So, here we are in month number two of 2011.  We can still consider this the beginning of the year right? With another year in the books and more promises to be made about how this year is going to be soooo much better than last year many businesses are left with just one question…how?  Well, seriously, what’s going to make 2011 so great?  A new attitude? Sure, but how long can you really sustain that?   Are you going to start using better tools and newer technologies?  If so, you’re on the right tracck.  Pick up a screw driver and try screwing a screw into a board.  Not easy is it?  Now try using an electric drill instead.  Significantly easier and more efficient isn’t it?  In business we have to think the same way. Surrounded by ever evolving technology allowing us to communicate  instantly and deliver answers immediately has produced mixed results for businesses.  The demands on businesses have created soeunrealistic expectations and real strains on profit margins.   What is  the true benefit and is this just a major distraction?  Having access to technology tools may offer nothing more than increased inefficiency if used incorrectly.   Without this, you have a laundry list of high tech toys. The demands on your time and the demands from customers are greater than ever and yet the financial gain does not necessarily go along with it.  So, if you are selling general goods, it’s harder to squeak out a profit. The office still has areas that can generate savings and subsequently profit potential, but please stop pounding on the  office supplies, After all, there is only so much you can save by searching for discount office supplies.   Smart businesses are diligently searching for previously unexamined areas for savings potential.   Namely, IT. 

Business, has to find every means possible to save money so that they can try to once again start making money. So someone is always at the bottom of the chain. In 2011, the main resolution your company can make is becoming more profitable…tough economic times are not! 

 A fantastic source and maybe one of the more dramatic areas for yielding hidden savings can be found within your printer environment.  If your company has 15 or more networked printers and many smaller businesses have at least that many, then you have an opportunity to start hacking away at one of the largest unaudited expenses in within your organization…document generation.  Managed print services or MPS is not a revoultion but rather a business evolution.  MPS respresents a very logical transition for IT’s management of the printer fleet.  Additionally, an MPS program represents increased efficiency to go along with a very real savings initiative.  Progressive businesses are fully aware that increased efficiencies are quickly turned into dollars.  Best of all many robust MPS programs do not require a company to invest one nickle for new equipment. Rather, a good MPS system should initially work within your current configuration.  If the function of business is indeed to maximize profits in a socially responsible way, than PreciseMPS should be evaluated for the tremendous benfits it offers.  

Not to be overlooked is the environmentally friendly aspects of a robust MPS program. The plastic cores should and must be reused. This is both an economic and ecological benefit.  A sound MPS program will provide your organization a 30 percent average reduction in imaging costs, a 60 percent reduction of hard copy fleet carbon emissions and increased worker productivity.

Photizo Group found that the average cost of a hardcopy fleetfor a firm with 750 employees is over $700,000 per year. The fleet will use over 33,000 kWh of electricity and generate over 80 tons of carbon (CO2) emissions (equivalent to the total CO2 output for 16 cars – for an entire year).

Check out these statistics: 

• Forests are being destroyed at a rate of 20 soccer fields per second
• Nearly 50% of all trees that are harvested in North America alone are used for the production of paper over any other material or product.
• Global production in the pulp, paper and publishing sector is estimated to increase by an alarming 77 percent  from 1995 to 2020.
• Without green printing, the world’s natural forests cannot  support the huge demand for paper and paper products.
• The pulp and paper industry is the single largest consumer of water used in industrial activities in developing and developed countries , and is also the 3rd  largest industrial greenhouse gas emitted.  

How does can a good MPS program help you lower your carbon footprint?

• By more effectively using your current fleet, you will reduce the number of kWh considerably! This alone has a huge impact on your carbon footprint.
• You are reducing our planets dependence on oil based products by recycling your current toners and replacing them with toners that use recycled materials.
• You will also be using less toner cartridges by adopting new technology. Too often we throw away cartridges that still have a fair amount  toner in it.
• You will be reducing Green House Gases by reducing your paper usage. The more trees left standing, the more carbon dioxide they can produce. This cycle is not only good for the production of clean air but it has a major impact on the protection of our overall environment.
• Understand that even water conservation  is greatly improved by cutting down your paper usage. Papermaking is one of the biggest contributors to the loss of fresh and usable water.
• Landfill reduction is accomplished by PreciseMPS helping you recycling “all” toner cartridges. Remember, the toner cartridge sitting in that landfill will still be there five hundred  years from now!

For these sound reasons you can understand why smart businesses are gravitating towards quickly adopting an MPS program.