The State of Oregon’s in-plant has saved millions for its customers, while enhancing document security.

By Erik Cagle

Savings Through Consolidation

Perhaps one of the biggest savings generators took place five years ago with the consolidation of the data center print shops of other agencies. Previously, there were three major data copy centers serving 12 agencies, a trio of delivery systems and five major mail processing centers. Most agencies had large equipment—the DMV had an OCR sorter; an older barcode sorter was being run by the Secretary of State's office; and all of them had different inserters.