What is Managed Print Services?
Managed Print Services (MPS) involve managing hardcopy device fleets (copiers, printers, multifunction devices, and fax machines in a unified fashion.)
Money is wasted in all sorts of ways you don’t see: Unnecessary devices, wasted resources and inefficient hardware. High-paid staff spending precious time on simple printer issues and endless hours are lost dealing with different suppliers and vendors. With MBE’s Managed Print Service (MPS), you can optimise your entire output set-up. By providing a comprehensive bundle of services to streamline your output management, we can reduce the workload of your IT department and cut your environmental impact and most importantly greatly reduce your annual spend on copy and print.
Our MPS team are vastly experienced and have a proven track record designing, implementing and servicing a full range of copy/print equipment with our customers throughout Ireland.
We conduct a careful analysis of your company’s structure and needs. Then we create a detailed programme to target your specific issues. The results are significant: large cost reductions and valuable administrational benefits.
5 Phases in the MPS Process
Assess
Firstly we carry out an in depth MBE print audit on your existing copy & print environment evaluating the efficiency of all the devices involved in your document production cycle and prepare a print audit comparison report recognising weak areas in your current infrastructure and recommend a MPS solution.
Design
The design process is all about your business; your size, your budget, your targets & performance requirements. Our MPS consultant will sit down with you and tailor this solution to meet your specific need’s, our solution will be the perfect fit. The ideal combination of hardware and software to generate the maximum return on investment.
Implementation
Our priority during implementation is to have the least impact on your day-to-day business – minimising downtime and risk. That’s why implementation is overseen by a professional project management team and carried out by highly qualified technicians and engineers. We can even work around your business hours, or at weekends, to ensure the least possible disruption.
Manage
Our service team manage your entire infrastructure in a number of ways to guarantee you ultimate reliability and cost efficiency.
- Fleet maintenance, comprehensive services packages for maximum uptime.
- Remote monitoring, which allows us to deliver proactive support.
- Automatic restocking of consumables which saves hassle and downtime.
- Regular performance reviews to ensure your full satisfaction.
Optimise
Your business will never stand still – and neither will its print and document need’s. Delivering on going optimisation, MBE continually analyses your fleet and workflows for new ways to improve cost-cutting and performance. Our regular assessments show you the quantifiable benefits of the MBE MPS and allow us to make sure we’re meeting your targets.
Data analysis: Through fleet uptime and optimization analysis, we can quantify the financial value of our services
Fleet design: Making sure your equipment keeps pace with your requirements
Environmental impact: Analysing your carbon footprint and whether targets are being met
Regular reviews and satisfaction surveys.
Benefits of MPS
Reduced costs. Less environmental impact. More security. Increased employee productivity and satisfaction. MBE’s Managed Print Service has many practical advantages.
Economic: COMPLETE COST TRANSPARENCY AND SAVINGS OF UP TO 30%
There are several ways MPS can reduce your total cost of ownership:
- Reducing the use of consumables such as paper and toner.
- Cutting energy costs.
- Lowering service and support costs.
- You can set up binding print policies that determine when colour printing systems may be used, thereby avoiding unnecessary costs.
- Because the age and lifetimes of the systems are all known, cost drivers can be easily identified and removed simply by exchanging devices.