3M Australia Moves Towards a Total Document Solution with HP Managed Print Services

3M is fundamentally a science-based company. It produces thousands of imaginative products such as Post-it notes and is a leader in scores of markets from healthcare and highway safety to office products, abrasives and adhesives. With recent annual global sales of US$2 billion, it has 75,000 employees and operates in more than 65 countries.

One of those is Australia where 3M is headquartered in Pymble, New South Wales. 3M Australia has 14 sites with more than 700 employees and generated recent annual sales of US$420 million.

3M Australia moves towards a total document solution with HP Managed Print Services
3M Australia had a multi-vendor fleet of 130 devices which was complex and expensive to manage and maintain. At a global level, 3M Group also felt that its print, copy and fax fleets were inefficient and expensive so from the headquarters in St Paul, Minnesota, it negotiated a global Managed Print Services (MPS) contract with HP.

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In Australia, this five year MPS contract generated significant savings and efficiencies so with the agreement of the global HQ, it has recently been renewed. Under the agreement, 3M pays a monthly fee consisting of a base rate and a ‘click charge’ based on actual page volumes. The agreement also covers print cartridges and repair/maintenance services.