Reasons for Output Management Software
Output Management Software can be defined as: ‘an information technology system that takes system output (ie. print jobs) and deals with formatting, routing, bundling, bursting, load balancing, secure delivery, and confirmation of documents to the intended destination, most commonly printers. Plus Technologies’ market leading solution for Output Management is OM Plus Delivery Manager (DM).
OM Plus Delivery Manager (DM) is advanced, intelligent print spooler management software. Delivery Manager seamlessly ingests jobs from multiple systems and delivers them to printers, multi-function devices, fax software, email systems, and more. Rarely, changes are needed to existing ERP/EMR systems. OM Plus print spooler management software features include: print confirmation, re-printing, re-routing, automated fail-over, load balancing, bundling, re-sequencing, and much more.
Delivery Manager (DM), our print management software provides the core infrastructure capabilities such as: ERP/WMS/EMR integration, print job routing, confirmation of delivery, and administrative features. Also, based on specific customer requirements we can add features such as My-Print-Delivery (MPD) for pull-printing, Tamper-Resistant Print for Rx printing on plain paper, i-Sat for secure/plug & play internet print delivery for remote locations, Stats Manager (SM) for print/copy/fax/scan usage analysis, Fleet Manager (FM) for device/consumables management, and more.
Reasons for Print/Output Management
Some interesting print/output related data points that cause customer:
- Acquiring a printer is only 20% of the total costs involved in printing.
- Most organizations underestimate printing costs by 30% to 50%.
- Organizations spend 1-3 % of their revenue on document output.
- 30% of business process failures are due to document delivery failures.
- 20-60% of help desk calls are related to printing.
- One in ten documents sent to a printer are uncollected (security and paper savings).
- Printing is one of the last cost centers to be addressed.
Some typical uses of print – output management software
OM Plus can help resolve these types of issues. Customers use Plus Technologies software to:
- Lower admin costs
- Achieve higher print reliability for mission critical documents
- Improve throughput and capacity by load balancing
- Adding functionality not available in ERP/EMR/WMS systems and OS’s
- Intelligently route documents based on content or other selectable factors
- Increase security and compliance with print release (pull-print) at printer
- Reduce unauthorized copying of documents by employing tamper resistant technology
- Keep production lines running smoothly with auto fail-over strategies and kitting
OM Plus Delivery Manager (DM) can be tested without obligation or cost. For more information, please contact Plus Technologies.
Automating Document Related Business Processes
Plus Technologies located in Ohio has been developing enterprise level document and output management software since 1994. Plus Technologies’ focus is on improving business processes affected by documents. We have thousands of customers, tens of thousands of server software installations, and millions of printers under management in 30 countries.
Plus Technologies serves customers of all sizes as our products, licensing, and pricing is scalable upwards and downwards. We have departmental as well as enterprise wide output management software implementations. We have successfully sold into many Fortune 500 organizations.
One reason for our success is our willingness to respond quickly to our customer’s unique requirements. First, we listen to the customer to understand their environment and their needs. Second, we work with the customer to determine the optimal solution. In addition, we are able to quickly make enhancements to our products to meet specific needs. Third, we offer pricing and licensing flexibility to suit our customer’s budget. Lastly, we provide world class support. This recipe has served us well over the years and as a result, we have an extremely loyal customer base.
Please contact us to learn more about our company and products. Moreover, you can count on Plus Technologies to do our best to help you solve your document and output management issues.
