Fighting a Losing Battle With Paper -- Is This You?
by Jeff Osgar, Solutions Specialist // Document Management on Dec 8, 2017 10:50:08 AM
Have you ever heard of document management or the “paperless” office? As we talk to our existing customers – as well as potential new ones – we are often surprised at how often smaller offices have given up on the struggle with using paper. The world is increasingly digital and online …
When Your Service Partner Has Soul, They Care More
by Jim Oricchio // Founder, CEO, and President on Dec 5, 2017 12:27:33 PM
Baby let me be your soul driver – Bruce Springsteen I love Bruce Springsteen! I was recently asked by a customer “What makes you different from all of the other copier dealers I could buy from?” We, that is Coordinated Business Systems, have soul. That's why we're different. That's wh …
Why Toner is Superior to Inkjet When You Want to Print in Color
by Kirk Studebaker // President on Nov 30, 2017 2:48:27 PM
If you’re like most offices, you and your coworkers use black and white printing most of the time, and the option to print in color is a perk that you rarely use. When you do print in color, though, what’s not so nice is that annoying error code taunting you that your ink is low or to …
Boost Employee Collaboration With Document Management
by Jeff Osgar, Solutions Specialist // Document Management on Nov 15, 2017 1:43:04 PM
Communication and collaboration go hand-in-hand, document management makes it easier. Webster.com defines collaborate “to work jointly with others or together especially in an intellectual endeavor.” Let's explore the third of the 4 Cs of document management benefits – collaboration ( …
5 Useless Excuses to Avoid Implementing Document Management
by Jeff Osgar, Solutions Specialist // Document Management on Nov 13, 2017 8:48:56 AM
Everyone has excuses for not doing something they know they should do better. An excuse is “a reason or explanation put forward to defend or justify a fault or offense.” I'm too tired to go to the gym today. If I don't eat this bag of chips, it's going to go bad and I don't want to wa …
Scam Alert! 19 Ways to Avoid and Sink Toner Pirates
by Kirk Studebaker // President on Nov 8, 2017 7:36:34 AM
Shiver me timbers, toner pirates are at it again. This sounds like a funny office joke or a Saturday Night Live skit with the “Makin' Copies” guy. It's not. A bunch of our customers are reporting that these scammers have been calling them. Here's how the scam works, how to spot a tone …
Quick Tips to Calculate ROI From Document Management
by Jeff Osgar, Solutions Specialist // Document Management on Oct 31, 2017 3:49:17 PM
How will my business benefit? If that's the first question many companies ask themselves when considering an IT implementation, the second is almost always “what's the return on investment?” Sometimes, that's hard to answer as there might not be direct financial benefits – better coll …
5 Ways Costs Shrink With Document Management
by Jeff Osgar, Solutions Specialist // Document Management on Oct 24, 2017 11:39:53 AM
What is the cost of out-of-control information to your business? There are real costs to your manufacturing business when you don't manage your documents. There are also opportunity costs as well – an inability to react quickly because your business moves at the speed of paper. Let's …
It's a Bird! It's a Plane! It's a . . . Copier Guy?!?!?
by Kirk Studebaker // President on Oct 4, 2017 12:06:25 PM
Superheros come in all shapes and sizes. The hero could be your copier service technician. No, really. When your copier or printer konks out and you've got invoices or church bulletins or an important contract that needs to be printed now, the arrival of the copier guy just might incl …