How to deploy technology to streamline processes in order to reduce costs and improve business process
The economic challenges that Maryland businesses faced over the past several
years have had a lasting impact in many different ways, but
surprisingly, not all of them are bad. One positive outcome is that
companies have learned to do more with less in order to reduce costs and
boost profitability.
There are several methods of doing this. The most basic—and sometimes
the most difficult—is to streamline existing business processes. Simply
because something has always been done a particular way does not
necessarily mean that it’s the best way of doing it. Companies that are
trying to squeeze every last dollar out of the bottom line have found
that reinvention, reconfiguration and re-engineering can go a long way
towards increased profitability. There are of course limits to how far
this can take a business, but streamlining existing business processes
and practices is a great place to start.
The hardest part about this approach is that sometimes it’s difficult
to see the forest for the trees. Helping companies to reinvent
themselves has long been the province of management consultants who
consider this service their stock in trade, and charge dearly for it. On
the other hand, Innovative Copy Products who partners with Office Equipment Manufactures and Solution
providers, has a advantage of working on solutions for many
different organizations, and offer similar services as a part of a
solution bundle, delivering you the customer significant value—and saving a
tremendous amount of money—in the process.
As companies seek to accomplish a process re-engineering project, they
often come up against challenges that can’t be resolved through simple
changes to workflow. When this occurs, they turn to Innovative Copy Products, to create entirely new solutions and processes
that ultimately reduce costs, improve efficiency, and ultimately,
increase profits. Unlike simple re-engineering however, there’s a paradox
when it comes to using technology to boost the bottom line—you have to
spend money to make money.
In order to meet these requirements, companies are demanding much
more than simple equipment transactions. Instead of deciding on a single
piece of equipment and buying it, businesses today want end-to-end,
comprehensive solutions that solve many different business needs and
problems at the same time. Innovative Copy Products has been
capitalizing on this need by offering bundled packages that combine
diverse technologies with a broad range of professional expertise that
are all brought together into a high value problem solving offering.
Technology is rarely cheap and it tends to get even more expensive
the more complicated it gets. This is especially true for technology
that is used for very specialized applications in particular industries.
Whenever technology is deployed, the cost of the equipment—including
not just the cost of acquisition but also delivery and installation as
well as ongoing consumable supplies, service and support—must be
carefully weighed against the cost savings in terms of operational
efficiency that the solution will deliver.
Innovative Copy Products needs to be very sensitive to this fact. Because
specialized, bundled technology solutions can become very expensive, the
more value-adds that can be incorporated into the solution the more
cost effective it becomes. This leads us back to the idea of providing
expert services as a part of the solution development and delivery
process.
For example, Innovative Copy Products might partner with a
telephony company as well as a network integration company to offer a
managed services solution that ties all of the customer’s copiers,
printers, and scanners into the network. This is an end-to-end approach
that starts with us and all of the other participating
providers combining their professional expertise to develop an
appropriate solution based on the needs of the business
Highly capable financing partners are also important because many
small- and mid-sized businesses are still feeling the effects of the
recession. When sales are flat and credit is still tight, business tend
to hold both cash and credit lines in reserve for major business
emergencies. Acquiring equipment requires not only creative financing by
a creative financing partner, but also requires an approach that
delivers maximum value for every dollar spent.
This type of solution does several things. First, there are
tremendous economies of scale that enable the customer to maximize the
value received from every solution dollar committed. Second, there is
significant value to be gained from the combined expertise of Innovative Copy Products who thrives on delivering a solution. Third, a
managed services solution of this type is multi-dimensional. Instead of
addressing and solving one isolated business problem, it has a much
broader impact in several different areas of the organization. But most
importantly, a well designed and properly delivered bundled solution
saves the customer money.
If you need
more information on how Innovative Copy can help streamline your business and do more with less contact Innovative Copy Products
410-766-0200 (Glen Burnie, MD 21061)
Innovative Copy Products is an authorized Canon and Canon ADVANCE sales, service and solutions dealer, located in Glen Burnie, Maryland
