Canon Managed Print
Solution helps East Lothian
Print Smart .
East Lothian Council
Public Sector
East Lothian Council Case Study
Canon Managed Print Solution helps
East Lothian Council Print Smart .
Overview
Solution
Julie Caughey, Finance Manager at East
Lothian Council in south-east Scotland still looks a little surprised as she describes the findings of the Council s review of its printing and copying operations. But she s also relieved to be talking in the past tense. East Lothian is reaping the benefits of a Managed Print Service (MPS)
solution from Canon that has not only greatly reduced printer numbers and consumables consumption but raised the whole profile of printing and copying within the Council.
The vital first step was to discover exactly what assets the Council had, where they were, and how great the volume of printing and copying was. Time was tight, but deadlines were met something Caughey puts down to the collaboration from the outset between Canon and the Council s procurement, IT and finance departments. We were all working towards the same objectives a more efficient and environmentally-friendly operation based on printing less on fewer machines.
Challenge
Like councils across the UK, East Lothian is faced with the challenge of reducing costs and increasing efficiency while maintaining services. Printing and copying came under the spending spotlight as the Council s existing contract entered its final six months. Caughey recalls: Sticking with the status quo wasn t an option. We d been trying to reduce the size of our printer fleet for five years, but numbers
