Does your MPS program focus on CPP or TCO?

Posted by Ed Carroll on Monday, September 27, 2010

What’s the difference? It depends on who you ask.

In recent months there have been a number of blog postings focused on the subject of TCO (total cost of ownership) for MPS opportunities. In most cases the author’s belief is focusing on TCO, and not on CPP, is the best way to distinguish yourself from your competition. Most articles will compared the components of both CPP and TCO, and some will suggest that CPP programs only focus on supplies, parts and service and TCO focuses on all the true costs of managing the fleet: Items like paper, IT support, network cost, etc.

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Strategy Development Launches Strategic Selling Course

Posted by Kelli Jones on Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Strategy Development is launching a strategic selling course designed for beginning and intermediate sales professionals. This course is available as an eight-week webinar series, or as an on-site, two-day workshop.

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Scarcity of Empties Causes Big Problems For Remanufacturers

Posted by Guest Blogger on Monday, September 20, 2010

By Charles Brewer

For the remanufacturing industry, a reliable supply of high-quality, empty cartridges is essential. Simply put: without a good source of empties, there can be no “remanufacturing.” For a variety of reasons, however, the supply of empties is drying up. The situation is serious and has already resulted in spot shortages and price increases. And it’s bound to only get worse.

All the complicated physics and chemistry involved in electrophotographic printing make remanufacturing toner cartridges technically challenging.

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