Konica Minolta wins BLI PaceSetter award for Outstanding Serviceability

| 7 September 2018

Konica Minolta Business Solutions is named the winner of the Buyers Lab (BLI) PaceSetter award for Outstanding Serviceability 2018–2019. The accolade was awarded by Keypoint Intelligence, a leading independent analyst for the digital imaging industry. It is based on comprehensive research to determine the OEM with “the best-designed tools, programs and training to enhance the serviceability of its devices”. The combination of “smart service with smart technology” and innovations in service offerings and training identified Konica Minolta as being a leader in the field.


In conducting the Buyers Lab report, analysts from Keypoint Intelligence evaluated Konica Minolta’s company vision, in-field support, environmental considerations, tools and training provided to service technicians, as well as device design.

The analysts noted that the company’s leadership in serviceability was achieved through Konica Minolta’s “Shift Left” strategy, which mitigates downtime by either enabling end users to troubleshoot device issues themselves or use remote technology to correct any problems. This includes assisting customers via a comprehensive suite of measures that combine remote and in-person technician support, training programs and materials and support for third party tools. This offering has been further enhanced with an innovative Augmented Reality solution.


About Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe


Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe GmbH, based in Langenhagen, Germany, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Konica Minolta Inc., Tokyo, Japan. With its unique expertise in imaging, data processing and data-based decision making, Konica Minolta creates relevant solutions for its customers - small and medium-sized businesses, large enterprises and public sector - and solves issues faced by society.


As a digital workplace solution provider, Konica Minolta helps its clients to identify and unlock the potential digitalisation holds and reach the next level in the digital maturity of their organisation by rethinking the workplace. In support of an ‘Intelligent connected workplace’, Konica Minolta offers cloud, IT, managed print and video solution services for remote working, collaboration, workflow management and automation and security. The company’s success in driving transformation is also confirmed by IDC, since the ‘IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Print Transformation 2023 Vendor Assessment’ has named Konica Minolta a “Leader” in print transformation. Konica Minolta has been a Microsoft Global Managed Partner since 2021.


Konica Minolta's Igniting Print Possibilities offering helps printers, converters and brand owners maximise workflow automation to increase efficiency. The company delivers consultancy in all communication matters as well as top-of-the-line production, packaging as well as label printers. Its finishing devices create print products that stand out and create added value. Konica Minolta has established itself as the production printing market leader for more than a decade in Europe (InfoSource).


For an increasing number of organisations, success today is more than the narrow definition of financial prosperity – it also includes protecting the environment and having a positive impact on their workforce as well as the societies they are embedded in. With its commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Konica Minolta has pledged to consistently pursue its sustainability and social responsibility goals.


The company has been repeatedly recognised for its rich history of social contribution as well as for working towards achieving the SDGs throughout its business and supply chain. Konica Minolta received a GOLD Level Recognition Medal in the EcoVadis sustainability ratings for 2024.


For its remote services, Konica Minolta was awarded the prestigious ‘Buyers Lab (BLI) 2023-2024 Pacesetter Award in Remote Service for the Western European market’ from Keypoint Intelligence.


Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe is represented by subsidiaries and distributors in more than 80 countries in Europe, Central Asia, the Middle East and Africa. With more than 8,800 employees (as of April 2024), Konica Minolta Europe earned net sales of over EUR 2.13 billion in financial year 2023/2024.


Worldwide, the company has over 40,000 employees and is operating in over 150 countries.


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