Output Investment Analysis (OIA ) From COPI
Output Investment Analysis (OIA) is a vendor neutral approach designed to objectively analyze the current state of output across the enterprise.
The data and knowledge gained from an OIA will be vital in helping maximize and enterprise's output technology ROI.
The COPI Output Investment Analysis (OIA) identifies specific areas of cost savings and efficiencies to help ensure output operations are operating at maximum levels of productively.
OIA comprises assessment tools, services and analysis software to:
- Locate areas of inefficiency in print processes
- Eliminate waste,
- Identify wasteful or un -needed equipment
- Maximize the use of existing equipment
OIA focus on multiple environments:
- Desktop printing.
- Cluster printing.
- Outsourced output.
- Hardcopy and softcopy output.
- Print production areas, where COPI experts assess workflow processes to help customers complete print jobs more quickly and at lower costs.
- Mail and finishing operations, where consultants find ways to automate the workflow so that jobs can be completed and mail delivered at faster speeds.
The COPI Output Investment Analysis Toolkit
The following COPI tools are utilized to automate and manage the assessment:
COPI's Print Output Assessment Tool (POAT) is designed to capture all network printing activity at the desktop level across the total enterprise and transfer that information to the data collection repository. The captured data is combined with the actual on-site costs, including yields of consumables, capital and/or lease costs using the Print Assessment Analysis Tool.
COPI's Print Assessment Analysis Tools (PAAT) are dedicated print assessment software tools that are used to analyze the data captured by the print assessment data collection tool. They provide comprehensive reports including costs, printing trends and an analysis of each of the devices that are being utilized and by which users on the network. They also have capabilities to manipulate and summarize both the automatically collected data from the remote output locations as well as the statistical information collected during the on-site assessment process. A further benefit is that the data generated using these tools can be exported directly to the industry standard Excel format so it can easily be re-purposed for use with other business and financial information.
COPI's Project Management Tools (PMT ) In addition, COPI integrates Microsoft Project for into its Project Management Tools. PMT enables close management of project planning and execution with continuous project status reporting. By utilizing industry-standard Microsoft Project, COPI's project management reports can be easily and seamlessly integrated to the Clients other Microsoft management and office tools as desired.
Why Chose COPI for your Output Investment Analysis
Over the past 28 years COPI has developed a global reputation as an output industry leader known for its innovative, vendor-independent solutions.
COPI's Output Investments Analysis (OIA) service is focused on providing large enterprises, like Express Scripts, with a discernable alternative to firms providing standard output studies or print assessments.
COPI Clients are some of the world's largest corporations with tremendous investments in output technology critical to their corporate objectives. As with any other major corporate investment maximizing ROI is a prime factor.
COPI treats the analysis of output in the same manner as any other critical corporate asset. As such, ALL aspects of an OIA are conducted by senior output professionals with the highest levels of global enterprise management skills and corporate IT experience.
The use of C-Level executives and the most respected output technology professionals is indicative of COPI's focus on maximizing ROI versus simply counting assets and listing costs.
A COPI Output Investment Analysis team is staffed by professional talent equivalent of those analyzing other critical investments such as the enterprise's real estate or bond portfolio.
- The analysis team is comprised of professionals who provide output software support to major enterprises and have large data center or print for profit operations management experience.
- The review team is comprised of senior level executives from some of the world's most respected members of the output industry.
OIA examines output systems from an enterprise perspective versus from the desktop up.
- Output is data.
- This output-based data is either imaged on surfaces or transmitted as soft documents or retained on electronic media.
- Because the IT arena is the best manager of enterprise data, OIAs are conducted from an IT perspective by seasoned IT professionals.
Some may feel that this IT based approach and the use of such high level, and expensive personnel, is not necessary for a "simple output study". In such cases, A COPI OIA is probably not the right solution.
However, if investing the necessary time and money to gain a thorough insight into the corporation's output assets and future output strategy from seasoned IT and business professionals is desired, then COPI is the RIGHT CHOICE.
Please call or email us to discuss how and Output Investment Analysis can maximize the productivity and minimize the cost of your output environment.
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