The brief

With spend restrictions becoming ever more prevalent, the College recognised the need to review and assess their current printing activity throughout their three sites in an attempt to better understand their print costs, productivity and functionality.

The College undertook a further competition exercise under the Multi-functional devices (MFD) framework appointing Konica Minolta Business Solutions as the successful supplier.

Due to the nature of the project Konica Minolta deployed its dedicated Print Management team to undertake the transformation process.

The criteria

The first objective for the Print Management team was to assess the current printing landscape at the College Group. This comprehensive process began with an initial print assessment which included interviews with users, output audits and cost analyses to enable a full understanding of the Colleges’ requirements.

During the print assessment a number of issues were identified:

• The College was experiencing a number of problems associated with an ageing and inefficient fleet of devices and solutions: they were slow, unreliable and unsecure.
• There was a lack of integration and operating across all of the campus sites.
• Excessive waste and frequent engineer call outs were also a significant problem.

The benefits