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Business


Features

  • The Stockless Model: Is It Right for You?Mar 01, 2013

    Stockless Model

    Though the stockless model may initially sound like a win-win all around, every company should consider some important related elements before becoming a stockless business. From financial matters to customer-centric ones and more, read on to decide whether this business model is a good fit for your company.

  • MPS and Hardware: Designing Products for a Services-Driven MarketMar 01, 2013

    MPS and Hardware

    Robert Palmer has seen how the shift to services has altered the imaging channel. In this article, he looks specifically at how the transition to services has turned products into delivery vehicles, tying value to the solutions and applications running on the devices rather than to the devices themselves.

  • Succession PlanningMar 01, 2013

    Succession Planning

    Mark E. Battersby offers his expertise on creating an effectively developed succession plan, considering recent tax regulations that affect business owners looking to retire.

  • The Economy Continues to Stymie Industry GrowthMar 01, 2013

    Economy Continues to Stymie Industry Growth

    Charles Brewer looks at the greatest challenge facing the industry's OEMs and remans alike: the economy. In his article, Brewer analyzes the economic environment and how it's impacting the global industry today.


Blogs

  • Yesterday’s Toothpicks Are Tomorrow’s TonersJun 04, 2012

    The toothpick is among the simplest of manufactured things – a single part, a single material, a single purpose intended for which it is named. The story of the mass-produced toothpick is one of preparation, inspiration, invention, marketing, competition, success and failure. The story is also a paradigm for North American toner cartridge manufacturing.