Lease vs. Buy: What’s Best for You?
Finally, pooling all of the copies into one contract with an institution-wide minimum adjusted annually allows individual machines to experience slow periods without penalty (as long as the organization-wide minimum is met). The same is true for vacation and break periods. The organization literally pays for what it uses. Not true in a lease where the department pays whether school is in session or not.
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.
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