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About the Archived Event

Event Title: Fortune 50 Company Finds Big Savings with Print Cost Management

This is an archived recording of a live webinar held on:

Date:	Time:	Duration:
July 26, 2005	11:00 AM Pacific \| 2:00 PM Eastern	1 Hour

Now is the time to discover the best-kept cost-savings secret in the IT industry. At our complimentary Web seminar, Fortune 50 Company Finds Big Savings with Print Cost Management, you'll learn how to identify—and solve—your company's biggest print cost issues.

We'll explain how you can optimize and streamline your printing environment for cost savings, improved operational efficiency and sustained profitability. Learn how a major telecommunications company raised awareness of printing expenditures and slashed its print cost management expenses—and how you can do the same for your business.

Surprising facts:

Your company may be spending 1%–3% of its revenue on printing, and your print costs per employee may be nearly the same as telecom expenses. You can eliminate 10%–30% of this simply by centrally managing your print environment.
Your company may have up to three times the printing and copying devices it really needs to operate efficiently and effectively. Many office output devices sit idle and are used less than 1% of a typical eight-hour day.
Your company can experience significant cost savings with an easy-to-implement print cost management solution.


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Presenters/ Guest Speakers


	Guest Speaker Charles L. Johnston Consultant Former Southwestern Bell Corporation Communications Executive In his distinguished 35-year career with Southwestern Bell Corporation (SBC), Charles Johnston held a variety of executive management positions, including assistant vice president, executive director of desktop services, director of communication management services, and district manager of network operations. As an assistant vice president for SBC, Mr. Johnston managed over 1,600 employees with a $170 million annual budget, and achieved industry-leading productivity and cost-savings results for his company. SBC required key technology service improvements in critical customer service systems to lower costs while improving internal productivity. One such area was optimizing SBC's printing environment, a project that generated a minimum 10%-20% total cost of ownership (TCO) print cost improvement, including a 40%-50% reduction of the existing printer inventory and a 50%+ reduction in inkjet ink/laser toner expense per page. Mr. Johnston formulated business cases and implementation plans and timelines in this and other areas to reduce SBC's overall costs. As a result, his key projects immediately generated 5% productivity improvement in the first year, exceeded critical service level objectives by 10%, and positioned SBC for minimum annual savings of $5 million in 2005 and beyond.


	Presenter Kevin M. Pickhardt Chief Executive Officer Pharos Systems International Kevin Pickhardt is the chief executive officer of Pharos Systems International. Based in Rochester, New York, with offices in Auckland, New Zealand, Pharos Systems provides print cost management solutions to corporations, universities, and public libraries throughout the United States and in 21 other countries. Mr. Pickhardt has spoken extensively in the document management, printing, and technology markets at conferences throughout North America and in Europe. A member of the Document Management Industries Association and a Certified Document Imaging Architect, Mr. Pickhardt holds a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Rochester William E. Simon Graduate School of Business, and a degree in Computer Science from Brown University. Prior to joining Pharos, Mr. Pickhardt was vice president and general manager of Education Industry Solutions at Xerox Corporation. He was with Xerox Corporation for 17 years, and held management and leadership positions within brand management, business strategy, marketing, finance, and information management functions.


	Moderator Kevin A. Claypoole Manager, Business Development Pharos Systems International Kevin Claypoole has been involved in the information technology industry since 1986. He has held various sales, marketing, and executive management positions for Fortune 500 companies and entrepreneurial startups for the past 19 years. He has worked for, consulted with, and owned companies in the software, hardware, and IT consulting industries. He led numerous expense-reduction projects that saved U.S.-based companies millions of dollars. Mr. Claypoole holds a Masters in Business Administration in Finance from the University of Rochester William E. Simon Graduate School of Business and a degree in Engineering and Management from Clarkson University.


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Why You Should Attend

In this Webinar, you'll learn about the reality of print costs and the opportunity to save on printing quickly, easily and reliably.

Expose the common myth of how to lower printing costs: If you think you can reduce your company's high printing costs with duplex (double-sided) printing, document re-engineering, and printer fleet upgrades, think again. In reality, none of these techniques have yielded measurable results and printing costs continue to rise at double-digit rates on an annual basis.

You'll learn: How to identify the true economics behind the cost of printing and copying today, and what it takes to generate significant savings.

Uncover the true cost of printing: Printing costs are hiding across your enterprise in areas you've never thought to look, and the actual numbers associated with these costs will surprise you.

You'll learn: How to identify the five hidden drivers and their impact on print. You'll learn how to determine actual printing costs, eliminate unnecessary costs, optimize your printing budget, and even charge back costs to budget centers, departments or individual users within your organization.

Achieve rapid and sustained print cost savings: A controlled and sustained print cost management strategy translates into significant print cost savings for your company.

You'll learn: How one Fortune 500 company successfully applied a proven approach for the rapid discovery and capture of print savings opportunities.


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What People Are Saying


	Industry analysts estimate that most companies spend 1%-3% of their annual revenue on output [print] (including equipment, supplies, maintenance, and copying). You can eliminate 10%-30% of this spending simply by centrally managing output. "The Paper Trail" by Pui-Wing Tam, The Wall Street Journal Online, September 13, 2004


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