The primary benefit of outsourcing your print environment to a Managed Print Services provider is the immediate cost savings you can realize. A recent Gartner report found that Managed Print Services can provide almost immediate savings of up to 30% on print related expenses. InfoTrend puts immediate savings at closer to 41% for paper intensive industries like Legal and Healthcare.
While reduced costs are important, there are several other benefits you’ll receive when you outsource your print environment to a Managed Print Services provider, that may not be as apparent. Here are the top three!
- Managed Print Services Increases Productivity – Most small and medium sized companies typically don’t have the resources or manpower to devote to print management. Unfortunately, the task typically falls to an untrained staff member. When problems arise, they can escalate, shutting down your operation and impacting productivity. Not only is this frustrating to your staff, lowering morale, it can often take longer to fix and cost you more money in the process. An MPS provider can remove the print management burden from your staff, freeing their time for core initiatives like increasing billable hours. MPS provides regular preventative maintenance. This means improved print efficiencies, higher productivity and virtually eliminating downtime.
- Consolidate Print Related Spending – MPS allows you to take control of your print spending including consumables like toner and paper. Individual ordering by department can be costing you volume discounts. Consolidation also provides immediate cost savings and budget predictability. By tracking and monitoring individual device usage, you can better plan for future technology upgrades.
- Improve Your Company’s Environmental Footprint – We should all be seeking to lower our personal and business impact on the environment. MPS can help you towards sustainability by right-sizing your print environment, routing your print jobs to the most efficient devices, lowering paper and toner use and reducing your energy consumption. Recycling programs can reduce waste significantly!
While long-term cost savings are an obvious and excellent benefit of Managed Print Services, outsourcing your print management to a qualified Managed Print Services provider can increase your team’s productivity, reduce printer downtime, improve workflows by eliminating bottlenecks, offer you budget predictability and help save the environment!
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