“Managed Print Services” (MPS) is rather broad term but the results are pretty straightforward: gaining visibility, understanding and control of your print environment to help save money, lower costs and improve productivity. MPS also offers you improved environmental sustainability and document security.
What Does MPS Cover?
The term “print environment” includes all areas of your print department: from managing and optimizing devices and their output, to the business processes that support your printing. It also includes:
- All pages produced by office and mobile workers
- Desktop and workgroup laser printers, scanners and high volume devices
- Support, technical service, maintenance and other print-related requests
- Consumables like paper, toner and other supplies
Your print costs can be a major expense – as much 15% of your annual spending in fact. Many companies who have outsourced the management of their print environment to an MPS provider have realized savings of up to 30%.
How MPS Can Help Your Business
An MPS provider will do much more than simply manage your printers. A good MPS provider will:
- Begin the process by conducting an up-front assessment to analyze your current print infrastructure.
- Monitor, manage and optimize your total print output from end to end.
- Provide a plan to reduce the number of devices and supplies to better meet the needs of your business.
An MPS provider works proactively to identify and solve potential problems and bottlenecks in your process and keep your supplies in stock before employee productivity is affected. Their goal is to reduce your costs while making your operation greener by helping you to reduce paper use, energy use, generating fewer greenhouse gases and keeping your waste out of landfills by implementing a recycling program.
Your mobile print strategy is another area your MPS provider can help. By working with your team, they can provide easy, secure printing access. An MPS provider is there to continuously monitor and improve your processes to save you money and time.
The biggest benefit to your business? An MPS provider will seamlessly manage your print environment to free up your time to concentrate on growing your core business. Working with a qualified MPS provider is a smart, cost effective solution!
