The company says that the new service is designed to be “tailored to the particular needs of the individual customer”, and can include the complete management of imaging devices, including consumables and maintenance.
Many of the biggest OEMs have invested heavily in MPS in recent years, with Lexmark shifting its business strategy towards services with Perceptive Software, and Xerox reporting an extremely profitable year after the purchase of service specialist ACS.
Peter Plested, Divisional Manager of Sharp’s European Solutions Business Centre, said: “The cost of producing ordinary, everyday office documents can be as much as five percent of a company’s revenue.
“An effective managed print service can reduce that by anywhere between 10% and 30 percent. These are the numbers that are being commonly quoted by independent analysts.”
He continued: “Many businesses are surprised when they are given a full and detailed breakdown of what equipment they have, how it is being used and what it’s costing.”