Wide-format Scanner Buyers Guide
There are only a few manufacturer’s serving the world-wide wide format scanner market. This is both good and bad. The good part is that you only have to investigate a small number of manufacturers’ in order to select the scanner that meets you needs. The bad part is that your choices are limited.
When you dig into the matter, you will soon discover that scanner manufacturers’ are mostly selling “technology”. You would need to filter the information’s and evaluate them based on something that can translate into real business benefits for you.
This guide is not intended to be an in-depth or comprehensive guide to the wide-format scanner industry. Instead, it is intended to provide you with a clear understanding of how to shape you needs and to narrow down your choices for your next wide-format scanner.
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What is the Scanner Value Price Index?
With approximate 70 different scanner models on the market today, it is a challenge to decide which wide-format scanner is right for you.
Not until recently has there been any standardized way to evaluate a scanner’s specification and to make comparisons easy across scanner models and scanner brands.
The Stanley Adams Group has developed a first approach to answer this question by introduction our value/price index for wide-format scanners.
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Procurement Strategy for your next Wide-Format Scanner
You have decided to invest in a new wide-format scanner.
The next question is where do you get it from? Should you use a national supplier or would it be better to find a local source?
A local source seems attractive because you then have local access to get your scanner serviced and maintained through an optional service contract.
However sourcing locally also means it is difficult to get a competitive bid due to lack of competition.
So which is the better way?
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