Ricoh Reorganizes Business Model, Streamlines Processes

Ricoh realigned its production print resources with the formation of Ricoh Production Print Solutions (RPPS), incorporating InfoPrint Solutions and the Ricoh Production Printing Business Group’s marketing and planning resources from Japan. The organization will reportedly provide a more effective and efficient approach in a competitive marketplace.

Ricoh's objective is the streamlining of processes, operations and organizations within the Ricoh Family Group of Companies (www.ricoh.com), including InfoPrint Solutions, which will operate as RPPS. Ricoh hopes the new business model will deliver greater customer value by bringing together resources to develop, market and support industry-leading end-to-end solutions for production customers.

RPPS will be headquartered in the United States and co-located in West Caldwell, N.J., with Ricoh Americas Corp.

A key component of RPPS will be its business line management function, which will provide customers with faster marketplace response time, longer-term portfolio management, education and marketing support globally, and tighter communications between geography sales requirements and product and solutions development. Additionally, through the combined organization, Ricoh will be able to achieve broader and more seamless sales coverage and maintenance support for existing and prospective customers around the world.