Tuesday, July 13, 2010

What Message Should You Deliver To CFO's About Your Managed Print Services Program?

• Research shows that companies spend approximately $1,000 per employee per year just on the variable costs of printing.

• Over the life of a print device, supply expenditures can total three to five times the actual acquisition cost of the device.

• Budgets for supplies are growing by 20-40% per year; Dataquest, IDC and CAP Ventures have all concluded that page volumes are growing at a compound annual growth rate of roughly 8%.

• The average office worker uses about 10,000 sheets of copy paper per year.

• It is estimated that 30-50% of print assets in office environments are underutilized, while 20-30% are over-utilized.

• It is estimated that 20-30% of print assets in office environments are over-utilized.

• The cost of printing is equivalent to 2‐3% of a company’s gross revenue.

While the growing cost of print can be controlled, long‐term cost savings requires consistent and meaningful data. This data will enable you to make strategic and analytical decisions that will lead to cost containment, cost savings, and even more importantly, cost avoidance.

Print Management is the last un‐audited business expense. Few companies track printing costs at all. But an accurate assessment of costs is essential to reducing them. This is what we do; and our services and solutions will cost you no more than any other Service Provider in the market.

We manage print as a business process, making it more efficient and cost effective. We’re not just interested in cost savings; we’re also interested in your being able to verify those savings. We are adamant about open communication and data transparency; it’s what helps define the value of our Managed Print Services Solution.

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2 comments:

Mobilize the Enterprise said...

Eddie - can you give some more insights on the $1000 per person studies. I have seen lots of comments like that, but none have referenced any repudable studies.

Eddie Lederer said...

Here's a Xerox study that's more recent

http://www.office.xerox.com/latest/MPSWP-01.PDF

This is an older HP study
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/18/business/hewlett-now-wants-to-be-your-copier-company-too.html

Hope this helps!