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New head for Tech Data supplies business
Colin Shepherd has taken the helm at Tech Data
UK's supplies business. He has more than 15 years'
experience working in specialist supplies roles within
distribution.
Commenting on his appointment, Shepherd said: “Tech
Data has access to leading brands such as HP, Epson, Canon
and Xerox and a tremendous and unrivalled capability to
assist resellers in driving their supplies business. I intend
to take full advantage of those resources to ensure that
our customers have the opportunity to maximise sales of
cartridges and other consumables, supplies and accessories.”
Tech Data stocks 4,000 consumable product lines
including inkjet and toner cartridges, paper and film, labels
and other consumables for leading printer and MFP brands.
Resellers can identify the supplies they need using Tech
Data's Supplies Configurator and check stock positions and
place and manage orders via Tech Data’s InTouch online
platform, 24-hours a day.
In total Tech Data holds £100 million of inventory and
over 40,000 different product lines; it delivers over 10,000
items every day with a success rate of over 99.99%; and provides credit lines of more than £1.5 billion to
customers.
Partnering for success
Xerox Global Platinum Partner RDT
Office Solutions Group has enhanced
its ability to transform Xerox hardware
into electronic business processing hubs
by partnering with business solutions
provider ProcessFlows.
As part of the Xerox Global Network,
which focuses on the use of technology to
drive growth and customer service, RDT Office
Solutions Group has successfully established an
international customer base in over 25 countries
across Europe, Africa, Asia and the Americas.
RDT CEO Derek Russell said: “In order to
meet our customers’ needs to further improve
their processes within their Xerox infrastructure,
we are introducing more advanced business
processing solutions to our portfolio. Partnering
with ProcessFlows is enabling us to offer so
much more to our customers.”
Crucially, it enables RDT to expand its
offering with minimal infrastructure investment
and without the usual costs of on-boarding new
software.
PrintSense, the specialist managed print
business operated by Ingram Micro UK,
has signed up as a sponsor of this year’s
Synaxon National Conference, taking place at
Staverton Park, Northamptonshire in June.
Launched just over a year ago, PrintSense gives
resellers an easy, low cost route into MPS through
a carefully chosen set of vendor-agnostic solutions
and services.
New services include the PrintSense.
Foundations automated toner replenishment service
and PrintSense.Complete, a comprehensive three-
or five-year service with competitive hardware lease
pricing including on-site servicing and consumables
delivery.
The PrintSense menu of bespoke and ad hoc
services also includes asset tagging, pre-delivery
inspection and installation, Green Button testing,
first-line software installation and support, and
on-site surveys.
Gemma Glen, Head of Print, Peripherals and
Supplies at Ingram Micro, said: “During the first
12 months of the programme we have learned a
lot about managed print and what resellers and
customers really need. We’ve now launched a
whole range of additional services, which we will
be talking about and demonstrating at the Synaxon
Conference. We’ll be looking to bring as many
members on board as possible.”
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PrintSense to sponsor Synaxon
National Conference
Tech Data takes on A3 HP MFPs
HP has extended its distribution agreement with Tech Data to cover its entire range of HP
Laserjet MFPs including high-end A3 models like the best-selling HP LaserJet Enterprise
Color MFP M880 series.
As well as extending the availability of
higher-end devices to the wider business
reseller market, Tech Data plans to recruit a
significant number of managed print services
partners.
Mark Glasspool, Tech Data Director of
Product Marketing, said: “HP partners can
now come to Tech Data for all multifunction
products. We’ll be working with HP to
demonstrate the benefits of its solutions
and engaging with partners to maximise
their potential. Between now and the end
of 2015, we will be actively seeking out and
talking to prospective new HP partners.”
Purpose Software
automates toner request
process
Purpose Software has released a new
Toner Integration Module to streamline the
process of replacing toner in print devices
located at customer premises.
Working in conjunction with the company’s
Capture-IT automated meter reading application, it
links notification emails generated by print devices
monitored by Capture-IT to toner requests on
2serv without requiring manual intervention.
Michael Burke, Managing Director of Purpose
Software, said: “This new module minimises the
administrative resource required to manage and
process toner replacements and highlights when
agreed coverage percentages are exceeded or
toner replaced prematurely. Developed as part of
our ongoing programme of product enhancement,
it also helps customers combat toner hoarding,
reduce the cost of consumables and ensure
100% availability of print devices across the
organisation.”
