How does The Procurement Group manage and reduce your printing costs?
The Procurement Group helps organisations spending £100,000+ a year on printing to cut costs and streamline print management. We bring specialist print buying expertise, assess each job against a wide network of UK and international suppliers, and optimise specifications so you avoid overpaying, improve quality and free your team from time‑consuming print administration.
If you spend over £100,000 a year on printing services, we can save you money and provide an efficient print management service.
The Print Management Challenge
Print buying is a professional specialism in itself. Few businesses have the in-house expertise to manage the complexities and negotiations involved in ensuring a cost-effective print management service across the full range of printing needs. Major print jobs often bring major headaches, with many problems stemming from lack of expertise in dealing with printers and print specifications. Deadlines are typically tight, and the priority is just to get each job done. We frequently find people who send all their printing to the same printer, because it’s too time-consuming to put together a formal Request for Quote and send it to several different printing companies. We also find that when businesses do send print jobs out to a variety of printers, it’s more likely to reflect the personal contacts of those organising the work than to demonstrate a company-wide print management strategy.The Best Price for Every Print Job?
As a result, prices quoted can be extremely uncompetitdive. Business arrangements can get too cosy, whilst few printers have the facilities and expertise to provide the best price and the best service for every different print request. In addition, it’s not uncommon to pay far more than you need for a job because you’ve unwittingly specified a paper size or other detail that requires a more expensive technical solution.Reduce Printing Costs AND Streamline Processes
All this means that there are huge opportunities for reducing both direct printing costs and for improving efficiency. With worldwide contacts in the printing industry, we know where to go and who to talk to for each specific print job. We work with selected international print management companies, using suppliers from across the globe to make sure that you get the best quotes and the best quality.
We identify opportunities for cost-reduction arising from every stage of the process, from cost-effective paper choices to optimum pack size for warehouse picking.
And we demand that all our print partners meet our strict quality criteria. It’s easy for printers to cut costs by cutting corners – but we won’t work with those that do.