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Ri cohHel psSi emensDr i veEf f i ci encyandSust ai nabi l i t y How doyout akeyouraver ageent er pr i sepr i nt i ngsetupandt henl owercost sbyhal f , saveoverRs40l akhayear ,andensur ea98per centupt i me?AskSi emensandRi coh. Si emens,awor l dcl asssol ut i onpr ovi deri nt he engi neer i ngandmanuf act ur i ngsegment ,pl aysakey r ol ei nI ndi a’ squestf ordevel opi ngmoder n i nf r ast r uct ur e.Asacompany ,Si emensi scommi t t edt o dr i vecauseswhi chmaxi mi zeval ueandmi ni mi zecost s. Butt hat ’ snotal wayseasywhent hecompanyoper at es mor et han50of f i cesi n25ci t i esandhast oassi mi l at e addi t i onalpeopl eandi nf r ast r uct ur eaf t erst r at egi c ac qui si t i ons.
Tackl i ngCostChal l enges Si emens,aRs12, 000cr or ecompany ,wasl ooki ngat scal i ngdowni t sover al lcost sandmanagi ngcor e oper at i onsmor eef f ect i vel y .Sat i shKot gi r e,headI T i nf r ast r uct ur e,Si emens,choset ost r at egi cal l yout sour ce noncor e,yetvi t alar easoft hecompany’ sI Tand busi nesspr ocesses. Hi st eam i dent i f i edt heoppor t uni t yt ol owerover headcost si nt hecompany’ sdocument andout putmanagementpr ocesses.“ Weant edt ocent r al i zeourI Tspendi ngf orpr i nt er s, copi er s,consumabl es,andpr oduct i onsi t eswi t ht hegoalofr educi ngoper at i onaland ai nt enancecost s.Thi swoul devent ual l yi mpr oveourcostst r uct ur esr el at edt odocument out put , ”saysKot gi r e. Si emensi sal socommi t t edt oamul t i f acet edenvi r onment alsust ai nabi l i t ypl anconsi st i ng ofst af feducat i on,ar educt i onofsol i dwast e,anddecr easedener gycons umpt i onand gr eenhousegases.Ther ef or e,Kot gi r eandhi st eam choset oi mpl ementasol ut i ont hat coul dsuppor tSi emens’ envi r onment alsust ai nabi l i t ygoal s. Thet askofmanagi ngequi pment ,pr i nt i nganddi st r i but i on,bi l l i ng,r epor t i ngandmeet i ng t heneedsofover14, 000empl oyeeswasdaunt i ng,andwi t hnocent r almeansof managi ngover al l cost s.That ’ swhySi emenschoset opar t nerwi t hRi coh.“ Wel ook edt o Ri coht ol ever agei t sexper t i se,exper i enceandgl obalpr esencet osuppor tus, ”says Kot gi r e.
Cont r ol l i ngOut putCost s Kot gi r ebeganbyest abl i shi ngabasel i ne.“ Thef i r stst epwast omakeat hor ough as sessmentofourof f i cei nf r ast r uct ur e.Thatr eveal edas ur pl usofunder ut i l i zed devi ces, ”saysKot gi r e. Kot gi r e’ st eam andRi cohf oundt hatt her ewasaneedt omanagenear l y700devi ces. “ Thi smeantt hatwehad20empl oyees,onaver age,t oeachdevi ce.Appr oxi mat el y26 per centoft hesedevi ceswer eei t herout of dat eormal f unct i oni ng,andwer er esponsi bl e f orexcessi vepr i ntcost s, ”saysKot gi r e. Hi st eam al sodi scover edt hatt her ewasal ackofassetmanagementandcostcont r olf orpr i nt er s,suppl i es,andt hemanagementof devi ces.Compl i cat i ngt hesi t uat i onwast hef actt hatSi emenshadf i veormor ev endor ssuppl yi ngpr i nt / copyser vi ceswi t hvar yi ng consumabl es,suppor tandbi l l i ng.Ri cohr ecogni zedanoppor t uni t yt oopt i mi ze,r at i onal i zeandpr ovi dest andar dt echnol ogypl at f or ms t oSi emens’ of f i ceenvi r onmentaf t erat hor oughst udy .
I mpr ovi ngSust ai nabi l i t y Kot gi r edeci dedt oi mpl ementacent r al i zedpr ogr am t oshr i nkt hecompany’ st ot alannualdocumentout putcost s.Al ar gepor t i onof Si emens’ out putf l eetwasr epl acedwi t hRi cohMFDs,anewer ,mor ecost ef f ect i ve,andmor eener gyef f i ci entt echnol ogyappr oacht o documentmanagement . Si emens,wi t ht hehel pofRi coh,setupanassetdat abaset ot r ack,bi l l ,andr epor tdocument sacr ossI ndi a.I tal socr eat edan i nt egr at edpr i nt erandI Thel pdeskt hatl ogsandt r acksal luseri nqui r i esandser vi cec al l s. Togobackt ot henewsl et t er ,cl i ckher e