Abstract: . . .  capital. Leasing also enables the enterprise to meet market or compliance requirements to obtain and use the most current equipment technology. Gone are the days when an enterprise buys, holds, and depreciates an asset over an eight-to-ten year life cycle. Leasing is often Leasing: A Strategy to Finance Design and Creation of the Document Factory By Charles E. Prellwitz. Director of Marketing Pitney Bowes Global Credit Services When an enterprise decides to create a Document Factory, leasing is often the best, most practical strategy to finance . . .
. . .  to leverage existing capital and enables departments to work within predefined budgets. These are the considerations to bear in mind for those contemplating a Document Factory. A review of the ideas, questions and suggestions above should help managers in creating a total strategy that will help them transition to a Document Factory with as much ease and as little disruption as possible. AD11431 May 2001 ©Pitney Bowes Inc. 37 Executive Drive Danbury, CT 06810 Tel: 800.983.9368 203.792.1600 Fax: 203.739.3488 Web Site: www.pitneybowes.com Email: . . .
. . .  familiar with the industry and the Document Factory? • Will the lessor provide funding for other manufacturers' equipment and thus give the enterprise a single, convenient funding source? • Is the lessor capable of asset management in the high-tech arena? • Will the lessor finance software and other soft costs? • Creating a Document Factory may involve expansion or rebuilding. Can the lessor provide Page 4 financing for real estate or facilities, as well as equipment? • Is the lessor capable of offering programs outside the continental United . . .
. . .  these requirements in mind, managers involved in Page 2 • Changes in mission-critical documents. • Changes due to compliance issues. • Changes generated by new marketing initiatives. • Changes in what customers require. Not a push, but a pull strategy. Leasing can pay to redesign the Document Factory architecture to react to such changes and so reduce any disruption to production, and minimize the wait for the capital needed to fund technology and its new or revised applications. Preparing for the CFO A Chief Financial Officer (CFO) has many . . .
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