Norm McConkey
MPS Toolbox aims to “support office imaging dealerships […] to increase profits and revenue”.
The software, from Canadian company Tangent MTW, features “robust software tools” that help support print management programmes, and is designed for office imaging dealerships as a “unique solution […] architected to leverage existing MPS programme investments and infrastructure”, the company notes.
MPS Toolbox combines device information from a company’s remote monitoring and ERP (enterprise resource planning) software in order to “quickly deliver comprehensive assessments” as well as fleet optimisation, profit identification, proposal generation and analysis of supplies vendors for sales staff to use when looking at customer accounts.
The company also noted that MPS Toolbox “provides business optimisation” through the simplification of “data analysis processes”, and while the software is currently part of Parts Now’s R4 MPS programme, used by “dozens of dealerships within the industry”, it will be available as a software as a service (SaaS) release from $199 (€157) per month.
Norman McConkey, Principal of Tangent MTW and Creator of MPS Toolbox, commented: “There is an abundance of untapped revenue that dealers can access within their existing account base. From new hardware, less expensive service programs, and higher profit margins in their cost per page programs, MPS Toolbox is designed to show dealers how to capture this information and leverage it immediately.
“After years of struggling with flat or declining revenue and managed print programs that have yet to deliver on the cost reduction and revenue promises made, MPS Toolbox offers dealers in our industry something tangible to get excited about. Dealers already have all of the data they need within their remote monitoring systems. MPS Toolbox fits into the equation by answering the question: ‘you have data, now what?’ We’re the ‘now what.’”