Tailoring Print Management to meet the needs of your people and the business as they return to the office.
According to the KPMG 2024 CEO Outlook report, which surveyed 1,300 CEOs around the world including the UK, 83 per cent of UK CEOs expect to see a full return to the office within three years.
Large, medium or small, whatever your business size, a fundamental part of making sure you are ‘office ready’ is to review, cost and logistically plan, prior to implementing your printer network and best document management requirements. It’s the smartest, most cost effective and right thing to do. Especially when your business is looking to return people back into the office.
At Woodbank, we’ve already experienced an increase in companies approaching us to help them review and implement their Printer network, integrated with document solution technology.
Review – Cost- Plan – Implement
Bringing back people to the office environment is going to be the most significant change to face your business in the last few years. It will change the demand not only on your office printers, it will also impact on the integrated document management it supports . Without preparation, you’ll encounter frequent breakdowns, toner running out faster, frustrated users, and rising costs, leading to downtime. It also heavily increases the workload of your already busy IT people.
Whether you’re managing multiple sites, opening new locations, or bringing all your employees back to the same office environment, when working with customers who are or looking to bring all their employees back to the office, across a single or multiple sites, or even starting in new locations, it is really important to makes sure you follow each of the 4 steps to get it right – Review – Cost- Plan – Implement.
It’s more than just a printer
It may begin with printers but the way your office environment has changed, and will continue to change and evolve in the future, means one solution does not fit all types of businesses or the way they work. Your Managed Print Services need to be customized and flexible enough to evolve with you to support business. So, if you are a business looking to implement a return to the office plan, now is the perfect time to get started.
Always begin with a review – it is not only free, it not only saves you the hassle of doing it yourself, an experienced Account Manager can make sure they and their team, look at how and where you will save money and create efficiencies with their recommendations, as well as support you through the whole process. Including the installation, integration of software, customisation and testing. All with minimal disruption to your business.
Thereafter you know you will be receiving the ongoing support of a dedicated Account Manager who knows your business needs well.
At Woodbank we are fortunate all our experienced engineers and customer service team are employed and based in-house. Aftercare service is everything.
We’ll leave you with this final advice:
- Adaptable to Growth: Ensure your setup accommodates higher print volumes and is and adaptable and flexible for any change and increase in users in the future while minimising downtime.
- Optimised for Efficiency: Attention to detail now is important. A must is spotting the ways to streamline your print setup, such as consolidating multiple devices or improving device placement.
- Improved Security: Now is the optimum time to We address vulnerabilities and implement more robust print security to safeguard sensitive documents. Ignore at your peril.
- Reduced Costs: On average we save our customers up to 20% on print costs by eliminating inefficiencies, reducing waste. Follow the right steps with an experienced Managed Print Service provider and you won’t go wrong.