Companies are looking at ways to save money, reduce costs, and deliver more value to their customers. That process starts in the office. By updating their processes, it’s possible to increase efficiency without negatively impacting the value for your customers. Printing costs are one area where companies can easily reduce costs and increase savings and [...]
Education is at crossroads in the United States. Teachers are struggling to connect with students using old, outdated technology. Students grew up in a smart, connected world. They have access anywhere and anytime to knowledge and digital services. Yet schools and teachers are still trying to engage them with a chalkboard. Static chalkboards and paper-based [...]
Copiers are a significant investment for the office. Depending on the style and features, a copier can cost more than $5,000. Despite the investment, many offices aren’t maximizing the benefit of their multifunction copier. Some would just print signs for the office or notes from a meeting. More advanced users may know how to make [...]
How much does your business spend on shipping? More importantly, how do postal expenditures contribute to overall profitability in your organization? For many businesses, the relationship between the bottom line and shipping expenditure is an ambiguous one. Mailroom employees and supervisors alike have a tendency to see shipping costs as a “necessary evil” that must [...]
How much money does your office spend printing, copying, and faxing documents on a daily basis? Most organizations spend more than necessary when using print resources to fulfill business objectives. Individual employees don't have many incentives to be frugal with the office printer, and it does not take long for the costs of ink, toner, [...]
Ransomware first experienced a surge in activity starting in 2015. By 2016, unprecedented profitability made it the first choice for cybercriminals worldwide. The idea behind ransomware is not new. The first known example was distributed to AIDS researchers on 20,000 floppy disks in 1989 – but the AIDS Trojan's coding was so deeply flawed that [...]
Can your employees send print orders directly to office print equipment without using a computer? Are your office's multifunction devices mobile-compatible? This may not seem like a business-critical application at first, but it has a broad range of productivity-improving implications that you could be missing out on. Today's organizations simply do not run the way [...]
If one of your employees suffers from a network emergency, who will that employee call? National managed service providers (MSPs) will direct you to a tech support call center somewhere outside the United States. Then, a tech support agent will remotely access your business workstations and perform whatever changes are necessary. This approach is a [...]
Is digital transformation a priority for your business? For 55 percent of companies without digital transformation initiatives in place, the timeframe for adopting a transformation strategy is one year or less. The vast majority of companies see digital transformation as a competitive opportunity, and a few even see it as crucial to ensuring the company's [...]
Sharp has included a host of exciting, valuable features in its 2018 lineup of document systems. The modern office environment has changed radically in the last few years. The increased proliferation of mobile devices and continually shifting customer expectations have combined to put a premium on power and flexibility as workflow doctrines. This is something [...]
