The What's Happenin' Report
Industry Analysts, Inc.
December 2011
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-IKON/Ricoh Provides Wireless Printing to 30 U.S. Colleges 

 

-HP Denies Printers Can Be Remotely Hacked  

 

-A3 VS A4 - "The War Has Just Begun 

 

-Konica Minolta Wins Environmental Award     

 

-Konica Minolta Europe Launches MFPs      

 

-Ricoh Europe Preparing for Paperless Office 

 

-HP Powers Move to Cloud for Enterprises and Service Providers 

 

-Paperless Mortgages?   

 

-docStar Announces Version 3twelve 

-Xerox Acquires The Breakaway Group   


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-Cortado Eliminates Print Drivers from Printing 

  

-Kyocera Mita Saves School District 15% on Technology Costs 

       

-Canon Announces Mobile Print Solution 

 

-Sales Pitch: Everything You Wanted to Know About the Changes to Lease  

 

-Staples Sees European Sales Fall 12% 

 

-Xerox Survey Shows Marketers Should Personalize Their Messages   

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-BTA MPS Workshop, Dec. 6-7 in Baltimore, MD 

  

-Toshiba Launches New MFPs        

 

-HP Q4 Earnings;Earnings Fall Short 

 

-New Xerox Cloud Scanner 

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Sales Representative Performance & Compensation Study



This report is the result of over 300 individual interviews with copier dealer owners and principles and contains data from 2008, 2009 & 2010. 

Report look contains information from dealer brands including Canon, Konica Minolta, Kyocera Mita, Ricoh Family, Sharp and Toshiba.
 
Categories covered by brand:

1. Average number of sales reps per dealership

2. Monthly MFP unit placements per sales rep; color and monochroe

3. Monthly color unit placements by sped category

4. Monthly monochrome unit placements by sped category

5. Sales representative compensation

6. Sales representative commissions

7. Average Tenure


 

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Black & White MFP Customer Survey

We contacted 350 SMB & Enterprise customers and asked them about their black and white multifunctional printers. This 8-page report is published in our publication, The Office Products Analyst.


Report Highlights
  • Best Overall: Canon
  • Most Affordable: Toshiba
  • Most Reliable: Canon
  • Best Overall Functionality: Ricoh Family
 
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Dealer Service Manager
Black & White MFP Survey


We contacted 139 traditional copier/dealer service managers encompassing 30,000+ MFPs.  Service managers rated their primary brand on a wide variety of topics. This 8-page report is published in our publication, The Office Products Analyst.


Report Highlights
  • Best Overall: Kyocera Mita/Copystar
  • Service Support: Kyocera Mita/Copystar  
  • Most Reliable: Kyocera Mita/Copystar
  • Parts Availability: Ricoh Family

 

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Color MFP Customer Survey

We contacted 352 SMB & Enterprise customers and asked them about their color multifunctional printers. This 9-page report is published in our publication, The Office Products Analyst.



Report Highlights
  • Best Overall: Xerox
  • Most Affordable: Konica Minolta 
  • Most Reliable: Canon
  • Best Image Quality: Konica Minolta
 
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Dealer A3 Service Margins Report

We contacted over 100 copier dealers and asked them about service margins for A3 hardware. This 13 page report contains hardware margins for color and black & white copiers, comparing 2008, 2009 and 2010 figures.


Brands Included 
  • Canon
  • Konica Minolta
  • Kyocera Mita
  • Ricoh Family 
  • Sharp
  • Toshiba 
 
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Dealer A3 Hardware
Margins Report

We contacted over 100 copier dealers and asked them about hardware margins for A3 copiers. This 9 page report contains hardware margins comparing 2008, 2009 and 2010 figures.


Brands Included 
  • Canon
  • Konica Minolta
  • Kyocera Mita
  • Ricoh Family 
  • Sharp
  • Toshiba 
 
Price: $29.99

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Dealer A3 Supplies Margins Report

We contacted over 100 copier dealers and asked them about supplies margins for A3 color and black & white copiers. This 12 page report contains supply margins comparing 2008, 2009 and 2010 figures as well as projections for 2011 and 2012 by brand.


Brands Included 
  • Canon
  • Konica Minolta
  • Kyocera Mita
  • Ricoh Family 
  • Sharp
  • Toshiba 
 
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Copier Dealer Channel Study


The 475 page report contains critical information broken down by brand, by dealer size and more. 

Topics include hardware, service, supply margins, dealers using OEM and non-OEM parts/supplies, sales rep productivity and compensation levels, placements by speed category and much more.

Click this link to learn more about this report and to access the Table of Contents.
 

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Competitive Sales Training for Reps

Online modules for your entire dealership.  You choose the brand, we show you how to beat them based on product strengths and weaknesses.  

 

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  • Compare MFP Reliability
  • Analyze & Compare Touch Screens
  • Overcome Competitive Weaknesses
  • How to Explain Your Technological Advantages
  • A3 VS A4 - What to Tell Your Customers

 

Click here for more detailed information on both of these programs
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