Smarter office working.

Better business performance through improved print and document workflow.

Managing your information workflow and output effectively enables you to save money, optimise resources and concentrate your efforts on core business.

By working in partnership with you, our aim is to streamline your print and document workflow and business processes in a way that can increase your competitive advantage.

We achieve this through a consultative approach and a range of intelligent applications and devices that address the key document driven issues of managing costs, providing security, improving productivity.

“ Canon showed unbelievable insight into what we do.”Knot Rogue - DHL Norway

Together we understand your business focus.

Running a business can be complex. There are goals to fulfil, costs to control and information and people to manage. Having a competitive edge can often come down to the flow of information and how it affects the successful running of your operation.

Everyone thinks they know how to print, scan, send and present documents. But is it done in a way that optimises your resources and reflects the best possible image of your company?

As a leading partner to the business world, Canon has both the document workflow expertise and technology to streamline your business processes, enabling you to concentrate on looking after your customers and operating at full capacity.

We’ve addressed the key resource wasting issues of print costs, document management and information security. So we can deliver solutions to match your business needs.

“ We had the problem that we had no idea how much print output we produced and how much it was costing us.”Martin Hammerl - Austrian Airlines

“ Over half of middle managers fail to find information due to information overload.” Nick Millman - Accenture

A global leader in business solutions.

Virtually every company in Europe will be familiar with Canon. For over 50 years we have delivered pioneering imaging technologies to customers throughout the continent and way beyond.

In the business world, our vast portfolio of print and document solutions has enabled us to help all types and sizes of organisations.

Today, we are a leader in imaging applications for the digital home and office. Our history of innovation and drive for new developments has enabled businesses to constantly improve the way in which they capture, manage, print, distribute, share and store information.

With more than 12,000 people working for us throughout the EMEA region, we have the expertise and technology resources to support customers in the way they need to be supported. To ensure this trend continues, we spend a significantly high 7.4% of our net sales on Research & Development.

Work smarter - be competitive.

Many companies take day-to-day administrative processes for granted. Especially the capturing, managing and distributing of information. Yet these critical functions take a great deal of time, expense and effort – a lot of which could be saved or reduced by smarter ways of working with your document workflow.

To help make this possible, Canon has identified and addressed the three key issues that can sharpen your business edge.

Cost ControlEffective print management and cost control

Without effective management, ongoing print costs can become a real drain on company resources. Canon can work with you to control and contain your print budget. We can help you develop a sound print strategy that will continually save you money. We’ll make sure that jobs are routed to the right printers for keeping cost down and productivity up.

We’ll also provide intelligent devices with tools that enable you to proactively manage – and therefore maximise – their use. By knowing who is using your devices and why, you’ll then be able to budget more effectively, charge on accurately to clients and control usage (i.e. colour) more cost effectively.

ProductivityImproved workflow productivity

Streamlining the workflow of documents is a highly effective but often overlooked way of being more productive as a business. Information needs to be fully integrated into your network enabling people to connect with it when they need it. By matching your document hardware and software to your business purpose, Canon helps you access and share information more efficiently.

Once you’ve found the information you need faster, Canon’s intelligent high quality devices result in brilliantly presented documents that can only enhance your business image. Devices can also be managed for you and have intuitive e-maintenance capabilities, so nothing has to stop and wait for servicing or supplies.

SecuritySuperior document security

With more information than ever needing to be protected, Canon has created a critical three step path to monitor and control the who, what and where of your document workflow. We ensure confidentiality by enabling information to be seen only by those authorised to see it.

We protect integrity of information by limiting ability to receive or amend anything without the process being monitored. We also provide availability of information on a ‘need to know’ basis – because nobody can covertly pass on documents that they cannot obtain.

A little bit of Canon can make a big difference.

Costs Control

Nine out of ten organisations* don’t even know what they spend on print. But it’s invariably more than they need to. Managing print costs with Canon can save 30% or more of your current expenditure.

*IDC 2004

Environment

Canon continuously works to develop greener products to reduce the environmental burden. New technologies allow for improved energy efficiency and the use of recycled materials helps us to continuously develop greener products. This allows our products to meet the internationally recognised ENERGY STAR programme.

Your office is the engine room of your business operation. Yet some of the best ways of fine tuning that engine are not put into practice.

There are many everyday processes connected to your document workflow that can be significantly improved with a little expert help.

Productivity

On average, people spend over 4 hours per week looking for information†. Canon solutions help you to effectively find the information you need for business tasks, so that you can work faster and smarter. We can also manage your fleet of multifunctional devices to ensure maximum up-time.

Security

33%** of employees have seen confidential documents on printers and copiers. Canon’s document security solutions ensures that information is only seen by those meant to see it.

**ICM Technology 2006 †AIIM Europe 2009

A complete approach to better working.

Canon’s consultative approach is designed to create a tailored document workflow solution to optimise your cost management, security, productivity and compliance. This enables us to define the right combination of hardware, software, services and expert advice to tackle these key issues across your organisation.

In three steps, we can harness your knowledge, our expertise and our range of solutions business partners to devise a print strategy that gives you a competitive edge.

Assessment AuditWe assess your current document workflow management and highlight areas you need to optimise. This can be specifically for printing costs, security, document management or a combination of them all.

StEP

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Management ToolsWe provide you with the tools, software and training to give you control of your print strategy and cost management.

StEP

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Managed Print ServiceWe can bring in an approved Canon partner to manage your print on an ongoing basis, enabling you to:

– Optimise and manage document output

– Reduce and manage printing costs

– Improve business efficiency

StEP

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A better environment to work in.

Canon’s corporate philosophy of Kyosei means ‘living and working together for the common good’. It underlines the dedication to you that motivates our culture, our people and our actions as a company. It also extends to the notion of living in harmony with our environment.

We bring environmental awareness into every business area and at every stage of technological development, manufacturing and marketing. In our operations, we strive to develop products and processes that minimise environmental impact and contribute to conservation on a global scale.

All of Canon’s worldwide manufacturing plants are accredited to ISO 14001 environmental management standard. Our devices are also built on green technology which addresses standards such as ROHS, WEEE & ISO14001.

“ We deal with delicate client matters. It’s important that while we print that nobody can see what I’m printing and who for.”Roman Koch - Price Waterhouse Coopers Switzerland

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