Resia Travel Group (RTG) is a leading Nordic player in the sale of holidays and business travels. Resia Travel Group recently planned to update its fleet of printers, and worked with Brother to produce a test environment. The aim was to find a customised printer solution based on RTG’s fundamental requirements.
”The implementation of our new printer fleet went very smoothly. Brother handled the preconfiguration, distribution and installation.” - Niklas Jönrup, Resia Travel Group.
P.M. Olsen has a large customer base and aftermarket and prints a lot on a daily basis, so it’s important for the company to know the price of its printing. This information is easily accessible with the Brother MPS solution. At the same time, it ensures that the car dealership automatically receives printer consumables before it runs out. So not only does P.M. Olsen maintain a better overview of its costs, the company no longer needs to think about purchasing consumables or holding them in stock.
“We chose a single brand overall because we value having long-term relationships. We’ve known Connie at Brother for many years, which is why we chose Brother for our printing and scanning as well as for our tyre labelling solution.”
Tonny Rasmussen, CFO, P.M. Olsen
The Subway® store situated in Chineham, Basingstoke The Chineham store trialled the Brother TD-2120N label
printer for six weeks, replacing their existing machine. The speed and efficiency at which their staff can complete the day dotting tasks means they have more time to make and serve food to their customers, ultimately improving customer experience.
"As a franchisee, food safety is of paramount importance to my business. A poor rating from our compliance checks, or the Food Standards Agency, can have a devastating effect on my footfall and trade."
Vanessa Mattia, Subway® Chineham, Basingstoke Franchisee
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IT company JH Computer was founded in 2002 in Putaja, in the former municipality of Suodenniemi, and offers comprehensive computer technology services, from equipment sales to IT servicing and technical support. JH Computer is part of Finland’s largest IT chain Data Group and aims to become the Pirkanmaa region’s most important IT player within a few years.
”Brother’s operation is reliable and efficient. Our partnership is a longstanding one and we develop together. The partnership runs smoothly all the way from the partner through to the customer. Brother understands our needs as a retailer, as well as the needs of the customer.”
Jouni Hujo, CEO, entrepreneur, JH Computer Oy – Sastamala & Nokia
Auto-Suni is a car dealership that first opened in Lappeenranta, Finland, and that sells and services five different brands of car in four different locations. With Brother’s Managed Print Service (MPS), the printers are always in working order, ready to use. The printers convey real-time information to Brother’s system, making it possible to remedy situations before the user of the equipment is even aware of the problem.
”Here at Auto-Suni we have been using Brother’s MPS solution for 18 months and it has been very reliable. We haven’t needed to order ink once since the start, so we are very pleased with the printing solution from Brother.” Jaakko Kokkola, IT Manager, Auto-Suni Oy, Lappeenranta
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"Brother's label printer is a highly economical choice, as we avoid monthly fees and continuous costs". Jussi Tuominen, Service Manager, O.K. Auto Oy, Kouvola.
Brother’s MFC-L8900CDW was introduced to the chain, a model which has print, scan, copy and fax functionality to cater for the diverse requirements of the hotel industry. The devices were installed with Brother’s Managed Print Service (MPS).
“The Brother device proposed perfectly met our needs, in particular in terms of value for money. The cost and size of the machine were key criteria influencing our choice as we wanted models that were adaptable depending on the capacity of our establishments”. Benoit Guinaudeau, Internal Auditor at Dalmata Hospitality.
Truck driver Peter Björk was supposed to change to a newer tablet for this truck. Simultaneously, he suggested the previous mobile printer to be changed as well. “I was not fully happy about former mobile printer. I thought that we should always aim for better”, Peter reviews context for the changes. IT manager Per-Erik Finell supported it. Brother, for their part, assessed the conveyor chain requirements and presented a solution based on printing receipts directly at trucks. Requirements included that the holder of the mobile printer was able to be attached to the truck’s dashboard, changing rolls needed to be easy, printing speed fast and print quality good.
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Kalevala Koru found a solution to their visually challenging pricing needs with the help of Brother PT-D600VP labelling machine. Deliberately thought price tags convey Kalevala Koru´s story and desired association for price.
"It is an intrinsic part of the Finnish mindset that one prefers to have a look at the products at leisure. Therefore, it is paramount that price tags are informative and clear. Explicit pricing also support sales personnel's work and helps improve customer experience, for instance when store is busy customers can have a glimpse at the prices before getting served by salespersons."
Tuula Junttila, store manager
The IT management of the small municipality only has two employees. Printer fleet management caused extra work and costs. IT manager was looking for a service model that would solve the problem.
“We were looking for a smooth way to manage our printer fleet. Brother's Managed Print Service give us the freedom to focus on value-adding work because printers are smarter and require less attention from us."
Markku Anttila, IT Manager at Mäntsälä Municipality.
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Jollyroom is the largest e-commerce company selling children and baby products in the Nordics. With business constantly expanding, a flexible and scalable solution was required where most of the workflow can be managed wirelessly. Brother presented a wireless solution based on the traditional paper handling that ends at the arrival of the goods and works together with a digital solution. Thanks to this solution, Jollyrooms warehouse staff can work anywhere.
”We can work in any area, we simply move the workplace to where the goods are” Kaspar Hannerz, Inbound manager Jollyroom
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Alasen Rakennus is a Finnish construction company that was looking for solutions to enhance the work procedure and share information in a smarter way at the construction site. The number of printouts was reduced by introducing a Brother A3 color inkjet printer, which supports cloud services.
Blueprints and working instructions are now stored in a cloud service, and printed only on demand. Brother's automatic supply deliveries also help the workers as they only have to focus on their tasks as work is never paused due to empty ink cartridges.
"We are able to focus on our own work, because the printer will take care of itself and order the supplies automatically", says Ville Niinimäki, Work Manager, Alasen Rakennus Ltd.
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Electronic sharing of information, such as scanning documents, is very important support function for the city of Akaa. It was important for them to find a smooth document management solution between their different offices. A customised scanning solution with a fixed monthly fee dramatically increased the flow of information between their multiple locations.
"Brother´s devices are very easy to use, especially when customised to our own needs."
IT Manager Asko Mäkinen, the City of Akaa, Finland.
Brother’s mobile print and scan solutions are ideal for the logistics and transport sector, saving time and increasing productivity through the use of mobile printers, such as the PJ-763MFi, and portable scanners, such as the ADS-1600W.
“In our company we needed to have a special partner for printing and scanning inside the truck cabin. We didn’t know that this could be solved in such a simple way, but thanks to Brother we have proven that combining the experience and relying on a company that knows your needs, everything is possible. Brother’s mobile printer and scanner offering allows us to save on productivity and costs while increasing the satisfaction of our employees and customers.” - Antonio Higueras Cruz, president of VIAPORT.
Brother's MPS solution combined with professional inkjet printers optimised the working day of the day care centres in Germany.
"The controls are simple, self-explanatory and fun to use," says Kevin Einig, administrative representative for the Schwebengrund day care center.
NDC Oslo uses Brother label printers when checking in conference attendees. NDC Oslo is an annual software conference that has more than 2000 attendees checking in at approximately the same time on the opening day. This requires an effective queue behaviour, and the Brother label printers are an important part of this effectiveness. This results in no queues. Watch the video and learn more about how Brother label printers are being used at NDC Oslo.
The labelling of glasses is a necessity for easy identification and to note price information, as well as information about product codes, in order to have all the data and information to hand at any time.
To address these needs, Brother’s QL label printers were the solution of choice by Martínez-Lorca optical center in Madrid.
With several thousand stocked goods in two major warehouses in Denmark and Sweden, Despec required a comprehensive label solution that was easier and faster to work with than the latest one and one that could handle barcodes. They chose a label solution from Brothe with a P-touch label printer and extra strong adhesive TZe tape.
"It works - and it lasts," says Thomas Harboe Hald, General Manager, Information Systems & Marketing, Despec.
Fountains and Features, a bespoke design, installation and maintenance business specialising in the creation of stunning water features set in public realm spaces, were looking for a flexible, on-demand solution to labelling - and found it.
"The E550W is a complete game changer for our business. Using the app on my smartphone I can print the warning label I need straight from a template. It means an end to lugging roll of cumbersome pre-printed tape to site - instead there's one device that litereally does it all "on demand". The P-touch E550W represents both sheer convenience and compliance for our buisness. It's labelling made as practical as we could wish for on our projects," says Andrew Turner, Site Engineer, Fountains and Features.
Self-employed electrician, Richard Lowe says the P-touch E550WVP has become an essential piece of kit for hos business. He chose the P-touch's flagship industrial labeller to help improve his efficiency.
"The P-touch E550WVP is a neat machine. Print quality is excellent and I can produce really clear, durable labels using the laminated TZe tapes. It makes it easy to comply with industry regulations and has become an essential part of my kit," says electrician Richard Lowe.
A German travel agency group has streamlined document printing across 500 sites with the mono laser printer Brother HL-L6400DW.
"This new approach to printing enables us not only to best support our employees in their daily work, but also to shape all print activity across the organisation into something altogether more cost-effective and transparant," Sasha Karbginski, Head of IT at DER concludes.
At District Heating Funen (Fjernvarme Fyn) in Odense DK, Brother's small RJ-3050 mobile label and receipt printers play an important role in keeping track of the consumption meters located at the heating customers' site.
"It is very important that we can identify every meter that is being replaced. The meters are part of a spot check batch, and. therefore, require speical handling and visible identification with a lot number. We carefully researched the market, and only Brother's printers could live up our expectations."
Lars Rasmussen, Team Manager of the Meter Department at District Heating Funen
The accountancy firm Kovsted & Skovgård located in Aarhus DK has assigned Brother a central role in the company's digital transformation.
"Brother scanners are easy to use, and they are actually faster than we expected. Once people get used to the routine of scanning documents, completed forms and letters instead of storing them in binders as in the old days, there is, evidentially, time to save."
René Ferrer Ruiz, Partner of Kovsted & Skovgård.
Accountancy firm has switched to digital review using scanners and multifunction printers from Brother.
“I have many small businesses as clients. Often craftsmen that spend too much of their time on administration and troublesome working procedures. They can get so much more out of their lives if they rationalised the way I have done“
Carsten Enevold, Enevold Revision.
Accounting company Tilitoimisto Karppinen Oy simplified their print management
Accounting companies still need to print a lot and therefore simplified print management can save up time and resources. It is paramount for the smooth work flow that there are always cartridges available when needed so that important documents can be printed whenever needed. Brother Purchase & Click gave us piece of mind and good print management.
Tapani Mäkinen, IT manager, certified accountant
Tilitoimisto A.Karppinen Oy, Oulu, Finland
Sports Car Center optimised its tyre hotel management with Brother’s car tyre labelling solution.
“I’d recommend Brother’s label printer solutions to all car dealers, tyre hotels and tyre service businesses.”
Petter Kallinen, foreman at Sports Car Center Espoo
Brother printers are working non-stop at Denmark's largest car rental agency.
"Reliability, reliability, reliability. That is a key word to us"
Anders Thaarup, IT Coordinator at Europcar's Danish office.
Inkjet HL-S7000DN - Fast printouts that withstand moisture and oily fingers.
”Brother printers have a very solid construction. They are fast and reliable, and at the same time, the purchase price was fair.”
Tommy Holm, GKN Wheels.
Lithuania’s police uses Brother PocketJets for printing out fines and reports while being on the road.
“Our work has become more efficient. We can now print important papers quickly, and we
can print in all conditions including extreme weather."
Algirdas Stončaitis, Deputy Police Commissioner General at the Lithuanian police at Vilnius
Brother MPS really helps us to manage our print costs, We can see how much we spend on print in each department, on mono and colour printing – we can even predict expenditure...
Matthew Cooke, IT Technician, Ercall Wood Technology College
The main driver for this project was to reduce our spiralling printer costs. By standardising to Brother printers, we’ve been able to halve the printers on site, considerably reducing our total cost of ownership with few printers to run, and fewer consumables"
Steve Ford, Strategic ICT Manager, Helsby High School
Brother planned, delivered ad installed 380 new printers in record time, trained our staff and supported us throughout this major business change"
Colin Kendrick, Head of IT, Day Lewis Pharmacy
85% of our group turnover is generated through the mobile solution and it has revolutionised how we do business"
Julian Bond, Head of ICT Hillary’s Blinds Ltd.
Office space and archiving customer files is a constant challenge for us, like most accountancy firms. Brother’s affordable desktop and mobile scanners have transformed the way we work"
Sunil Parekh, Director, PJT and Co Chartered Accountants
It has improved our customer experience, helped to make us more efficient and reduced costs along the way"
Antonio Solimena, IT Manager, Dakro Environmental Ltd
