Print Management Consulting

Documents take many different forms within organizations, and the processes and costs predominantly cross lines of business as well as internal cost centers and functional administrative areas. Although you may have control over one aspect, such as supply costs, it’s likely you are not monitoring other areas that are equally as important, like work being sent off site.

Our assessment of Print Management is holistic. We consider Print Management for all of the areas it touches, and the interrelationships it has with other workflows within your organization; here are some examples:

• Redundancy: each non core business function (such as print or mail) within an organization typically crosses one another. These redundant activities are often an immediate area where our clients can recognize cost reductions and process improvements.
• Asset management: similar to redundancy in process, there is virtually always redundancy in technology. Clients often are surprised that they have multiple devices, that can achieve the same output, within feet (or sometimes inches) of each other. Atlantic Partners uses a proprietary toolset to provide your organization with a plan to both eliminate unnecessary redundancy and migrate output to the lowest cost device.
• Vendor management: your procurement and administrative team spend hours negotiating agreements with reputable outside vendors. Sometimes those agreements are notutilized to the fullest extent. Through our assessment of you entire print spend, we will also help you negotiate better agreements based on your true volumes.
• Outsourcing: you may have culturally made the decision to outsource an in-house operation, but need assistance conducting an RFP process or checking on the productivity of your current outsource service provider. Our team has extensive experience in the outsourcing industry, and we can provide the assistance you need.
• Space planning: when redundancy is identified, there is also an opportunity for redesign of existing space, to free more of your real estate for other functions. Our team will provide you with ergonomically designed space plans that combine disparate operations into cohesive, productive work environments.
• Technology benchmarking: our analytic team keeps themselves continuously updated on the latest technology, and the strengths and weaknesses within service organizations that support that technology. We do not have “strategic alliances” with any manufacturer or service provider, and as such can provide you with an impartial assessment of each suppliers strengths and weaknesses.