XMA Consumables

Consumables Specialist www.xma.co.uk Tel: 0115 846 4778 Email: consumables@xma.co.uk

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XMA offers a full cartridge recycling service for all toners and will provide cartridge recycling bins free of charge to safely collect and store your used cartridges until collection.

Longbow supplies Longbow remanufactured cartridges are an economical and environmental alternative to OEM branded cartridges.

Why choose Longbow?

• All products 100% print tested • Quality to match and exceed leading brands • Assists customer compliance with WEEE directive on print cartridges • 2 year quality guarantee - No quibble cartridge and printer guarantee • Get 10% more pages than OEM equivalents on many cartridges and up to 75% savings on print supplies spend.

Call XMA today to speak to our print supplies experts:

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About XMA

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XMA in Healthcare

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Product offering

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XMA in Business

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XMA in Education

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Environment

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XMA in Government

About XMA XMA has a turnover in excess of £140 million with a core focus to supply the UK’s businesses and public sector with the best range of supplies and IT equipment at the most competitive prices, with an unrivalled level of service.

As part of the Westcoast Group with a group turnover approaching £1 billion, XMA continues to serve its customers with the personal touch expected from a small company, combined with the security of working with a large organisation.

Our portfolio of customers and accreditations is unrivalled in the supplies sector. Customers we currently supply include TNT, Citibank, Barclays, Lloyds TSB and we are the authorised supplier for the largest supplies contract in the UK supplying Ministry of Defence, Home Office and Metropolitan Police to name a few.

Our national and regional accreditations include Buying Solutions, MOD Pan Public Sector Framework, YPO, ESPO, NWPCSS, NWUPC and many others, so we can supply you through whichever framework agreement you prefer.

XMA, as part of the Westcoast Group, is the largest supplier of HP supplies in the UK and holds direct agreements with over 50 leading manufacturers. It is through these long standing relationships that we can guarantee the best range and prices in the market place.

It will be important to you to know that we are a ISO:14001 and

ISO: 9001 accredited company. This should demonstrate that ensuring we work in a sustainable way is important to us.

Our team is happy to talk through our own environmental and sustainability policies with you and help to shape your own where necessary. Our team of IT professionals are on hand to help you make the most environmentally aware choices in your product selection, whether it is the purchase of an energy star rated printer or a more environmentally friendly supplies choice.

So how will we work with you? Our partnership approach will ensure we have agreed plans in place for you, where necessary for your own customers along with relevant marketing communications, backed by a dedicated customer service and sales team.

My aim is to ensure that we deliver what you need, when you need it to keep your printer fleet running smoothly and ensure that where you need advice and supply of other IT products and solutions, we are there to assist. Please take a look over the forthcoming pages to see what we can offer your organisation and find our contact details below to get in touch.

Julian Patel Sales & Commercial Director - Supplies Tel: 0115 846 4778 Email: consumables@xma.co.uk Web: www.xma.co.uk

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0 IT products and solutions specialist XMA supplies a range of technologies to cover the entire IT infrastructure of an organisation. We are a leading partner with all major manufacturers including Apple, HP, Microsoft, Samsung, Lexmark, Xerox and Toshiba. We can supply the product on its own or with some services to complement your own IT capabilities. We can also specify, install and manage the entire solution, which is why XMA is in the best place to delivery your requirements.

XMA offers the most competitive prices for print supplies.

We’re able to do this because we are one of the largest suppliers in the UK, as a Group we sell more HP supplies than any other company. We have direct agreements with over 50 manufacturers and source all other brands to meet your needs.

Ask us about our range of own brand print supplies; many of our customers have benefited from up to 70% cost savings

by using this range with no compromise on print quality.

We have access to this choice as we have been supplying print supplies for over 20 years. That means that our sales team is experienced at dealing with any enquiries and have the knowledge to help with your product selection and procurement strategy.

What’s more, we’ll deliver what you need – next day.

XMA also supplies hardware and software products from over 50 leading manufacturers. Our close working relationships with these manufacturers means that we can offer exceptional service standards and enable direct manufacturer engagement with you.

XMA takes a partnership approach with you to define the best solution and match the vendors to your requirements.

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05 Our range of products includes: Handheld devices Servers & storage Notebooks Audio Visual Desktop PCs & workstations Print & print supplies Networking Software Our specialist Storage Solutions division based in Abertillery, Wales has the UK’s only Class 10000 Clean Room and it’s from this location that we deliver a range of specialist services including data tape initialisation and labelling for many of the City’s leading financial organisations. We work with all the leading storage media brands to offer the choice and value you need to ensure all your data is backed up securely.

We understand the importance of security, whether security of data, networks or devices. XMA offers a range of encrypted hard drives that meet the highest government standards, flash media, network security and client device security products. These products are tried and tested and many are supplied to the Ministry of Defence.

XMA has a delivery team of over 90 people fully trained to vendor and professional qualifications and security cleared.

Our delivery solutions cover all of the technologies above.

Typical solutions include: Server and desktop virtualisation VoIP and video conferencing Storage and clustering Interactive whiteboard Specialist storage media solutions PC roll-outs Cabling solutions Print management Wireless networks Mobile satellite solutions Our range of services to support delivery includes: Service help desk Break-fix engineers (UK-wide) Support and management of agreed SLA’s and KPI’s Service management Remote and on-site support So whatever your IT requirement XMA can deliver.

We value the relationships we hold with our customers and on the following pages you will see that within whichever market you sit, XMA has experience and a proven track record.

For the latest details on XMA visit us at www.xma.co.uk.

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XMA in Education XMA supplies over 3000 schools, 90% of universities and 50% of further education institutions with a range of IT products, services and solutions.

It is a Becta Framework accredited supplier and works to FITS best practices. It has been supplying the education sector for over 20 years and now partners 30 academies for ICT including the flagship academies of Djanogly and Ark. Most recently XMA has been accredited as an authorised reseller on the government-backed Home Access programme managed by Becta. Prior to this XMA won Becta’s Computers for Pupils (CfP) tender three times in a row to supply over £20m notebooks in 2008/9.

Through dealing direct with individual establishments and our national and regional accreditations with education last year, we supplied over £6m of print consumables into the UK’s education sector. This combined with XMA’s service and hardware offering means XMA currently supplies in excess of £50m a year into the UK educational arena.

Education accreditations National – Buying Solutions, Becta Framework Supplies, FITS Accredited Trainer Regional - YPO, ESPO Universities - NDNA, NEPA, ITRAP, NWUPC, NWPSCC, CPC, UCISA XMA is also a member of Environmental Association of Universities and Colleges (EAUC) and National Association for Advisors in Computer Education (Naace).

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“XMA is one of the key suppliers to the NWPCSS Framework which is open up to all of the Higher Education establishments across the UK. XMA is uniquely positioned to support the HE and FE market being that they are currently on 4 other IT related frameworks” Darran Whatley, NWPCSS Contract Manager Note: NWPCSS is used by SUPC, LUPC, NEUPC, HEPCW, APUC affiliate organisations.

“We have been dealing with XMA for many years and find their current account management team gives us excellent service.

XMA’s telesales personnel who look after our account are some of the best reps I have ever dealt with, they are very prompt and always gets back to you and are very honest.”

Anne Bonsher, IT Consumables Contract Manager, DeMontford University “We, at the University of Gloucestershire have been ordering from XMA for many years and have found them a first rate supplier. Ordering, delivery and invoicing are flexible and processed quickly and efficiently. Any problems which have occurred due to technical systems have been dealt with effectively. Our Account Manager is excellent, always on hand to answer queries and keep us up to date with any relevant issues.”

Jill Roebuck, Purchasing Manager, University of Gloucestershire

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XMA in Government Local Government XMA is a provider of managed services, solutions and products to over 90% of local authorities. XMA holds all major Local Government framework accreditations including Buying Solutions, ESPO, YPO, CBC, Scotland Excel and Value Wales and is active across all major Local Government e-procurement portals.

Central Government XMA is the largest supplier of computer consumables and storage media into central government and is also sole supplier to the MOD led Pan Public Sector Framework within the UK. To sustain this XMA has established bespoke processes to best support the multi-trade and varied demand of our central government customers. Last year we supplied in excess of £35 million of print consumables and media into the UK’s government sectors.

Government accreditations National – Buying Solutions, MoD led Pan-Public Sector framework Regional - YPO, ESPO, CBC, NEPO, SWPC, Pro5 XMA is also a member of The Society of Local Authority Chief Executives and Senior Managers (SOLACE).

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XMA is the sole supplier for EOS, Unclassified Media and Recording Products into the MoD. This contract was won in competition and has been and continues to be a successful contract with XMA meeting the service levels detailed in our key performance indicators. XMA have offered very good Account Management and customer helpdesk support which has proved to be one of the main contributing factors behind this success. XMA distribute within the required service levels to the whole of the MoD – which includes approx 6,000 buying points throughout the UK and at least 28 countries worldwide Chris Bultitude, Office Solutions Category Manager, MOD

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XMA in Healthcare XMA is an IT partner to over 900 healthcare organisations across all aspects of the healthcare market, from doctors’ surgeries through to primary care trusts and strategic health authorities.

XMA works with partners in line with the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) and supplies more than £5 million of consumables into the healthcare arena.

XMA recognises that different organisations have different challenges and that all need to benefit from efficiency gains. This is why XMA works with closely with its customers to bring better value to their printer fleet.

XMA’s own brand of consumables, Longbow, is often selected by PCTs to reduce the cost of ink and toner whilst retaining the quality and printer guarantee given by the printer manufacturer.

Healthcare accreditations Buying Solutions LPP, London Support Services NHS (LSS)

If you are looking to reduce costs, improve efficiencies or to source a more sustainable product choice, then XMA’s consumables experts can help. Call 0115 846 4778.

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XMA in Business Last year XMA supplied over £5 million of print consumables and storage media into the business sector.

XMA has been supplying small-medium and large organisations with products, services and solutions for over 20 years with a client portfolio including companies such as TNT, RNIB and a number of leading high street chains. XMA has an experienced solutions team that are expert at delivering products and services into the financial sector including Citibank, Barclays and LloydsTSB. As part of the Westcoast Group, XMA operates a 105,000 sq. ft. warehousing facility and holds over £20 million worth of 10,000 stocked skus ready for next day delivery.

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XMA has been supplying the Royal Mail since 1996 and I personally have had a relationship with XMA since 2007/08 and have always received an excellent level of service from my Account Manager with a quick response time.

Carol Hilaire, Group Procurement, Royal Mail

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Environment As an accredited ISO:9001 and 14001 company, XMA has made it policy to focus our attention on the environmental, social, and economic consequences of our business. With this in mind we can give you confidence that XMA is a supplier who is working to make your decisions easier and improve your practices.

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With our partners, XMA provides a solution that is secure, environmentally sound and in many cases, can create an additional revenue stream. Our partners can recycle virtually any IT asset - from servers to printers, storage devices to PCs - regardless of the manufacturer.

We continually look at our non-renewable material use, service, delivery, recycling options, disposal, manufacturing methods of our suppliers and supplier capabilities throughout our supply chain. So when partnering with XMA, you can be sure you are working with an environmentally responsible supplier.

XMA supports the environmental policies of all its suppliers and seeks to transact business in a manner consistent with the need to manage and protect our environment. In addition, XMA will always seek to support your own company’s environmental policy. We will proactively review policies and procedures to ensure maximum compliance, and work with you to guarantee standards.

Every company in the UK is affected by the Environmental Protection Act 1990, which requires all organisations to dispose of its waste responsibly. Working with XMA ensures compliance to the requirements of this Act.

Recycling XMA offers recycling services for print supplies adopting a unique cradle to grave approach which minimises your impact on the environment.

Once supplies are purchased from XMA and used, XMA will collect the empty cartridges and packaging and return them to our recycling partner. The empty cartridges are all inspected and re-used where possible - if some parts are not able to be re-used then these and all the packaging is then recycled. A returns report is compiled for you which details the weight and amount of cartridges returned, which can then be used to offset against your own carbon footprint.

This is a simple print supplies collection process yet the benefit to you is vast; reductions in your carbon footprint are measured for you. As pressure on you to report your impact on the environment increases XMA’s solution helps to make this process much simpler.

Disposing of old ICT equipment or simply unused print cartridges doesn’t need to be a headache for you. XMA works with a number of partners including Remploy, to collect, reuse or dispose securely of ICT equipment and print supplies.

There are a number of options available for the recycling of equipment; our partners can refurbish your existing equipment to re-deploy for less demanding operations, they can re-sell any valuable assets to other organisations or they can help manage the re-sale to your own staff. Alternatively they can arrange for the equipment to be donated to charity.

This economically and environmentally sound disposal service complies with the European Commission’s Directive on Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) so you can be sure by working with XMA you are meeting your legislative requirements.

Delivery Simply by consolidating hardware and supplies orders with XMA you can reduce transaction costs on invoicing and by consolidating your stock orders you can reduce the number of orders placed, thus increasing efficiency and reducing wastage. We already deliver to you re-using manufacturer packaging either as outer boxes or shredded for added protection, ask us to deliver your small orders in 100% biodegradable bags which will further reduce your environmental impact.

XMA is dedicated to continual work with its customers, suppliers and partners on environmental practices and endeavours to improve its own environmental standing through its own environmental policy and procedures.

WE DESIGN OUR CARTRIDGES WITH NO END IN MIND

HP OPERATES THE INDUSTRY’S FIRST AND ONLY “CLOSED LOOP” INKJET CARTRIDGE RECYCLING PROCESS, USING RECYCLED MATERIALS FROM OUR OWN PRODUCTS TO MAKE NEW ONES. Our inkjet cartridge recycling process uses recycled plastics from our own products and from other sources (minimum 95% post-consumer) in the production of a wide range of new, Original HP inkjet cartridges.

Through 2008, we manufactured more than 565 million inkjet cartridges using post-consumer recycled plastics as raw material. For those inkjet cartridges that use recycled plastic resins, 30 to 75% of the cartridges’ new moulded plastic housing is made from recycled plastics1.

At HP, we like our cartridges to go on and on and on, long into the future.

For more information call 0115 846 4778 or email consumables@xma.co.uk

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Percentage of recycled plastic varies by model and over time, based on availability of recycled plastic that meets HP’s product quality and cost requirements. Overall plastic fraction of a typical inkjet cartridge (dry weight basis) is 80% or more. © Copyright 2009 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.

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