Palmer Consulting provides insight on the true value of managed print services.

1. Managed Print Services
Workflow and The True Value of MPS
Robert Palmer
Palmer Consulting
Independent Consultant

2. Challenging Business Environment
Increasing costs of doing
business in today’s world
Changing workforce
dynamics putting pressure on
businesses to adapt
Transition to mobility and
mobile workflows
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3. Business Objectives
Reducing Digitization Security Streamlining Driving
costs and of content threats and operational worker
improving concerns efficiencies productivity
the bottom
line
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4. Adoption of MPS
Focus on the cost of print has helped fuel the 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
Managed Print Services
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5. The True Value of MPS
• Effective wrokflow strategy • Operational
to drive worker productivity efficiencies
• Business process needs • Ongoing assessment
should drive output of business processes
requirements and workflow
• Paper-to-digital
conversion
• Understanding the • Minimize external
role of print threats
• Output requirements • Integrated strategy for
tied directly to network and
process-driven document security
benchmarks
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6. • The most effective MPS strategy should not
only reduce printing costs it should drive
productivity gains and improved business
processes
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