Siemens Cost Savings with Mimeo

CHALLENGE

Siemens’ RFP Team is responsible for producing the proposals that win critical business for Siemens Medical. Their previous do-it-yourself process was labor-intensive, time-consuming, and error-prone. Assembling proposals meant manually collating dozens of documents, and close deadlines regularly meant late nights for staff. The process was inefficient and costly.

HOW MIMEO HELPED

Siemens turned to Mimeo to bring order to a chaotic process. Mimeo's online storage library gave the team a centralized place to organize proposal components, store standard documentation, and reorder quickly whenever needed. "Mimeo was an obvious choice to print our documents. We can store our standard documentation online, and quickly reorder anytime."

The impact on assembly time was immediate. "It would normally take me a full workday to put 10 binders consisting of over 70 documents together. With Mimeo, it takes less than an hour. And, amazingly enough, we're saving money."
- Chris S., PACS RFP Manager.

The quality of the finished product improved as well, and the results were clear enough that Siemens' training department soon adopted Mimeo too. "Since we started printing our RFP materials with Mimeo, my team and I have been pleased with the high level of service and quality products, while realizing significant cost savings."

THE RESULT

Switching to Mimeo delivered 40-50% savings in hard costs for Siemens' RFP Team, alongside a dramatic reduction in assembly time and a noticeable improvement in proposal quality. A process that once consumed an entire workday now takes less than an hour, freeing the team to focus on the content of their proposals rather than the logistics of putting them together. Late nights spent collating documents are a thing of the past.

THE BOTTOM LINE

For a team where every RFP represents a significant business opportunity, efficiency and quality aren't optional. Mimeo gave Siemens' RFP Team both, along with the cost savings to make the switch an easy decision. When the results were clear enough to bring in the training department too, it was confirmation that the right print partner doesn't just solve one problem. It improves the way your whole organization works.

Key Takeaways

Centralizing proposal components in Mimeo's online library eliminated the labor-intensive assembly process that was consuming the team's time
Switching to Mimeo delivered 40-50% savings in hard costs
A process that previously took a full workday now takes less than an hour
Higher quality proposals better represent your brand and improve your chances of winning
The right print solution scales across departments, delivering savings and efficiency organization-wide

Siemens is a multinational engineering and electronics conglomerate with 362,000 employees in 190 countries. With headquarters in Germany, Siemens is Europe’s largest engineering company, and its medical health-care division generates about 12 percent of the company’s total sales.

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Infographic showing the Siemens RFP process and how they saved money using Mimeo Print