Suri talks about the Economy and Manged Print Services from ARC.

The CEO of ARC (Kumarakulasingam (Suri) Suriyakumar) stopped by the Seattle Sodo branch yesterday to speak with everyone about his feelings regarding ARC, the Economy, Technology and Managed Print Services.  The economy has been foremost on most peoples minds so he began by saying "We know the economy will recover, we can see the light at the end of the tunnel. our problem is we are not sure how long the tunnel is."    He went on to explain that we just need to remain healthy in the down economy until it passes. ARC has had to consolidate locations and trim down its workforce and overhead so we can be prepared for a longer tunnel if it comes to that.  The hardest thing to do in this economy has been to terminate employees, these are our colleges and friends that have been with the company for many years and it is never easy to make these kind of necessary decisions.  Suri  says that shedding our excess now will also help to strengthen the core of our organization and allow us to be in a stronger position as the economy recovers.

Technology 

ARC has been investing in our technology sector of our business for the last decade and has built a network that connects all 300+ locations world wide.  Using iShipDocs allows us to offer print fulfillment for our customers nearly anywhere in the world at anytime.  Because document creation is done electronically it only makes sense to continue the work flow and distribution electronically as well. Print is still necessary but the need is diminishing so it has become more and more crucial that we have a advanced yet supportive technical infrastructural in place and we have it now.     

MPS - Managed Print Services 

ARC has always been able to sell print equipment to our customers but using a Managed Print Service approach allows us to fulfill any customers printing, toner, paper, maintenance and device needs on a single lease agreement. Much in the way that other large wholesale companies can offer better prices to their customers we can leverage our buying power to find the right device(s) and use nearly any brand on the market today. Managed Print Services offer great flexibly; our monthly assessments will tell us if you need to upgrade, add or remove devices based on your machines performance or your employees needs. You will not have to wait until your lease runs out before switching out a machine or device. Our lease will include everything that you will need to efficiently manage and maintain all of your companies printing needs, Oh yeah you will can also save a great deal of money for your company by using Managed Print Services - Watch the Video