September 24, 2020

Suffice to say, COVID-19 heaped an unplanned fire drill of sorts on the business community when it came to town in mid-March. Companies large and small mobilized, kitchen tables were converted into home offices, and potted plants in offices across the country wilted from the lack Read More

Of all the traits a manager can possess, perhaps none is valued more than loyalty. Nothing is more reassuring than knowing if a certain situation begins to go sour, your manager has your back. And whether you’re a soldier in a foxhole or a team member in a business setting, that Read More

Prosperity Plus Management Consulting Inc. announced that Scheffer’s Office Furniture & Business Machines of Sikeston, Missouri, has been acquired by Lakeland Office Systems of Springfield, Missouri. Prosperity Plus acted as an advisor to Bonnie and Sonny Scheffer Read More

This piece originally appeared on the GreatAmerica Office Equipment Blog forum. Click here to read other topics of interest to our industry. Do you automatically lead with price when you sell? What happens when you bring a product or service to market at the lowest price? Does Read More

Want to take the pulse of the dealer community regarding economic policies that impact them the most? Well, perhaps the best source to leverage is a consultant who works with dealers on a daily basis. For this, we turned to Jim Kahrs, founder and president of Prosperity Plus Read More

The current COVID- induced recession, whether short or longer term in nature, is creating—and will continue to create—potentially interesting opportunities for buyers, and perhaps more-difficult times if you’re a seller. With this as a backdrop, we’ll offer our perspective on how Read More

Having been with NEXERA (BEI Services) for 11 years, I’ve spent ample time studying the inventory challenges this industry faces. Quite honestly, I’m perplexed at what I see. With the abundance of business intelligence data and inventory management solutions available today, why Read More

Owings Mills, MD (Sept. 23, 2020) — Centric Business Systems, a leading provider of document management technology, is pleased to announce Will Thacker has joined the company as a Director of Sales. Thacker will lead the sales operations in Centric’s Washington, D.C., Southern Read More

Office technology as-a-service continues to gain popularity, even in these challenging times. But it’s easy to get wrapped up in the technical details of this new way to buy. So much so that the complementary need to develop a new way to sell takes a backseat, particularly when Read More

Back in March, Epson held its Ink Boldly conference in Santa Monica, California, to introduce its line of WorkForce Enterprise business inkjet printers—the WF-C20600, the WF-C20750 and the WF-C21000—to dealer partners, analysts and the trade press. But the office technology Read More

Brno, Czech Republic and Dallas (Sept. 22, 2020) – Y Soft Corporation, the leading enterprise workflow solutions provider, today announced that the updated YSoft SAFEQ 6 Embedded Terminal for Ricoh multifunction devices with Smart Operation Panel has obtained Ricoh certification Read More

Not long ago, the phone rang in Luis Gonzalez’s office. The caller, who was from a cannabis company, found SalesScoreKeeper through a bit of internet research and was interested in Gonzalez’s sales commission processing tools. The prospect quickly rattled off what was needed from Read More

Schaumburg, IL (Sept. 22, 2020) — Pulse Technology, a technology company serving the IT, managed print services and other needs of businesses throughout the Midwest and beyond, has named Brandon Cork of Broadview, IL to the position of branch sales manager. In this role, he will Read More

A dealership doesn’t approach its 50th anniversary without the ability to pivot in the wake of a significant business disruption. Fraser Advanced Information Systems (AIS) was coming off a banner year in which it realized nearly 20% growth. But once the COVID-19 alarm sounded, Read More

Kansas City, MO (Sept. 22, 2020) — The Business Technology Association (BTA) will host its ProFinance 3.0 workshop at BTA member Advanced Imaging Solutions (AIS) in North Las Vegas on Oct. 21-22. Due to COVID-19 social distancing requirements, space is limited. Registrants are Read More