The Ascher Group Consulting Services - Document Management, Copier, Records Management and Electronic Document Management Consulting

If you answered yes, then the Ascher Group can help

The Ascher Group Specializes in Office Service and Office Technology Analysis and Consulting. Put simply our focus is on the area that all companies don't understand and dread to buy.

First and foremost, the Ascher Group is a Buyers Agent for our clients. We seek to attain the greatest value and cost savings for our clients in the following areas:

	Copiers, Printers and Facsimile acquisition and design
	Electronic Document Management Design and Acquisition
	Records Management Systems Design
	Records Retention Management Design and Redesign
	System design and acquisition for office services and technology

Copier Consulting

Printer Consulting

Facsimile Consulting

Records Retention Consulting

Electronic Document Management Consulting

Office Services and Technology

	Digital Copiers
	Analog Copiers
	Used Copiers
	Remanufactured Copiers
	Refurbished Copiers
	Color Copiers
	MFP Printers
	Connected Copiers
	High Speed Printers
	Roll Fed Printers
	Data Center Printers
	Outsourcing
	In-Plant Solutions
	Copier equipment needs analysis
	Unbiased industry expert equipment recommendations
	Copier / printer vendor selection
	RFP creation/support Response analysis
	Copier / printer contract negotiation
	Copier / printer service and supply contract negotiation
	Copier / printer implementation support
	On-going copier / printer procurement support

Retention policy review / design (including creation, review and on-going maintenance) For:

Federal and State Regulatory Compliance:

- Federal and State Regulatory agencies, departments and bureaus records retention requirements.

- Filing records retention periods.

- Federal and State Act and legal records retention compliance.

Judicial Evidentiary Rules.

- Storage and records retention method and records accessibility requirements for both Federal and State courts.

Statute of Limitations.

- Federal and State statutes of limitations for regulatory actions.

- Federal and State statutes of limitations for litigation actions.

Business Needs Records Retention such as Patent or Intellectual Property.

	Electronic Document Management Workflow / Document Flow Analysis
	Electronic Document Management Technology interface needs analysis
	Electronic Document Management Database interface needs analysis
	Electronic Document Management Database / indexing design
	Electronic Document Management RFP / vendor selection support and design
	Full Electronic Document Management implementation support

	Full discovery of equipment and services needs.
	Current pricing, contract and service review.
	Historical audit for overcharges and credit submission.
	Office Product contract list construction.
	RFP design and management.
	Detailed charting of all responses with ranking based upon stated goals.
	Total cost analysis for all vendor responses.
	Final bidder recommendation.
	Contract negotiation.
	Equipment / service deployment planning and verification.
	Initiation of billing and reporting standards.
	Ongoing procurement services for additional corporate acquisitions, asset needs and non-coterminous assets / services.
	Monthly invoice audits against contract rates, management of overcharges, credits confirmations and coding for general ledger codes.
	Quarterly service reviews for contract compliance, response time issues, warranty / chronic failure equipment issues.
	Ongoing system optimization.
	Contract Management.