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Wow!  Great questions. Equipment - We did have long-term contracts in place with Ricoh, Konica Minolta, and Xerox. Because we did not use a single managed print partner, we had the opportunity to leverage the existing contracts and negotiate the best rates.  We did not implement a managed print solution with a major vendor.  We instead retain ... Read More

Hi, I work for Auxiliary Services as a business coordinator, and It is the end of our FY. I want to perform an audit of our food service provider. Do you have any checklist or a template that you can share with me to touch on different aspects like financials, inventory, safety, etc.? thank you in advance, ------------------------------ Maria Vargas ... Read More

Good morning all,  Our campus is looking into bringing food trucks up to campus. Looking to see how other colleges manage these on their campus. Some insight on area's I'm looking for are below. How did you work with your food vendor in regards to contract? Concern for loss of revenue for BP? (currently we have Sodexo) Revenue for college at ... Read More

Thank you so much for the additional info.  A couple of questions... Were you on a long-term contract with a provider before you went in this direction?  Can you talk a little about how you built this model out prior to implementation - how long it was in the planning stages, how did you make decisions about equipment streamlining, was it difficult ... Read More

Thank you Jason for the response.  I realize that I was not clear on the financial details.  First, our mode is revenue generating in that we are able to equitably cover the cost of an Auxiliary employee and generate an annual equipment upgrade budget for smaller equipment such as laminators or engraving machines.  This equipment budget allows us to ... Read More

I am so curious about this.  We just went through the RFP process and have changed providers for campus, but I wondered if there could be a way to centrally operate as a profit center.  I appreciate Lorelle's perspective as well - seems like maintenance and supplies costs, and staffing, could make it cost prohibitive.  Thanks for asking and I will certainly ... Read More

We operate our copiers / MFD units as a profit center here at PPCC.  The initial goals in transitioning our models were to reduce use and quantity of less economical inkjet units and normalize the cost across campus.  Some departments had dozens of desktop printers while other departments were burdened by high lease costs.  For example, we operate a ... Read More

Good Morning NACAS from Texas State University.  I have overseen the Copier Contract with a national provider and have been managing the leases and payments to the vendor.  We use leasing coop prices and departments have the option of leasing duration and accessories.  I have been wondering of anyone is running this an a for profit department and purchase ... Read More

Dear Colleagues, Happy Tuesday! The conference starts today at 12:30pm ET. You ar e welcome to join us, simply by registering. Free registration for NACAS members. REGISTER HERE: https://umass.irisregistration.com/Site/Chef   We have a rich and diverse program over the next few days to educate and inspire ... Read More

Hello colleagues, I'm looking for examples of universities where the housing enterprise reports up through Administration and Finance.  For those for which this is the case, I'd really appreciate an attached org chart, and would further appreciate any narrative you can share about the partnership you have with Student Affairs. For those universities ... Read More