Lease vs. Buy: What’s Best for You?
When we look at CPC, we have a benchmark that can be used by in-plant managers to evaluate the comparative cost of hardware and software in a digital print workflow and compare operating costs of different types of machines. If excess capacity is present in a system, it shows up in the form of higher cost per copy.
Ray Chambers, CGCM, MBA, has invested over 30 years managing and directing printing plants, copy centers, mail centers and award-winning document management facilities in higher education and government.
Most recently, Chambers served as vice president and chief information officer at Juniata College. Chambers is currently a doctoral candidate studying Higher Education Administration at the Pennsylvania State University (PSU). His research interests include outsourcing in higher education and its impact on support services in higher education and managing support services. He also consults (Chambers Management Group) with leaders in both the public and private sectors to help them understand and improve in-plant printing and document services operations.