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Use Smart MFPs to Transform Your Paper-Intensive Projects
19 May 2009
 
Don Dixon  

Smart multifunction products offer intelligent processing and distributed document capture. We estimate that use of SMFPs to integrate paper-based documents into electronic document workflows can reduce office paper use by 50%.







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Table of Contents


    
 Analysis

1.0
    
 Introduction
2.0
    
 The Market for SMFPs Is Growing

2.1
    
 Open-Architecture SMFP Platforms Abound
2.2
    
 Changes in the Document Solutions Market Complement SMFP Use
3.0
    
 Lack of Coordination Between SMFP Printing and IT Investments Is an Ongoing Problem
4.0
    
 Move Your Acquisition Model From Product to Process
5.0
    
 Where to Use SMFP Solutions to Lower Costs and Improve Productivity

5.1
    
 Scan to Fax and Server Applications
5.2
    
 Scanning/Capture Applications
5.3
    
 Customized Workflow and Applications
5.4
    
 Cost and Access Control Applications
5.5
    
 Case Studies

5.5.1
    
 Capture/Legislative Compliance at a U.S. Healthcare Service Company

5.5.1.1
    
 Problem
5.5.1.2
    
 Solution
5.5.1.3
    
 Result
5.5.2
    
 Use of Capture and Custom Workflow for K-12 Enrollment/Registration in the U.S.

5.5.2.1
    
 Problem
5.5.2.2
    
 Solution
5.5.2.3
    
 Result
5.5.3
    
 Cost Control at a Higher Education, Midwestern U.S. Urban University

5.5.3.1
    
 Problem
5.5.3.2
    
 Solution
5.5.3.3
    
 Result
6.0
    
 What You Need to Know

    
 Recommended Reading


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Figure 1. 
 Savings Opportunities Abound in Process-Centric Approaches to Print Fleet Acquisitions
 



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