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IN THIS ISSUE
05
Agenda
Businesses waste billions on admin
11
Mailing
New services for Mailmark franking machines
12
Cover Story
Maximise benefits of Neopost folder-
inserters with output management software
14
App Update
New apps for business and leisure
15
Scanners
Fujitsu adopts new approach to scanning
19
Managed Print Services
Epson introduces MPS for WorkForce Pro business
inkjets
24
Displays
Tayla Ansell picks her highlights from NEC Showcase 2016
26
Interview
James Goulding talks to Nigel Steljes about his new venture
30
Innovations
The month’s best new products and services
32
Mobile
Tablet-based tills bring flexibility to small retailers
34
Catering
Why every office needs a coffee machine.
Plus greener coffee choices
36
Communications
Tayla Ansell looks at trends in business telephony
37
Hosted telephony
Dominic Norton outlines the pros and cons of hosted and
on-premise communications
38
Lighting
Why office lighting matters for
employee well-being
41
Drones
New applications of drone technology
42
The Month in Numbers
The world of work in numbers
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Who saw that coming? And I’m not just talking about the
Iceland result. As the consequences of Cameron’s ill judged
gamble become clear, the spectre of 2008 is stalking the land.
Confronted by the real possibility of a return to recession, it
is vital that businesses continue to invest in ICT and push on
with their digitisation strategies. Survey after survey show that
organisations still have a long way to go in this regard. Too
many workflows remain slow, labour-intensive and paper-based,
and where processes are digitised, they are often done so in a
piecemeal fashion that prevents organisations from reaping the
full benefits of their investment. On page 15 we explain what
Fujitsu is doing to encourage more organisations, especially small
and medium-sized businesses, to implement enterprise-wide
digitisation strategies.
Another trend that emerged from the last recession is managed
print services (MPS). The promise of lower costs, a smaller carbon
footprint and improved efficiency struck a chord with businesses
desperate to economise without laying off workers or damaging
their competitiveness. MPS proved particularly popular with
enterprises and medium-sized businesses. New offerings from
Epson and Samsung (see page 19) extend the benefits to smaller
businesses.With three and five year contracts on the table, it is
important to consider the effects of your digitisation strategies
on future print volumes. Otherwise, your MPS could turn out to
be a false economy.
The advantage of investing in IT to improve efficiency and
cut costs is that savings achieved may give forward-thinking
organisations more scope to continue to support employees
by creating more comfortable working environments (see page
38). It is possible to devise cost justifications for investment in
furniture, lighting, catering etc., but they are inexact and easy
to ignore when hard investment choices need to be made.
Businesses should avoid this temptation. As the workforce ages,
the quality of the working environment is likely to become
an increasingly important factor in addressing the UK’s poor
productivity levels.
James Goulding
, Editor,
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