Print solutions for cost efficiency and convenience
For many businesses keeping their stationery cupboard stocked with letterheads and compliment slips doesn’t pose much of a challenge. Business cards are another story. They rely on each employee noticing that their stock is running low and giving enough notice that new ones need ordering. Which is why we’ve all met someone who has run out, or indeed, been in that awkward position ourselves.
For larger organisations with multiple sites and multiple addresses, keeping on top of printed stationery stock can feel like a full time job. Although the wheels of the business aren’t necessarily going to fall off if an office runs out of letterheads, it can cause a problem. We want to make sure you never run out of essential stationery and we want to make it as simple as possible to keep on top of your print stock and ordering processes. That’s why we offer two complementary print stock and supply solutions – designed to deliver cost efficiencies and convenience for your business.
Introducing our web to print service
Our web to print service is incredibly popular with customers. On a very basic level it’s an online portal that authorised personnel within your business can access to order new stationery stock. We receive the order, print it and deliver it to the specified office. It’s simple, it’s convenient and it’s fast.
Brand consistency
But those aren’t the only reasons our clients love it. There are many other advantages to the system. Perhaps the biggest bonus is that it helps organisations adhere to their brand guidelines. Your dedicated account manager will help you agree and set up the templates for your stationery. That means there will be no deviations where logos or addresses are positioned, which fonts are used or how telephone numbers are displayed. We’ll also help you pre-agree the types of paper and finish that your stationery is printed on.
At your request we will fix specified fields, so that when authorised personnel come to order new business cards or letterheads online, they only have the option to update certain fields. Not only does it make life easier for them, but it guarantees consistency in how your brand is presented across all your stationery.
Reduce obsolescence
Our web to print system is also designed to reduce obsolescence – that’s printed stock that if never going to be used. In today’s fast paced world where mergers, acquisitions and address changes are just path of the course, many organisations are nervous about printing large quantities of stationery, for fear that it will go to waste. Our online ordering system allows you to print stock in whatever quantity you require, as and when you need it. You can even set up the system to restrict spend or orders where and when necessary. It ensures your business never haemorrhages money on printed stock that is destined for the recycling bin.
Printed stock management
Of course, there will always be times when your organisation wants to take advantage of the cost savings that can be achieved by printing large quantities of certain items. If you’re confident that a piece of print is going to have a long and healthy shelf life, then long print runs are far more cost effective than shorter print runs.
However, for a lot of organisations, storing large quantities of print can be a challenge. Square metres of space come with a high price tag these days and a lot of organisations simply don’t have the spare space to store boxes of print – safely and securely. Separate storage could be an option, but will negate the cost saving achieved in the first place, and poses and access issue. Retrieving the stock as and when you need it is just another logistical problem to get around.
Our managed print service is designed to solve these problems for you. We can store your printed stock and your authorised personnel can use our secure online portal to ‘call off’ quantities, as and when they need it. We’ll then deliver it to whatever address specified. It’s really that simple.
We’d love the opportunity to talk to you about your print requirements and discuss our services and solutions with you. We’re pretty confident we can make your life a lot simpler and save you money at the same time, so what are you waiting for? Get in touch today.
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