Nubeprint: Technology Company
Technology pillars:
• 1st patented DCA (yr.2000)
• Open Architecture
• Cloud & SaaS
• Automation
• Innovation:
o Business Intelligence
o Yield management
o Lean management
Offices:
o Europe: Madrid
o USA: Ann Arbor, Michigan
Distribution: Europe, USA, Russia, LatAm
www.nubeprint.com
MPS lean production
Know your costs!
Control your costs!
How to be effective in this business
“Lean”
“a production practice that considers the
expenditure of resources for any goal other than
the creation of value for the end customer to be
wasteful, and thus a target for elimination.”
Source: www.wikipedia.org
o Matured industry:
 Flat features
 Price is the difference
 No product loyalty
o Knowledgeable customer
o Price sensitivity
o Lack of knowledge of the actual printing
costs: hidden costs
o Customer is eager to outsource his problems
The printing industry
Auto-fulfillment
MPS
Bill per Cartridge
Cost per Page
Existing inneficiencies
Customer
• Stock at the customer
• Cartridges get lost
• Duplicated ordering
• Wrong ordering
• Ordering burden
Dealer
• Duplicate delivery
• Wrong delivery
• All manual
Customer
Moving from a transaction model
into a service (MPS) model
ProtectedExposed to Risk
Dealer
Services
Consumables
Devices AUTO FULFILLMENT
benefits all the players
involved
COSTS THE DEALER KNOWS
COSTS DEALER THINKS HE CONTROLS
Toner wasted when cartridge is replaced
Duplicated delivery of supplies
Stock of supplies at the customer
Unneeded technical visits
Unnecessary customer calls
Collecting missing counters
OTHER OVERCOSTS
US $ 90,000
US $ 78,000
US $ 300,000
30% of visits
80% of calls
- 100%
US $ 468,000
*Assumptions: 1500 copiers; cost of a full set of supplies 300$; local stock of supplies at 67% of customers; duplicated deliveries 12% of
shipments; toner wasted when cartridge is replaced 15%.
Manual validation of orders -100%
Billing effort -100%
19%
17%
9%
6%
13%
9%
8%
8%
11%
What aspects are the most important to manage the printers and
copiers of your customers?
Collecting page counters in an automated way
Eliminate the need to stock toner at the customer
Reduce the time required to bill the pages printed
Stop losing cartridges shipped to customers
Know when a customer replaces a supply
(toner, drum etc..) too early
Auto-fulfillment of orders from printers and copiers
Reduce the amount of technical visits to my
customers
Plan the service visits to my customers
Know in advance what supplies and parts will be
needed by my customers
Source: Survey contucted by Nubeprint Jan 2014
Managing printers is not an easy
task…
FULL MPS
34%
[CATEGORY NAME]
[PERCENTAGE]
MEDIUM ISSUE
28%
MAJOR ISSUE
26%
Not Compliant
4%
MPS Compliance (% of models analyzed)
FULL MPS
MINOR ISSUE
MEDIUM ISSUE
MAJOR ISSUE
Not Compliant
Source: Nubeprint MPS Compliance Report Jan 2014
Managing printers is not an easy
task…
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Brother
Canon
Datacard
Dell
Epson
Gestetner
HP
IBM
Intermec
Konica Minolta
Kyocera
Lanier
Lexmark
Lomond
Memjet
Muratec
NEC
NRG
Oce
OKI
Olivetti
Panasonic
Pantum
Ricoh
Riso
SAGEM
Samsung
Sato
Savin
Sharp
Sindoh
Tally Genicom
TOSHIBA
UTAX
Xerox
Zebra MPS Compliant
index
Normalized
MPS index
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Brother
Canon
Datacard
Dell
Epson
Gestetner
HP
IBM
Intermec
Konica Minolta
Kyocera
Lanier
Lexmark
Lomond
Memjet
Muratec
NEC
NRG
Oce
OKI
Olivetti
Panasonic
Pantum
Ricoh
Riso
SAGEM
Samsung
Sato
Savin
Sharp
Sindoh
Tally Genicom
TOSHIBA
UTAX
Xerox
Zebra
Auto-Fulfillment is critical
Customers are
device
agnostic.
70% of the costs in an
MPS contract are
consumables
Success in MPS depends exclusively on:
“your capacity to manage your costs”
o Auto fulfillment systems tracks the usage of the
cartridge and provides :
a) When to ship to the customer
b) When the user should replace the cartridge
c) When & what consumable is ready for collection &
remanufacturing
d) Future needs: Who, When & How much
e) Quality (ISO…) & Performance control
o System is independent to the printer HW
o The yield to trigger the alert is predetermined
based on printer needs (days, not remaining
level %)
AUTO FULLFILMENT service
To be PROFITABLE in MPS, monitoring is a
MUST, but NEVER ENOUGH…. It requires:
Current
Customer calls:
Needs for Toner or Parts
Errors on shipments
Material costs:
Toner replaced too early
Unnecessary shipping
Stocks
Other costs:
Manual billing process
No profit control at contract
level
Unnecessary Tech. Visits
Environmental policies
Yield Management
Alerts based on remaining printing days of any toner or part
Avoided based on the consumable & parts reliability of alerts.
Track cartridge replacements and measure efficiency
Alerts of consumable & parts are filtered reliability of alerts
Accurate forecast of future needs. Manage local stock at
customer when it is needed.
Reports for billing available 1st day of the month
Automatic profitability per printer, model, contract …
Prevent when parts will be exhausted. Get on-line status of the
printer.
Reliable forecast of empty cartridges (when & where)
Automated control of every smallest detail having an impact on
daily operating costs
8% Duplicated supply orders
8% Excess inventory at customer site
10% Toner replaced prematurely: Wasted
30% Unnecessary technical visits
70-80% Unnecessary end user calls
SUCCESS in MPS is measured by your profit…
…not by the volume
You can bill pages but, you can t influence your
PROFIT if you don t know where is your leakage:
Squeeze every ounce of profit
out of your MPS contracts!
o Ability to use most cost effective hw, consumables & parts
o Streamline supplies order fulfillment
o Streamline inventory management
o Customers loyalty: Highly accurate information allows for superior
customer/contract assessment
o Grow his profit, customers base & revenue
o Efficiency: sales representatives, back office and mgmt. access on-
line to key business information.
The Dealer benefits!...
o Supplies: no more calls/emails/web ordering for supplies
o Output devices availability: 100%
o Quality and reliability controlled
o Costs are controlled and optimized
o Tailored assessment based on actual (known) printing needs
o Flex printing environment: any brand of hw, consumable or part
… and the Customer benefits too!
Thank you!

The challenge in MPS

  • 1.
    Nubeprint: Technology Company Technologypillars: • 1st patented DCA (yr.2000) • Open Architecture • Cloud & SaaS • Automation • Innovation: o Business Intelligence o Yield management o Lean management Offices: o Europe: Madrid o USA: Ann Arbor, Michigan Distribution: Europe, USA, Russia, LatAm www.nubeprint.com
  • 2.
    MPS lean production Knowyour costs! Control your costs! How to be effective in this business
  • 3.
    “Lean” “a production practicethat considers the expenditure of resources for any goal other than the creation of value for the end customer to be wasteful, and thus a target for elimination.” Source: www.wikipedia.org
  • 4.
    o Matured industry: Flat features  Price is the difference  No product loyalty o Knowledgeable customer o Price sensitivity o Lack of knowledge of the actual printing costs: hidden costs o Customer is eager to outsource his problems The printing industry
  • 5.
  • 6.
    Existing inneficiencies Customer • Stockat the customer • Cartridges get lost • Duplicated ordering • Wrong ordering • Ordering burden Dealer • Duplicate delivery • Wrong delivery • All manual
  • 7.
    Customer Moving from atransaction model into a service (MPS) model ProtectedExposed to Risk Dealer
  • 8.
    Services Consumables Devices AUTO FULFILLMENT benefitsall the players involved COSTS THE DEALER KNOWS COSTS DEALER THINKS HE CONTROLS Toner wasted when cartridge is replaced Duplicated delivery of supplies Stock of supplies at the customer Unneeded technical visits Unnecessary customer calls Collecting missing counters OTHER OVERCOSTS US $ 90,000 US $ 78,000 US $ 300,000 30% of visits 80% of calls - 100% US $ 468,000 *Assumptions: 1500 copiers; cost of a full set of supplies 300$; local stock of supplies at 67% of customers; duplicated deliveries 12% of shipments; toner wasted when cartridge is replaced 15%. Manual validation of orders -100% Billing effort -100%
  • 9.
    19% 17% 9% 6% 13% 9% 8% 8% 11% What aspects arethe most important to manage the printers and copiers of your customers? Collecting page counters in an automated way Eliminate the need to stock toner at the customer Reduce the time required to bill the pages printed Stop losing cartridges shipped to customers Know when a customer replaces a supply (toner, drum etc..) too early Auto-fulfillment of orders from printers and copiers Reduce the amount of technical visits to my customers Plan the service visits to my customers Know in advance what supplies and parts will be needed by my customers Source: Survey contucted by Nubeprint Jan 2014
  • 10.
    Managing printers isnot an easy task… FULL MPS 34% [CATEGORY NAME] [PERCENTAGE] MEDIUM ISSUE 28% MAJOR ISSUE 26% Not Compliant 4% MPS Compliance (% of models analyzed) FULL MPS MINOR ISSUE MEDIUM ISSUE MAJOR ISSUE Not Compliant Source: Nubeprint MPS Compliance Report Jan 2014
  • 11.
    Managing printers isnot an easy task… 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% Brother Canon Datacard Dell Epson Gestetner HP IBM Intermec Konica Minolta Kyocera Lanier Lexmark Lomond Memjet Muratec NEC NRG Oce OKI Olivetti Panasonic Pantum Ricoh Riso SAGEM Samsung Sato Savin Sharp Sindoh Tally Genicom TOSHIBA UTAX Xerox Zebra MPS Compliant index Normalized MPS index 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% Brother Canon Datacard Dell Epson Gestetner HP IBM Intermec Konica Minolta Kyocera Lanier Lexmark Lomond Memjet Muratec NEC NRG Oce OKI Olivetti Panasonic Pantum Ricoh Riso SAGEM Samsung Sato Savin Sharp Sindoh Tally Genicom TOSHIBA UTAX Xerox Zebra
  • 12.
    Auto-Fulfillment is critical Customersare device agnostic. 70% of the costs in an MPS contract are consumables Success in MPS depends exclusively on: “your capacity to manage your costs”
  • 13.
    o Auto fulfillmentsystems tracks the usage of the cartridge and provides : a) When to ship to the customer b) When the user should replace the cartridge c) When & what consumable is ready for collection & remanufacturing d) Future needs: Who, When & How much e) Quality (ISO…) & Performance control o System is independent to the printer HW o The yield to trigger the alert is predetermined based on printer needs (days, not remaining level %) AUTO FULLFILMENT service
  • 14.
    To be PROFITABLEin MPS, monitoring is a MUST, but NEVER ENOUGH…. It requires: Current Customer calls: Needs for Toner or Parts Errors on shipments Material costs: Toner replaced too early Unnecessary shipping Stocks Other costs: Manual billing process No profit control at contract level Unnecessary Tech. Visits Environmental policies Yield Management Alerts based on remaining printing days of any toner or part Avoided based on the consumable & parts reliability of alerts. Track cartridge replacements and measure efficiency Alerts of consumable & parts are filtered reliability of alerts Accurate forecast of future needs. Manage local stock at customer when it is needed. Reports for billing available 1st day of the month Automatic profitability per printer, model, contract … Prevent when parts will be exhausted. Get on-line status of the printer. Reliable forecast of empty cartridges (when & where) Automated control of every smallest detail having an impact on daily operating costs
  • 15.
    8% Duplicated supplyorders 8% Excess inventory at customer site 10% Toner replaced prematurely: Wasted 30% Unnecessary technical visits 70-80% Unnecessary end user calls SUCCESS in MPS is measured by your profit… …not by the volume You can bill pages but, you can t influence your PROFIT if you don t know where is your leakage:
  • 16.
    Squeeze every ounceof profit out of your MPS contracts!
  • 17.
    o Ability touse most cost effective hw, consumables & parts o Streamline supplies order fulfillment o Streamline inventory management o Customers loyalty: Highly accurate information allows for superior customer/contract assessment o Grow his profit, customers base & revenue o Efficiency: sales representatives, back office and mgmt. access on- line to key business information. The Dealer benefits!...
  • 18.
    o Supplies: nomore calls/emails/web ordering for supplies o Output devices availability: 100% o Quality and reliability controlled o Costs are controlled and optimized o Tailored assessment based on actual (known) printing needs o Flex printing environment: any brand of hw, consumable or part … and the Customer benefits too!
  • 19.