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OMI Reduces Paper At Pacific Northwest Medical Center

                                                                     

The old adage, “good data equals good decisions,” holds true for this leading medical center in Washington State that recently adopted Print Management Software to better analyze and monitor their workgroup printing environment. With approximately 500 printers spread across a 13 site campus, it became clear to the team of IT analysts that a more complete and flexible business intelligence tool was needed in order to encourage users to reduce printing and adopt electronic document delivery using PDF. The goal was to build user awareness concerning the total cost of printing to the organization. The team also sought to better administer printer leases and vendor billing as well.

After evaluating several competing options, OMI was selected to deploy software solution enterprise wide. OMI provided a flexible and complete print tracking software that monitors printers and printing to help organizations track user activity, identify problems and quantify the total cost of printing. According to the systems analysts on the team, the new solution has bolstered awareness and visibility concerning the environment across the organization. As a result, they are now in position to build meaningful strategies to reduce printing costs by moving to an increasingly electronic environment.

 

 

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National Distributor Cuts Cost with OMI Managed Print Solutions Group

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 Reducing Print,Cutting Costs, Boosting Efficiency at National Distribution Company

"Vendors have asked if they could come in and look at our fleet so that they could save us money. I have to explain to them that we've already taken care of it ourselves."  Keith Royle, Computer Operations Manager-

A National Distributor has distinguished itself over time through its growth, financial success and industry-leading efficiency; so it's no surprise that the company recently embarked on a project to curb overspending in their office printing environment. The OMI Managed Print Solutions Group was engaged to assist with the project and provide objective analysis, and PrinterRx, detailed data gathering software, was used to collect printer device and performance information.

Since the company has a variety of operating centers with a diverse network of printing, copying and multi-function devices, a centralized analysis and management strategy was needed to ensure cost savings and the highest return on investment for their printer fleet.

According to Keith Royle, Computer Operations Manager, This National Leader in Distribution was able to immediately reduce the number of devices in the fleet based upon the analysis. "We wanted to validate our print volumes, as well as what was being printed and who was printing the documents to the MFP devices we have on the floor," said Royle. "And so far what we've done here at our home office is that we had 150 printers and now we only have 37."

Savings as a result of the downsizing have been significant, not only because of the reduced fleet size, but also because the analysis uncovered work going outside of the company that could be more cost-effectively produced inside.  "There was a lot of work that was being done outside, and instead of having it done by somebody else, we're bringing the work back here." By virtue of having better visibility into the volumes and types of documents being printed, the company is now able to make more intelligent decisions about where output needs to be produced for the best cost.