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EXTON, Pa., Feb. 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Ricoh USA, Inc. today announced that RICOH Cloud Workflow Solutions has won the Keypoint Intelligence – Buyers Lab (BLI) Pick award for Outstanding Productivity Ecosystem. Buyers Lab, the world's leading independent evaluator of document imaging software, hardware, and services, recognized Ricoh's ability to deliver device-agnostic workflow automation, such as smart integration cloud connectors and workflow packages that include cloud storage connectivity.

EXTON, Pa., April 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Ricoh USA, Inc. today announced it won a BLI PaceSetter Award in Smart Workplace: Collaboration Systems 2020-2021, resulting from its focus on empowering collaboration through digital transformation. Keypoint Intelligence – Buyers Lab (BLI), the world's leading independent evaluator of document imaging and smart workplace business products, selected winners "that have the most comprehensive hardware, software and services offerings for enabling collaboration in the office and beyond."

EXTON, Pa., June 9, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Ricoh USA, Inc. has expanded its award-winning inkjet portfolio with the introduction of the new monochrome-only RICOH Pro VC40000 model. Joining the full-color Pro VC40000 family, this new K-only platform brings added depth to an extremely diverse inkjet toolset. It empowers printers to produce high-volume monochrome applications 50% faster than the platform's maximum performance at original launch, while driving down costs.

EXTON, Pa., March 31, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Ricoh USA, Inc. is proud to announce that it has received the 2020 ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year Sustained Excellence Award for continued leadership and superior contributions to ENERGY STAR.

4.7 million people work from home in the United States [source]. The need for collaboration and meeting with co-workers does not go away when people transition to working from home, so it is no surprise that products like Zoom Meetings have realized huge growth.

Office automation is making a significant impact on the business world and with good reason. It includes streamlined, digital processes and overhauls for what used to be laborious and slow hard copy processes.

Is this a question you’ve been asking yourself as a business manager? Or is this a new concept – bringing production printing back in-house? Either way, it’s time to raise the issue.

Digital printing used to be expensive, it was cost-prohibitive to procure the equipment, and it required a professional on staff to initiate and monitor printing. Times have changed, and printers have come a long way.

Your document management systems just got way easier with capture and content management solutions. Congratulations! You are way ahead of the slow pack, and ready to keep pace with the digital competition.

However, there’s another obstacle for fully adopting content management in some organizations, which is getting team buy-in.

Human resources is an essential function of any office. However, it’s also important to remember how complex human resources is as a function. They evaluate personal information, collect more data, and communicate with employees through secure channels. They may also be privy to private personnel matters and have documentation that supports those issues.

With that, it’s more secure to have a paperless HR department than to continue with hard copy. Hard copy documents can so easily be lost, duplicated, misplaced, stolen, and more. Also, they take up a ton of storage space.

Finding information on production printing is a little challenging – it’s not always clear exactly what type of business it may work for, or how the implementation process will go.

Here’s some basic info on what production printing actually is: print jobs become production print at around 110 pages per minute for black and white and 70 pages per minute for color.

What kind of company can benefit from having an in-house production print team? Almost any company, yours included. Read on to see how it can benefit you.