1-2-3…proves Elementary for TNT

A GBP 1.5 million investment in new equipment, a recruitment drive to boost staffing levels and the appointment of a new divisional general manager have equipped the TNT Document Services with the tools to reach new levels of business in 2007.

The three-pronged approach has seen the addition of six highlight colour printers, deployed at TNT sites in Basildon, Essex and Cardonald, Scotland, along with the introduction of two new high-speed mailing machine capable of collating documents at a rate of 22,000 per hour.

Craig Scott ,the newly-appointed Divisional General Manager, said: “2007 is proving an incredibly busy time for us. We’ve made massive strides in recent months by heavily investing in new cutting-edge equipment, recruiting more people into the business and winning some key contracts.”
“As the year goes by, our intention is to increase our trading base in the UK and vigorously promote our ever widening range of services.”

Whether it’s laser print services or print management, archiving electronic data, database management, or scanning and data capture, TNT Document Services can now offer customers enhanced integrity and better quality printed items along with an improved service for the millions of recipients of mail items.
Formerly known as Cendris, the company joined the TNT Express Specialist Services portfolio as TNT Document Services just 15 months ago. Since then it has achieved:
• Scanning 18 million plans of buildings and land in England and Wales and 90 million supporting documents to replace a paper library with an electronic equivalent for Land Registry – a new five-year deal was signed last year to convert up to 60,000 ‘live’ documents a day.

• Winning contracts to print and dispatch millions of invoices and statements on behalf of major mailing, waste management, IT and food companies.

• Managing millions of electronic documents which have been converted from paper files, maps and invoices.

• Securing a contract with a leading consultancy to scan 1.5 million property-related records on behalf of a Government organisation.
TNT Document Services generate annual revenue in excess of GBP 20 million and employs a 250-strong workforce in London, Basildon, Cardonald and Coventry.

Craig said: “Unless print is your core activity, it’s very difficult to keep up with developments in the digital era. We excel in transactional printing – that’s the laser printing of business critical documents – whether it’s invoices, statements, payroll, P60s or cheques.”

The outsourcing of the printing, mailing and billing documents by Document Services has enabled telecommunications giant T-Mobile to focus on core business and reduce its operational costs.

Craig added: “We handle invoices, copy bills, credit notes and letters for T-Mobile – some 30 million packs per annum. We have 17 bill runs per month, plus letters on a daily basis along with copy bills.

“This is a win-win situation for T-Mobile because it reduces its costs and it allows it to focus on improving services for their 16 million customers across the UK.

“It’s this kind of value-added proposition that will help us increase our market share in 2007.”