The Water Group Completes a 16-Month Study on "The Future of Managed Print Services"
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Philadelphia, PA, September 11, 2015 --( According to Tab Edwards (a consultant with The Water Group and a foremost authority on Imaging & Output, strategy, and MPS), "Although many organizations benefit significantly from the adoption of MPS, there are nearly as many organizations where the actual benefits from the solution are uncertain." "MPS as a solution in its current manifestation has been stagnating over recent years for many reasons, not the least of which is buyers’ skepticism about the solution’s ability to deliver on its promises; its value,” says Michael Maupin, a Principal with The Water Group, “The survival of MPS (or, as we refer to the future of MPS: the Managed Document-related Information Supply Chain Solution, or M-DISC), will be heavily based on its evolution from printers, MFPs, toner/ink, and service, to a solution that derives its value from the fact that it improves core business processes.Philadelphia, PA, September 11, 2015 --( PR.com )-- Managed Print Services (MPS) as a solution offering has been around in its current iteration since approximately the year 2000.And while the major promise of MPS remains "cost savings," the actual experience of the solutions performance has been hit-and-miss.According to Tab Edwards (a consultant with The Water Group and a foremost authority on Imaging & Output, strategy, and MPS), "Although many organizations benefit significantly from the adoption of MPS, there are nearly as many organizations where the actual benefits from the solution are uncertain.""MPS as a solution in its current manifestation has been stagnating over recent years for many reasons, not the least of which is buyers’ skepticism about the solution’s ability to deliver on its promises; its value,” says Michael Maupin, a Principal with The Water Group, “The survival of MPS (or, as we refer to the future of MPS: the Managed Document-related Information Supply Chain Solution, or M-DISC), will be heavily based on its evolution from printers, MFPs, toner/ink, and service, to a solution that derives its value from the fact that it improves core business processes.