Tag: Managed Print

The managed print industry is poised for growth in 2020 as more businesses get into the flow of digital transformation.

In fact, the market is set to grow by 8.83% during the forecast period of 2020 to 2025, in part due to the initiatives companies are taking to increase productivity, lower costs, and become more sustainable.

If you want to gain better security and control over your print environment, manage costs, and provide your business the benefit of a competitive edge, you’ll want to take a close look at the PointMan Secure^TM suite of managed print services (MPS).

By leveraging the power of our innovative MPS model, you’ll be able to realize significant benefits, beyond even those offered by more traditional MPS.

Managed Print Services Benefits

1. Predictable Printing Expenses

With PointMan Secure^TM you won’t be hit with unexpected charges for maintenance, repairs, replacements, or supplies. Your entire print environment is managed neatly for an easily understood and tracked monthly fee.

We also provide transparency with cost-center tracking and allocation so you can see exactly where your print money is going.

2. Considerable Cost Savings

Even though at first glance it may seem like the do-it-yourself printer management model would be less expensive, the management of your print environment has many hidden costs, including:

• High maintenance and downtime on older devices
• The incompatibility of newer with older hardware or operating systems
• The burden of upkeep on in-house IT personnel
• The cost of productivity loss due to downtime

By using our PointMan Secure^TM services, PointManagement can help you save up to 30% of your total print spend. PointMan Secure^TM not only provides complete maintenance, troubleshooting, and automated supply replenishment services, but we bolster our cost-savings program with waste-saving fail-safes, like:

• Supplies that are addressed to specific printers for zero waste
• Smart toner supply automation that doesn’t reorder just because a cartridge has been removed and shaken. Toner must reach pre-set remaining levels before a new cartridge is sent.
• Remanufactured ink and toner choices that are 20 to 35% more cost-effective than OEM brand toners and provide the same — or better — quality.

These are in addition to the option of extending asset life to defer capital expenditures.

3. Sustainability for Increased Competitiveness

Today’s consumer wants the companies with whom they do business to take part in making our planet a better place to live. A recent Futerra survey found that 88% of people had an affinity for brands that focused on sustainable practices.

To assist you in growing your corporate responsibility program and give you a competitive edge over others in your industry, PointManagement partners with the reforestation service Print ReLeaf.

Print ReLeaf automatically tracks the number of pages your business prints and plants one tree in at-risk forests throughout the world for every 8.333 printed pages. Your ongoing results are posted in real-time where you — and your customers — can track progress.

4. Security You Can Count On

As cybercriminals turn their attention to printers to hack into your sensitive data, PointManagement MPS has you covered, even if you’re on the go.

With our exclusive “follow me” printing, mobile printing is easy and secure so you can remain policy-compliant, no matter where you are.

Our team creates the necessary permissions and authorization environment necessary to ensure the end user has the appropriate level of access.

5. Scalability for the Growing Enterprise

Now your business can turn widely variable expenditures into a monthly subscription that helps you plan for the future.

Additionally, you get ongoing strategic support from our experts in print technology so you can stay abreast of growth spurts without hindering productivity — or dipping into capital at an inopportune time just to stay current.

Ready to Let PointManagement Managed Print Services Save Money for Your Organization?

Our customers and the industries we serve are diverse, so our team is well-versed in offering customized managed print programs to fit every business’ unique requirements and challenges.

Our team of dedicated professionals will conduct an in-depth assessment of your current print environment including infrastructure and analyze functionality and current cost.

Then, we’ll recommend an MPS solution that will prove how managed print saves money, boosts productivity, secures your data, and helps lower the frustration level of your staff.

Ready to see how a PointManagement MPS solution can help you manage your print environment for a healthier bottom line? Contact a PointManagement MPS consultant and get an assessment today!

For most organizations, printing is an essential function and one that contributes not only to return on investment, but also productivity, workflow, and profitability.

Determining a print solution that meets your company’s needs as well as staff work requirements is crucial for success — not just from a productivity viewpoint, but also for the health of your bottom line.

Looking at the numbers from a cost/benefit perspective, researching your options for print management makes sense when you consider that:

• 90% of companies don’t track the cost of printing
• Printing can add up to more than 5% of total revenue
• Twenty-three percent of help desk calls deal with printer issues
• IT departments spend nearly 30% of their time responding to issues related to printers

In contrast to a do-it-yourself print environment, a managed print services program helps to mitigate these costs — and save your organization up to 30% overall on print expenses.

What are Managed Print Services (MPS)?

Managed print services (MPS) refers to a comprehensive print management program that assesses, then handles, all aspects of your printing needs — from printers and faxes to scanners and copiers — for considerable cost savings.

Included under the MPS service umbrella is technical support, troubleshooting, maintenance, repairs, supplies, and even security and managed access.

However, not all MPS are created equal. In a crowded market, savvy business owners need to do their research to ensure they’re getting the highest value from their MPS provider.

What Customers Should Look for in a Quality MPS Provider

Getting the most from your MPS provider means finding a partner who understands the industry-specific ins and outs of your print environment and can pinpoint ways that you can streamline your document process.

1. Proper Analysis

Each company will need an MPS solution that fits their specific needs and goals. A quality MPS provider will properly assess customers’ infrastructure and current print environments ahead of recommending a solution.

2. Proven Track Record

When researching providers, determine whether a provider has experience in your industry, what current or previous clients have to say about their level of service, and whether or not they have a reputation for delivering what they promise.

3. Integration

To maximize cost savings, you’ll want a provider that can integrate solutions with your current IT infrastructure and preserve as much of your current investment as possible. It’s also crucial to ensure solutions are available to manage mobile printing and cloud connection.

4. Scalability

Determine if your proposed MPS partner has the potential to meet your company’s needs as you grow, including how fast changes or upgrades can be made and how much they will cost.

5. Security

With 43% of hackers targeting small businesses, security is a priority. Ensure that your MPS provider has security solutions in place to thwart cybercriminals, including providing managed access to printers.

6. Sustainability

More consumers are choosing to do business with companies who have a strong corporate responsibility program. A good MPS provider will focus on ways to improve your company’s sustainability practices in a non-disruptive manner.

Get Next Level Managed Print Services with Pointman Secure^TM

At PointManagement, we ensure the highest level MPS using our innovative Pointman Secure^TM services. Built on a traditional MPS model, Pointman Secure^TM offers exceptional flexibility, cost savings, and value.

We begin with a fleet assessment, then move our clients to a managed environment that offers repair and maintenance and automated ink and toner fulfillment, while providing freedom from the excessive costs of OEM inks and toners without sacrificing quality.

Then, we add our revolutionary Pointman Secure^TM suite of tools, like exclusive “Follow Me” printing, where a user can automatically — and securely — print to the nearest printer from a mobile device.

To reduce waste by up to 12%, our replenishment system is designed to be error-free for additional savings. Each toner shipment is addressed to a specific printer and the box inside is also labeled to prevent it from being used in the wrong machine.

Pointman Secure^TM relies on state-of-the-art predictive maintenance software that allows us to repair or replace failing parts and systems before they break to provide customers with optimal workflow continuity and minimize downtime.

Finally, we offer a comprehensive sustainability package through Print ReLeaf that neatly dovetails with our customers’ corporate responsibility programs. Print ReLeaf is a reforestation service that plants a tree for every 8.333 pages printed. Your progress is tracked in real time without any effort on your part and customers receive certified reforestation results to share as part of their sustainability efforts.

Ready to take your cost savings, productivity, and profitability to the next level? Contact a PointManagement MPS consultant today!