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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