Ricoh USA, Inc. announced CHRISTUS Health is expanding its direct mail services to reach more customers with Ricoh. Together with Ricoh, CHRISTUS Health Print Services is already providing 26-31% cost savings to their interdepartmental customers compared to external vendors, equivalent to $685,000, and combined print and mail processing cost savings are more than 35%.
CHRISTUS Health Print Services is leveraging Ricoh Professional Services including Business Consulting, Wide Format Elite Access, RICOH Pro C9210 color sheet-fed production printers, and the RICOH Pro TF6251 wide format printer with Colex finishing.
“We have a tremendous opportunity to deliver more engaging and fulfilling patient experiences through print, and with Ricoh’s partnership, have transitioned from a niche service provider to an indispensable resource for the CHRISTUS Health community,” said Del Shankle, director of operations, CHRISTUS Health Print Services. “Ricoh’s overall expertise and guidance have been invaluable in helping us make the right strategic decisions and effectively pace and scale our growth—ultimately taking our print operation to a whole new level.”
Since Ricoh’s operations assessment of CHRISTUS Health Print Services, the operation has moved to a new facility and upgraded technology, doubling in size to turn jobs faster and take on more work at reduced costs.
With the support of Ricoh’s technology and expertise, CHRISTUS Health Print Services has improved internal production efficiencies, decreased AP costs, improved administrative control over print spend, reduced turnaround times, processed more precise mailing lists, and incorporated higher security to help ensure confidentiality.
“We used predictive analytics to shed light on CHRISTUS Health Print Services’ spend across their entire network and ways to save costs by producing that work internally—unlocking the power of the information that was right at their fingertips,” said Debbie Pavletich, director, Business Consulting Practice, Ricoh USA, Inc. “Having those data-based insights laid the groundwork for the CHRISTUS Health management team to make the case for expanding their services as a strategic business move, saving the organization money while positioning Print Services as a critical business function and revenue generator.”
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