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Ricoh delivers next generation print to Unilever across Europe

Unilever, one o the worlds leading suppliers o ast moving consumer goods,

has extended the scope o its Managed Document Services Agreement withRicoh rom ve to twenty seven countries across Europe. Ricoh will provide

ecient and cost eective solutions or Unilevers oce and home workingemployees. The new services will provide a urther return on investment by

delivering increased eciency across all Unilevers European operations.

Flexible and Cs Efecive

The Next Generation Print Project in Europe

includes the implementation o a range o

solutions and services in the Ricoh portolio

that meet with Unilevers requirements. The

objective o the project is to implement

a fexible and cost eective document

management solution which ocuses strongly

on Unilevers Green IT strategy. Ricoh and

Unilever are working together to achieve this

objective by:

Further optimising the print

inrastructure throughout Europe

Meeting the latest Energy Star

requirementsIntroducing a Print Policy

throughout Europe

Creating awareness o print costs

and environmental impact

Reducing paper waste and power

consumption

Oering greater unctionality on

new products

Reducing the number o model

types throughout Europe

Myles Gilbertson, European Supply Manager

at Unilever says, I am pleased that we

have extended our European contract withRicoh. We now need to work together to

urther streamline our feet through the

implementation o a new Managed Print

Transormation Service and print policy. The

Next Generation Print Project will enable us

to improve our environmental perormance

and monitoring as well as delivering urther

reductions in indirect costs.

Revealing Hidden Css

Ricohs Managed Document Services will be

oered as a fexible two-tier model where the

scope o the service varies according to thesize and requirements o each Unilever site.

The service includes an assessment o the

current document output including security

and document bottlenecks. It will reveal

hidden costs and then optimise devices while

ocusing on reducing the environmental

impact o energy and C02 emissions.

SuCCESS StoRy

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Uniformpan-Europeanapproach

Detailedlocaldocumentaudit

Agreedoptimisationplan

Versatileandcosteectivesystems

FullymanagedserviceAlignedtogreenITpolicy

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Redcing Envirnmenal Impac

Ricoh and Unilever agreed a selection o

multiunctional devices and printers which

will be connected to Unilevers network.

The home oce solution includes Ricohs

energy ecient Gelsprinters with GelJet

technology. These highly ecient printers not

only conserve energy resources, but also cut

energy costs.

Ricoh is also providing reporting at site,

country and European level utilising @Remote

Enterprise-Pro, Ricohs remote management

tool. This will increase Unilevers visibility

o energy consumption, print volumes,

CO2 emissions and toner recycling. The

environmental reporting will be incorporated

in the overall Green IT metrics.

A bespoke print policy has been developed

and upon deployment will assist Unilever in

achieving its cost and environmental objectives.

Ricoh has been the primary supplier to

Unilever in Europe or general oce print

solutions since 2004. Unilever chose Ricoh as

its continued business partner or its customer

driven approach, ability to oer fexible

Managed Document Services and extensive

European ootprint. This ensures service and

support across all o Unilevers European

sites. Furthermore, Ricohs strong heritage insustainability and approach to environmental

reporting were key success actors.

CarstenBruhn,VicePresident,RicohGlobal

Services Europe says, Unilever is taking

a strategic and innovative approach to its

document management. As a result, it will

benet rom greater transparency, eciency

and reduced cost and environmental impact.

With Ricoh managing its European oce

printing services, Unilever can ocus on

moving its business orward and achieving

its overall business objectives.

Ab he Csmer

One o the worlds leading suppliers o consumer goods, Unilever meets the everyday needs o

people around the world or nutrition, hygiene and personal care. The companys portolio includes

some o the worlds best known brands, including Knorr, Hellmanns, Lipton, Dove, Axe, Omo, Ci

andVaseline.Unileveremploys174,000peoplegloballyinalmost100countries.