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Océ
Partners with Control Systems to Help AEC Firms Turn Expenses into Income
Technology Provides Tracking, Reporting and Recovery of All Large Format Printing,
Copying and Scanning Costs
February 24, 2004, Chicago – Océ (Nasdaq: OCENY), a global leader
in digital document management and delivery solutions, today announced a technology
partnership with Control Systems, Inc., a leading provider of comprehensive expense
management products. Under the agreement, Control Systems becomes a member of
the Océ Partner Program and will optimize their Copitrak cost recovery
software to integrate with Océ TDS large format multifunction print systems,
including the recently launched Océ Account Center cost management software.
Designed for use with one or more Océ TDS systems, Océ Account Center
enables companies to control access to their system by locking the scanner until
appropriate billing information is entered, to track expenditures to specific
users, departments and projects and to integrate the data with third party software,
like Copitrak, so that costs can be converted into income.
The partnership with Control Systems will provide an end-to-end cost recovery
solution for architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) firms, as well as
the facilities management providers who serve the industry. By combining the award-winning
Océ TDS large format multifunction print systems with Control Systems’
cost recovery software, firms will be able to more completely track and recover
expenses for their large format printing, scanning and copying services.
"As a facilities management provider to the architectural and engineering
industries, we have worked with Océ and Control Systems for many years,"
says Mark DiPasquale, CEO of Service Point USA, a Woburn, MA-based reprographics
management and services company for business and design professionals. "Their
partnership will provide a great benefit to us and, ultimately, our AEC clients
by offering a highly integrated solution to track and manage our reimbursable
expenses."
"Control Systems is pleased to partner with Océ, an industry leader
in document management solutions," notes Graham Allen, President of Control
Systems. "Customers of both companies will benefit from this alliance, which
will promote the development of comprehensive solutions aimed at eliminating some
of the industry’s most pressing dilemmas – specifically how to control,
manage and charge back for expenses such as scanning, digital printing, copying
and plotting."
The Océ Partner Program
"Océ customers want to recover their cost of printing and copying
from clients whenever possible," Francis Fay, Director of Product Marketing
for the Wide Format Printing Systems division of Océ North America, notes.
"By ensuring that Océ systems readily integrate with popular cost
recovery accounting software, like Copitrak, customers have a complete solution
to do so. We are pleased to add Control Systems to the Océ Partner Program."
About Control Systems, Inc.
Control Systems develops and markets a comprehensive line of expense management
hardware and software products, optimized for professional firms that include
office expenses related to client billing.
Control Systems is a privately held corporation based in Boca Raton, Florida that
markets a complete line of cost recovery products designed to track, report and
charge back expenses associated with office equipment and administrative services.
Control Systems has offices throughout North America. For further information
contact Graham Allen at 1-800-755-9901 or visit www.copitrak.com.
About Océ
Océ is a leading provider of digital document management technology and
services. The company’s solutions are based on Océ’s advanced
software applications that deliver documents and data over internal networks and
the Internet to printing devices and archives – locally and around the world.
Supporting the workflow solutions are Océ digital printers and scanners,
considered the most reliable and productive in the world. Océ also offers
a wide range of display graphics, consulting and outsourcing solutions.
Netherlands-based Océ N.V. (NASDAQ: OCENY), with a workforce of more than
22,000 people and 2003 revenues of $3.0 billion, maintains research and manufacturing
centers in the Netherlands, the United States, Germany, France, Belgium, the Czech
Republic, and Japan. Océ’s North American headquarters is located
in Chicago with major business units in Chicago; New York City; Boca Raton, FL;
San Jose, CA; Salt Lake City; and Coventry, RI. North American revenues were $1.2
billion for fiscal 2003, and employment is currently 9,100. For more information
about Océ, visit www.oceusa.com. Outside the U.S., consult www.oce.com.
About Control Systems, Inc.
Control Systems is a privately held corporation based in Boca Raton, Florida that
markets a complete line of cost recovery products designed to track, report and
charge back expenses associated with office equipment and administrative services.
Control Systems has offices throughout North America.
All referenced product names, and other marks, are trademarks of their respective
owners.
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