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These issues not only impact your day-to-day operations but also strain your working relationship with your vendor. 

It’s pretty simple. If it ain’t right, it ain’t right.

How can something standard and central to an ongoing copier partner relationship go terribly awry?Do you find sorting through invoices, with more questions than answers? Is your account manager fielding more issues with mystery charges than your actual fleet performance?  Inaccurate copier invoices are more than just a minor inconvenience: They cause headaches, waste time (YOUR time), and can disrupt budgets.

Typical organizations have anywhere from 20 to 40 documents required for onboarding a new employee. By going the paperless route, HR professionals can find better traction toward tasks and engagements that truly matter to their internal constituents.

Lewis Carroll, in his famous book “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland,” writes “If you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you there.” It’s a reminder that when you lack a clear goal or direction, any path you take may seem valid or justified... no matter how inefficient or mistake-prone it might be.

Without a thorough assessment, there’s a higher risk of content management system inefficiencies, misalignment with organizational needs, and wasted resources.

The "technology tipping point" refers to a crucial moment when a business realizes it's spending more time managing documents, content, processes, and technology than focusing on its core operations. It serves as a wake-up call and an opportunity for transformation. It's a chance to step back, identify inefficiencies in day-to-day operations, and regain focus on what truly drives your business or organization.

From hybrid and remote work environments to various cloud printing risks, insufficient monitoring, and simple lack of device-level security, there are many reasons why print environments fail to keep up with today’s fast-paced secure protocols.

In your observations of Cybersecurity Awareness Month, how often (if at all) have you considered your print devices? 

It’s no surprise that secure printing remains a big deal for organizations to consider in 2024. Dubbed time and again as “just another endpoint device on your network” by those preaching the security protocols message, it's important to remember:  Your copier or Multi-Function Printer (MFP) processes any number of sensitive documents every single day (all potentially vulnerable to attack. Among them:

According to Deloitte, HR automation can improve process efficiency by up to 60%, allowing HR teams to focus on strategic tasks rather than repetitive administrative work.

American businessman and author Gary Vaynerchuk recently posted this nugget on his LinkedIn page: “Speed is 4 billion times more important than perfection.”

For Finance Departments, Document/Content Management could mean working smarter, faster, and more securely, clearing the road ahead for you and your organization.

A Finance Department is a major thoroughfare for any organization, serving as a central pathway for financial activities and resources moving at top speed. Just like a major highway connects parts of a city, this department links various departments and operations by managing budgets, processing transactions, and ensuring the financial health of the organization.

Here are five major hurdles that - if they haven't already - should be cleared with a copier and business technology partner to continue the race with sustainable results. 

The point is this: Purchasing a copier for the first time (and the proceeding times) can be a daunting task. We're here to help you avoid venturing down the copier procurement process with your proverbial shoes untied. 

First-game jitters are a real thing. So are the nerves of first-time buyers.

Be it a house, a vehicle, or a long-term technology acquisition, it's natural to anxiously stew over every possible angle and worry about what you might have missed... and how your decision affects the road ahead for you or your organization.

According to a report by Skynova, 66% of businesses say processing invoices takes up more than five days per month. Additionally, almost half of all businesses require two to three people to approve an invoice. Great... so what if at least one of those three people are on vacation for a week?

Are your documents in disarray? Is it affecting how well your team performs?  

Documents are the vessels of everyday business workflow environments. They are the means of distributing key information on every aspect of your business operations at large. Likewise, “unstructured” documents like images, videos, audio files, and emails play a key role in disseminating and sharing information. Workplaces are at their best when these documents, records, and content are easily accessible, well organized, stored appropriately, and fully secured.

Does your project manager maintain a comprehensive overview of project aspects? Can your contractor pull up plans easily when a client is balking on site? Does invoicing take too much time, physically pinging from desk to desk?

You wanna hear a good construction joke? Hold on, I’m working on it.

Jokes aside, a contractor’s work is never done. He or she must be in multiple places at one time. Long hours, ongoing site visits, and a flurry of projects move through every workday, with dozens of invoices, plans, contracts, change orders etc., tagging along with them to ensure the job moves forward.