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Devising your own language
WHEN Fuji Xerox acquired Upstream print solutions last year, it decided to formalise a lot of the training that had already been in place. "We had always engaged our employees in training and the Japanese were also very keen to get various programs in place," says Neil Tilley, co-founder and chief executive.
How I Kept My Staff Motivated During an Acquisition
Upstream is one of Australia’s largest printed services companies. Chief executive and founder Neil Tilley began the firm to service the SME space, deliberately neglecting larger corporates, in order to foster better relationships with customers. It turns over nearly $130 million a year
Fuji Xerox Australia Announces Acquisition of Upstream
Fuji Xerox Australia has announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Upstream Print Solutions, one of Australia’s leading managed print solutions providers. The acquisition would broaden Fuji Xerox Australia’s Managed Print Service offerings and accelerates their growth in the small to medium market.
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Bakers Delight Unifies Printing Across Business in One Month

Reduces cost of printing by 18 per cent

 

Bakers Delight has moved to an Upstream unified printing solution, reducing the cost of printing services by 18 per cent over 12 months.  Speaking to CIO Australia, Bakers Delight CIO, Joanne Stubbs, said the project was driven from a desire to improve business efficiency.  Read on... 

Print technology goes green
Law firms are increasingly employing printing systems that can automatically charge printed copy to clients and help firms increase sustainability.
Taking out the paper waste
Logistics and Materials Handling Magazine - September 2011. Want to help boost supply chain efficiency?, How can document management increase your efficiency?, Want to reduce the number of your printer devices?, Want to save up to 30 per cent on your office printing?
Information Management Company Reaps $150k pa Saving
Voice and Data - June 2011. Recall, an Australian secure document backup and destruction company, recently reevaluated its own printing environment and found it to be inefficient. Following an audit of the environment, Recall is now saving $150,000 each year on print management.
Don't get left behind!
Retail World - May 2011. In part two of our series on retail business solutions, we again look at some of the systems and technologies making life easier for retailers and having a positive impact on profit.
Printer Doomsday
dymanicbusiness.com.au - April 2011. Can you imagine a world where all our printers suddenly stop working simultaneously? How would you cope? By Bill Papas
Less paper, less fuss
Logistics Materials & Handling Magazine - April 2011. A metals manufacturing group overcame three document-related business challenges when it decided to adopt a ‘less is more’ attitude to its paper usage, including improved transparency and uptime
Taking Paper Out of the Equation
Manufacturers Monthly Magazine - April 2011. The Metal Manufactures Group (MM) incorporates a number of businesses involved in electrical wholesaling, PVC, plastic products and distribution.
The Myth of Managed Print
CRN Magazine - March 2011. Vendors promised managed print services as a way to avoid shrinking printer margins, but are they giving resellers room to move? David Binning scans the changing landscape
Carbon Footprint
Manufacturers Monthly - October 2010. Award shows sustainable water management pays-off. A leading bathroomware manufacturer in Sydney has been rewarded for its endeavours to reduce water consumption and recycle wastewater in all stages of its manufacturing production process. Hartley Henderson writes.
PRINT 2011: Margins and Opportunities
ARN magazine - October 2010. Printers are not on the way out. It’s as simple as that. Matthew Sainsbury looks at how the sector will shape up in 2011 – and where the opportunities lie.
MPS: The time is now
ARN Magazine - August 2010. Just about everyone talks it up, but is managed print services really all that? Matthew Sainsbury reports. If cloud is the overall buzz word for 2010 in the IT industry, then managed print services has been a printing industry-specific buzz word for the last two years that has held a similar impact within its niche.
Offshore drift
CIO Magazine - Summer 2010/2011. India remains the jewel in the outsourcing crown but CIOs are beginning to look to other destinations in a bid to ensure competitive pricing and service
Choosing a printer
dymanicbusiness.com.au - July 2010. It probably seems a simple and, frankly, dull task. But if you think about how reliant your business is on printed documents and how lost you’d be without a printer, it’s a different story. Most people take the printer for granted. Until it runs out of paper or toner, or stops working as a result of some obscure error. It’s at these times that you realise how important the printer is and, of course, Murphy’s Law states that the likelihood of there being an issue increases with the urgency that you need to print. So, spending time getting the right printing set-up is worth doing, not least because it can be hugely confusing.
Cutting back on print waste
March 2010. Everyone is guilty of printing off pages that they don’t actually want – pages known in the trade as “orphans”. Bill Papas of Upstream Print Solutions explains why you make orphans and how to find them a good home.
Reduce comes first
Information Age - February/March 2010. Want to reduce costs and your carbon footprint? The simple answer is to print less. By Bill Papas The world’s carbon emissions are rising steadily and Australia remains one of the worst offenders, the recently published Global Carbon Project study found. The report says carbon emissions have grown by a total of 29 percent since 2000.
The Fine Print(ing)
CIO Magazine - March-April 2010. CIO’s are finding that getting printing under control not only saves money, it opens the door to thinking about their printing requirements more strategically.
How I Kept My Staff Motivated During an Acquisition
smartcompany.com.au - April 2011. Upstream is one of Australia’s largest printed services companies. Chief executive and founder Neil Tilley began the firm to service the SME space, deliberately neglecting larger corporates, in order to foster better relationships with customers. It turns over nearly $130 million a year.