Total Cost of Ownership
 Total cost of ownership (TCO) is not only a top customer concern; it is one that most customers understand very clearly. They understand that the total cost of a given solution includes many other considerations beyond the purchase price.
In general, TCO generally refers to measurable cost components (hard numbers). Many of these are known quantities, such as: acquisition; maintenance and service; consumables; financing; facility-related costs (consumables inventory, real estate, energy); direct support (help desk, key operators); and mail, courier and long-distance charges.
There are also some TCO metrics that are typically unknown. These “hidden costs” include: IT support; purchasing, transaction systems and contract administration; user productivity and downtime; document handling and finishing; meter reading and placing service calls; indirect support (asset management, vendor management, training, software integration and support); infrastructure (network bandwidth, print servers and document storage); deployment, connectivity, upgrades and disposal.
“By streamlining business processes, reducing print output and maximizing staff productivity our award-winning hardware and software solutions help reduce Total Cost of Ownership.”
TGI solutions will help you spend less money by eliminating unnecessary output; simplifying complex workflows and making sure employees are using solutions that enable peak productivity. Couple this with our expertise is workflow processes to offer you a complete hardware, software and service solution designed to fit your unique environment.
Through the hardware, software and service of TGI, organizations in any industry can significantly reduce TCO for all document-related hardware, software and related infrastructure.
1.Spend less on output. TGI solutions enable customers to regain control of the fleet. Fleet consolidation and optimization (or “right-sizing”) help keep cost-per-page as low as possible. TGI solutions can also deploy rules-based printing and device management (via Print Director) to reduce unnecessary or wasteful output, so the total number of page
2.Achieve accountability. TGI solutions help customers track activity and output for chargeback. These solutions also deliver accurate information about document usage, so organizations can control output costs more effectively, cost-justify decisions about the fleet, discourage waste and abuse, and make sure each part of the organization pays its fair share.
3.Remove related costs. TGI solutions help organizations reduce or eliminate many of the costs of paper-intensive activities, including couriers, postage and outsourcing. Examples include network scanning with GlobalScan and Web-based document management with DocumentMall and advanced finishing capabilities of MFP products.
Handling information more efficiently can drive big savings. Many customers do not realize how much money they spend on paper and electronic documents, and are unaware of the significant potential savings.
TGI solutions can help. TGI employs methodologies for uncovering the true cost of document workflow and identifying specific ways to drive those costs down.
TGI takes a comprehensive approach. Your solutions include hardware, and software and a combination of TGI’s services that work in concert to help customers meet the ongoing challenge of cost reduction with measurable results. We can provide hardware that costs less to operate, along with software and services that reduce the cost of doing business.
- Produce more color documents in-house and reduce outsourcing costs
- Add color and consolidate output volume to fewer devices
- Add color at a lower cost than with traditional laser printers
- Single device replaces multiple color and B/W units
- User codes and utilities enable color cost tracking, reducing the risk of abuse
- Automatic duplexing reduces paper usage
- Finishing options minimize need for outsourcing or offline finishing equipment
Service
Services may include document workflow analysis, outsourcing capabilities (i.e. network services, facilities management services, mail room services etc¿) and DocumentMall or Docuclass. Contact your local service office for a complete and accurate list of the services we can provide.
Outsourcing services (including document-related services, network support services and other business support services) from TGI can provide many opportunities to reduce TCO.
- Lower administrative costs
- Devote more internal resources to core activities
- Eliminate the cost of hiring and training internal service team
- Simplify billing and invoicing to reduce the risk of overpayment
- Right-size the fleet and remove unused devices
- Employ just-in-time inventory tracking and management for supplies
- Outsource service call management
- Outsource departmental chargeback’s for all document activity
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