Danka Printing System Solution Gives ADP Savings and Improved Productivity.ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Automatic Data Processing's (ADP (1) (Automatic Data Processing) Synonymous with data processing (DP), electronic data processing (EDP) and information processing. (2) (Automatic Data Processing, Inc., Roseland, NJ, www.adp. ) Investor Communication Services division realized significant savings and increased productivity by employing a custom comprehensive document solution provided by Danka Business Systems PLC (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :DANKY). The new system was developed through a partnership between ADP and Danka, who worked together to understand and evaluate ADP's cut sheet production workflow The automatic routing of documents to the users responsible for working on them. Workflow is concerned with providing the information required to support each step of the business cycle. issues at their Owings Mills, MD and Edgewood, NY sites. The comprehensive document solution created automated au·to·mate v. au·to·mat·ed, au·to·mat·ing, au·to·mates v.tr. 1. To convert to automatic operation: automate a factory. 2. workflows to improve productivity, which resulted in production labor cost savings and enabled ADP to further improve quality. Steve Kelly R. Steve Kelly (born October 26, 1976, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) is an ice hockey Left Wing currently playing for the Frankfurt Lions of Deutsche Eishockey-Liga in Germany. , Vice President ADP, commented, "Although we already had competitive hardware in place, the Danka team spent considerable time working with us to develop unique custom software tools that could improve the efficiency of our operations. Danka's technical knowledge in the cut sheet printing arena, aggressive pricing and guaranteed support levels were among the key factors that led us to our decision to partner with them. It is a decision that we remain very happy with. In addition to the custom software tools developed by Danka for ADP, we've also begun to transition much of our hardware to their Kodak Digimaster product line." Danka initiated the ADP relationship in 2005 with the development of an automated job routing and printer management software front-end. This solution was incorporated into the existing customized print job tracking tool that ADP had created. The software now enables the print shop to automate To turn a set of manual steps into an operation that goes by itself. See automation. the submission of print jobs to their existing cut-sheet printers, automate the load balancing The fine tuning of a computer system, network or disk subsystem in order to more evenly distribute the data and/or processing across available resources. For example, in clustering, load balancing might distribute the incoming transactions evenly to all servers, or it might redirect them of those jobs, and provides the operator with real-time 1. real-time - Describes an application which requires a program to respond to stimuli within some small upper limit of response time (typically milli- or microseconds). Process control at a chemical plant is the classic example. job status information from job submission through print and completion of the print process. Danka has now expanded the partnership with the installation of 15 Kodak Digimasters in ADP's Owings Mills, MD, Edgewood, NY and Peabody, MA locations. The current ADP multi-year hardware and service contract with Danka covers 15 Kodak Digimasters, each with an average contractual value of $560,000. Danka and ADP will continue to explore additional areas where custom software, along with hardware installations, can improve ADP's productivity and cut costs, including driving volume to lower cost devices. "This relationship is a testament to our commitment to work with customers to help them improve efficiencies in the production print space," stated Bill Troxil, President, Danka Business Systems Eastern Regional Business Unit. "After meeting with ADP and completing a workflow assessment, it was clear that no off the shelf solution could solve 100% of their issues, a situation we encounter on a regular basis in the production print space. That is where we were able to differentiate ourselves by developing a custom Danka software tool with ADP's unique issues in mind, as we have done for several of our other production print customers." About ADP Brokerage Services Group ADP Investor Communication Services is a division of Automatic Data Processing's (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :ADP) Brokerage Services Group. As the premier provider of transaction services to the financial industry, ADP has the capacity and technological expertise to assist its clients in differentiating themselves in the marketplace. ADP brings to financial intermediaries Financial intermediaries institution that provide the market function of matching borrowers and lenders or traders. advanced, integrated systems for securities processing, desktop productivity and investor communication services, all focused on providing solutions for straight through processing In financial technology, the ability to process a stock transaction by computer from beginning to end without manual intervention at any of the stages. and World Class Service. ADP, with nearly $9.0 billion in revenues and more than 570,000 clients worldwide, is one of the largest providers of a broad range of premier, mission-critical, cost-effective transaction processing Updating the appropriate database records as soon as a transaction (order, payment, etc.) is entered into the computer. It may also imply that confirmations are sent at the same time. Transaction processing systems are the backbone of an organization because they update constantly. and information-based business solutions. For more information about ADP Brokerage Services Group, please visit www.bsg.adp.com and for other ADP services and investor information, please visit www.adp.com. About Danka Danka is one of the nation's largest independent suppliers of office imaging systems. For 30 years Danka has provided its customers with the equipment, supplies, software and integrated services In computer networking, IntServ or integrated services is an architecture that specifies the elements to guarantee quality of service (QoS) on networks. IntServ can for example be used to allow video and sound to reach the receiver without interruption. and support they need to address their print, copy and document workflow requirements. Danka delivers these comprehensive document solutions through a consultative model designed to improve business processes, reduce costs and increase productivity that drives customer value and satisfaction. Danka services customers directly in 50 U.S. markets. For more information, visit www.danka.com. Certain statements contained in this press release, including statements related to Danka's future business and financial performance, are forward-looking. Such statements reflect the current views of Danka with respect to future events and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in the forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. . Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward looking statements, which reflect management's analysis only as of the date they are made. Danka is a registered trademark. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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