How can Printer Management software help improve economic activity in a local market?
Amazon has set a new standard in terms of service and value for money but, as they've grown to dominate the internet traffic, they have also started to threaten the economic well-being of our local communities.
Why Printer Management?
After installing a software plugin designed to run unobtrusively on your network, innocuous data will be gathered from your networked print devices.
- The software facilitates a one-way (outbound) transfer of encrypted data from your print devices to our secure cloud database.
- It makes your print devices part of the Internet of Things (IoT).
- We convert this otherwise wasted data into actionable business intelligence by leveraging enterprise-level software developed over a twenty-year timeframe.
- We utilize this intelligence to provide you with a superior value proposition.
- Because Amazon doesn't have access to the same intelligence, it becomes impossible for them to offer a comparable value proposition.
- By sharing your data, you enable us to provide you with a higher level of service than the online giants can offer.
Is it safe to install the software on my network?
The software can never write to your system and is only designed to utilize one-way (outbound) data that's fully encrypted throughout its journey to our cloud-based servers for analysis.
- HIPAA compliant and certified.
- The software does not use port 443 (HTTPS) often targeted by hackers.
- The intelligent software communicates over port 5222 using XMPP.
- SHA-256 cryptographic hash algorithms - the same as used for cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin.
- One-way data - cannot write information to any device on your network.
- Military-grade security eliminates risks to your network integrity.
- Does not use .NET, so not impacted by frequent Microsoft updates.
- Fully supports Windows, MacOS©, & Linux.
Always remain in full control of your data
The data you share from your office environment is your data and will only ever be used for your benefit. Furthermore, you install the plugin and you stay in control of removing it should you ever choose to do so.
- It is your decision to install the software plugin and it will be your decision if you ever decide to remove it.
- You won't have to call or write us because you are always in control and can instantly remove the software from your system for any reason.
- You will never have to pay for the plugin software and there is never an obligation to buy anything from us.
Okay! So now I know what Printer Management is, that it's safe, and that I will always remain in control of my data, but what's really it in for me?
What is the Internet of Things?
By connecting devices such as printers and copiers to the internet, they become part of the Internet of Things. This creates great value because:
- You electronically identify all the print devices on your network.
- We help you determine the actual levels of equipment utilization and calculate the real cost of ownership of all your print devices.
- Our proprietary algorithms determine when the ink and toner cartridges are going to run out.
- When the "toner-low" light comes on there may be months of usage remaining.
- We ensure you utilize 100% of the cartridge yield and never replace it before necessary.
- We know when cartridges are needed, we can ship economically helping save costs and reducing the environmental impact.
- We can map your preferred cartridge brand to each printer, maximizing savings and eliminating any confusion over cartridge compatibilities.
- It eliminates the need for on-premise emergency inventory and the risk of cartridge obsolescence.
Budgeting and Cost Control
You may consider it a big ask to share your printer data with us so we offer even more value to make sure it's worth your while.
- Once you share your pages printed, color versus mono, and the machine they were printed on, we can provide you with a budget for your expected spend.
- Identify cost savings by aligning equipment with the expected print volume.
- Auto-fulfillment to reduce your administrative costs and eliminate panic runs to the local superstore and paying retail prices for expensive cartridges.
- Assign budgets at the user level and route unexpected orders through procurement for approval.
- Location agnostic, so if you have some employees working from home we can help you manage their spending as well.
- Provide you with your own dashboard showing real-time printing and copier device and cartridge status.
Leveraging data to help manage your "longtail" spend
Like most businesses, you probably focus on the items you spend the most money on and leave everything else on auto-pilot. This becomes the so-called "longtail" spend and is where most suppliers try to make their greatest profits.
- We offer a vast range of products used in the office environment.
- After determining your ink and toner budget we can extrapolate your expected spend on a basket of office and business products.
- As a full-service provider, we can support your needs on office furniture, print, janitorial, breakroom, technology, general office supplies, promotional products, and many more.
- We are positioned to become your one-stop shop and supplier of choice for all your office and business equipment needs.
Asset Management
How well are you able to track your company assets? Why not start with your printers and copiers and never again overlook when you're covered by a manufacturer's warranty or extended service agreement.
- We will attach a QR label to your printer and copier devices.
- When anything goes wrong, scan the code and report the problem via our mobile App.
- Need extra cartridges to complete an unplanned print job? Scan the QR code and order via our mobile App.
- Remote workers with off-premise company assets? Never lose track of what belongs to your company.
- Trouble sticking to scheduled equipment maintenance routines? Stop overlooking preventative maintenance and reduce the risk of unexpected downtime.
Help us to help you support local business
We all understand the benefits of buying local but, we can't expect anyone to buy local without receiving a similar level of service and value to that which is now routinely provided by the online giants.
- We must earn your business and that takes more than just being local.
- To earn your business we must provide at least the same value as the big online players such as Amazon.
- To achieve this goal we need your help.
- By sharing some of your data with us, we can provide you with the same level of service you have come to routinely expect from the online behemoths.
- In fact, we can do even better because we pick up the phone when you call, and we come and see you when needed.
Step 1
Install the software
Step 2
Automatically discover and analyze
Step 3
Ongoing asset optimization