6 ways Brother Managed Print Services helps you reduce printing costs

Written by Brother | Feb 19, 2018 8:00:00 PM

There are several ways Brother Managed Print Services (MPS) can reduce printing costs and control expenses relating to your business print and imaging environment:

Find out more about bringing the power of MPS to your business.

 

1. Reduce capital expenditure

 

The cost of purchasing an entire fleet of devices can be daunting, but Brother MPS has flexible options. Pay-per-page print models with leased hardware are perfect for companies who baulk at the idea of a huge one-off bill for hardware every five to ten years.

 

 

2. Transparent and smooth cash flow

 

Brother monitors the pages each device prints and you are only billed on what you print. Because pages and consumables are being tracked, you will have complete visibility on what you are using—your cash flow is smoothed and there’s no large expenditure upfront. There will be no surprises when it comes to invoices.

 

Brother monitors the pages each device prints and you are only billed on what you print.

 

By quantifying costs, it’s also easier to identify where savings can be made and efficiencies gained—for example, you can identify a printer that’s consistently printing single-sided when company policy is double-sided printing to save on paper.

 

 

3. Eliminating overcapitalised technology costs

 

Did you know that 49% of New Zealand employees have access to A3 printing capabilities? However, of this 49%, only 15% of their printing is done in A3 (according to the Brother NZ print and technology survey).

This means that their employer is paying for A3 capabilities—often in the form of a larger device, such as a copier, which requires significant investment—when a smaller, more cost effective, A4 device might suffice. It’s these types of costs, which aren’t being realised and benefitted from by your business, that Brother MPS can identify and address.

Part of Brother’s balanced deployment review process involves assessing what users’ needs are and matching these with the most cost effective machines that deliver to their needs.

 

 

4. Maintenance costs

 

A sporadic approach to your business’ print setup can lead to inefficiencies in several areas (e.g. having to manage multiple brands with different consumables and software). Maintaining individual devices one at a time is costlier than having an integrated, automated system for doing so at scale.

 

Maintaining individual devices one at a time is costlier than having an integrated, automated system for doing so at scale.

 

Brother MPS connects all devices to a single monitoring system to ensure just-in-time management of repairs and delivery of replacement toners. This reduces the cost for your business associated with stockpiling unused inventory.

 

 

5. Discounts off standard pricing

 

Companies with multiple brands of printers often order excess toner and printer from a number of different sources, wasting vital office funds and administrator time.

The economies of scale of Brother MPS mean you pay lower prices—up to 36% cost savings from standard pricing.

 

 

6. Flexibility and scalability

 

Brother MPS can adapt to the changing wants and needs of any business. Your printer fleet can be ‘future-proofed’ to remain flexible.

The transparency of print budgeting also comes into play when planning future requirements, as equipment and machines can be changed with minimal cost and disruption.