating over 29,000 pounds of plastic and metal waste during a 14-month period by changing the way they print color documents.
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June 17th, 2009 by docusenseadmin under Print & Copy Best Practices. 7 Comments.
Purchasing the right multifunction office equipment can be very tricky. Make the wrong decision for even one copier/printer device in a workgroup setting and you can easily overspend on acquisition, service and supplies by thousands of dollars. Sounds expensive? Don’t worry; it gets much worse. ”Soft” costs such as lost capabilities, user frustration, down-time and office inefficiency will multiply the expense tenfold. (more…)
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May 13th, 2009 by docusenseadmin under Complexity Simplified. 14 Comments.
Question: The Most Costly Portion of Document Output is?
A) Equipment Acquisition Cost
B) Supply Costs
C) Service Costs
D) Administration and IT Cost
Answer: D
Industry analysts generally agree that printing, copying, faxing (Document Output) is expensive and the costs are largely undocumented and unmanaged in most firms. The total cost of document output (measured by adding up acquisition, supply and service expense) is somewhere between one and three percent of total revenue. Acquisition, supply and service expenses are easily measured. However, the costs of managing devices across business networks are much larger and more difficult to measure.
IDC research estimates that for every $1.00 spent in document output costs (acquisition, service and supply) firms spend $9.40 in IT support, administration and document management. So the answer is D BY ALMOST 10 TO 1!
If workgroups use varied equipment, the cost can increase quickly. Multiple equipment often entails more training, IT expense, multiple vendors, contracts and service options; increasing managing complexity. It pays to try to simplify the equipment and support options.
To plow through the increasing rush of daily information, corporate employees today typically spend up to 45% of their day working on paper and electronic documents. Multifunction printers can play a huge role in streamlining duplicated and often cumbersome processes but it’s extremely important to pick the right mix of equipment for your business.
For more information or advice in making this important business decision contact a support specialist at DocuSense by calling 1-800-422-0080.
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February 2nd, 2009 by docusenseadmin under Multifunction Printer MFP. 9 Comments.
Know the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and Cost/Value Benefits
Purchase Price is Just the Beginning
Understanding the cost of ownership is only a small part of truly understanding expense. Supplies and service costs will sometimes far outpace initial acquisition expense over the life of the equipment. For example, inkjet all-in-one printers are usually very inexpensive to purchase but can cost more to supply. That can be alright if you print/copy less than 30 pages a day. However, large amounts of pages printed on this type of device can be expensive.
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