Managed Print Services Workflow and The True Value of MPS

Robert Palmer Independent Consultant

Palmer Consulting

Challenging Business Environment

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Increasing costs of doing business in today’s world

Changing workforce dynamics putting pressure on businesses to adapt

Transition to mobility and mobile workflows

Business Objectives

Reducing costs and improving the bottom line

Digitization of content

Security threats and concerns

Streamlining operational efficiencies

Driving worker productivity

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Adoption of MPS

Today: assess the print environment and then optimize output…what about productivity?

Print should be viewed as a strategic asset and not just as a cost center

Print is only one component of an effective MPS strategy

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Focus on the cost of print has helped fuel the adoption of MPS

Managed Print Services

The True Value of MPS

• Operational efficiencies

• Ongoing assessment of business processes and workflow

• Paper-to-digital conversion

• Effective wrokflow strategy to drive worker productivity

• Business process needs should drive output requirements

• Minimize external threats

• Integrated strategy for network and document security

• Understanding the role of print

• Output requirements tied directly to process-driven benchmarks

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• The most effective MPS strategy should not only reduce printing costs it should drive productivity gains and improved business processes

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