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Atos Healthcare clinics streamline printing systems
22 September 2009
Atos Healthcare has awarded a contract to Xerox to optimise the
printing infrastructure across its 12 medical services centres (MSC) and
276 medical examination centres (MEC) employing 4000 staff across the
UK.
The new infrastructure is expected to result in considerable cost
savings, greater efficiency, reliability and centralised management
control across its UK network. Xerox, working in partnership with
authorised Xerox reseller Bytes Document Solutions, has replaced Atos
Healthcare’s previous stand-alone, multi-vendor printers, faxes and
copiers with Xerox multifunction printers (MFP) that can print, copy,
scan and fax.
Previously, each of the 12 MSCs purchased its own equipment, which
not only created an inefficient multi-vendor printing infrastructure,
but also made it more expensive. As a result Atos Healthcare approached
Xerox to help rationalise its fleet of printing devices to help
streamline business workflow and allow for a more centralised control
structure.
Lawrie Keegan, project manager, Atos Healthcare said, “With so many
different standalone devices across our UK network, we had reached the
point where we needed to streamline with one vendor to save on cost. We
needed new devices that could be easily integrated with our existing
systems — vital in our sector when speedy communication is often
required. Thanks to the new Xerox devices, we expect to achieve a 10 per
cent saving on costs by the end of 2009. The first class technical
support and post-sale support Xerox provides makes me confident about
continuing to work with Xerox for future installations.”
Mark Duffelen, director and general manager, Office Group, Xerox UK
commented, “Cost and reliability are important to any organisation
particularly in field of healthcare, and especially at this time of
economic instability. It’s our goal to help our customers create and
maintain the most efficient printing infrastructure and reduce costs
wherever possible. I’m happy to say that the installation of Xerox’s
multifunction printers will help Atos Healthcare future-proof its
printing infrastructure, allowing for web-based and security-focused
applications to be added across its printing infrastructure, a key
requirement for the company over the coming years.”
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