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Smart Equipment Maintenance Made Easy.

Not only does the technical and office equipment you rely on today do more for you, but it also requires more from your organization.

Poulton Associates can offer you a better way to manage your Electronic Equipment Maintenance program.

The smart alternative to traditional maintenance programs

Poulton Associates Electronic Equipment Maintenance Insurance Program takes the complex responsibilities of equipment maintenance and makes them simple.

We can make budgeting your maintenance predictable by replacing the distractions of maintenance with a single, clear point of focus.

Our Electronic Equipment Maintenance Program is the one way to reduce your responsibilities and administrative burden of equipment maintenance. We can help you focus on your core business, and have a fixed guaranteed annual budget.

What Poulton Associates will do:

  • Inventory and tag all scheduled equipment into master data base.
  • Connect you with the proper provider for your specific line of business.
  • Provide work orders and issue purchase orders to service companies.
  • Monitor repairs and provide loss control services.
  • Receive all repair invoices (which are sent directly to our office by service companies).
  • Audit service company invoices and pay directly.
  • Continue to monitor additions and deletions of equipment, preventive maintenance schedules, and warranty items.

What you have to do:
Place a toll free call to Poulton Associates, Inc. at 1-800-POULTON

Want "hard dollar" savings too? It's actually easy.
Employee time and administrative costs are sometimes called "soft dollar" costs. These soft dollars can be reduced through Poulton Associates Equipment Maintenance Program. There's even better news. You can also save "hard dollars" --from 5% to 25% of your maintenance costs annually.

We'll assist you in converting traditional service contracts to a more efficient time-and-materials basis. If you're currently using time-and-materials, we'll add valuable operational efficiencies through our parts and vendor search services. If some of your maintenance is handled in-house, we'll reimburse you for your service technician expenses.

The efficiency conversion process is usually completed within thirty days. Now additional benefits start adding up. You'll have: More comprehensive coverage, eliminating gaps and uncertainties.
One fixed, guaranteed annual budget, rather than fluctuating costs and expensive "surprises."
One contractual agreement rather than many.
One anniversary date to keep track of rather than many.
Better administrative control over all equipment maintenance issues.
Comprehensive reporting, so you can easily track your spending and saving.
More opportunity to concentrate on your core business, less distraction on equipment maintenance.

Compare Where You Are Now With Where You Could Be Soon

Traditional Contracts

Equipment Maintenance Program

Services for Scheduled Equipment:
Tagging and Inventory No Yes
Work Order Process No Yes
Direct Vendor Pay No Yes
Management Reports No Yes
Corrective Maintenance:
Repair Labor Yes Yes
Parts Yes Yes
Travel Yes Yes
Taxes Yes Yes
Repair Costs Caused By:
Power Surges No Yes
Air Conditioning Failure No Yes
Human Error or Negligence No Yes
Preventive Maintenance Inspections Yes Yes
Rental of Substitute Equipment No Yes
Overtime Costs (7 days/24 hours a day) No Yes
In-House Reimbursement For Repairs No Yes
One Common Anniversary Date No Yes

Some Examples of Equipment Covered

Aviation Equipment Safe Deposit Boxes Endorsers
Air Data Computer Teller Network Fax Machines
Air Show Visual Auto Tellers Mail Machines
AHRS General Equipment Microfiche & Microfilmers
Altitude Director Indicator CAD-CAM Systems Plotters
Barometric Altitude Indicator Diagnostic Test Equipment Printers
Cockpit Displays Electronic Sign Controls Rotary Filing Systems
Data Loader Environmental Control Systems Shredders
Distance Measuring Equipment Fire Protection Systems Time Clocks
EFIS Food Preparation Equipment Typewriters
Entertainment Systems Graphics Equipment Word Processing Equipment
Flight Management Systems Industrial Scales Production/Processing Equipment
Global Positioning Systems Pneumatic Tube Systems Air Mill Systems
Horizontal Situation Indicator Point-of-Sale Equipment AKC Reactor Vessels
Inertia Navigation Systems TVP Transient Voltage Protection Bulk Handling Systems
Radio Altimeter UPS Uninterrupted Power Supplies Ceiling Stations
Radio Systems Laboratory/Research Chillers
TCAS Auto Samplers Die Cutting Equipment
Transponder Beta Counters Dissolution Test Stations
VLF/Omega Blood Gas Units ET Laminators
Weather Radar Cell Savers E/W Fluid Analyzers
Communication Equipment Cell Washers FlO Coaters
Audio/Visual Systems Centrifuges Lasers
Overhead Paging, Intercoms Chemistry Analyzers Mixers
Pagers Chromatographs Patch Laminators
Radios Chromatography Systems Press Extruders
Telephone Switches and Telephones Clinical Analyzers Refrigeration
Voice Mail Systems Co-Oximeters RKV Blenders
Data Processing Equipment Densitometers Shrink Packaging Systems
Bridges DNA Analyzers and Synthesizers Solvent Vessels
Controller Cards Electrolyte Analyzers Tablet Packaging Systems
Hubs Electron Microscopes Tablet Presses & Sorters
Mainframes Hemoglobinometers Tube Cutting Machinery
Multiplexors Interface Modules Security Equipment
PC's and Peripherals Liquid Scintillation Counters Alarm Systems
Routers Osmometers Card Access Systems
Servers Robotic Systems Video Surveillance
Tape Drives Solvent Modules Vaults and Safes
Financial Equipment Spectrophotometers
After Hour Depository Sterilizers
Automated Teller Machines Ultrasound Systems
Cash Dispensers X-Ray Systems
Check Encoders and Imprinters Office Equipment
Currency and Coin Counters Collating Machines
Financial Calculators Copiers
Reader Sorters Dictation Equipment

*This listing is only representative. Your coverage may include additional equipment.

Program Examples/Testimony

Industry Specific Equipment List, Municipality

Illustrative Cost Savings, Municipality

Industry Specific Equipment List, Educational Institutions

Illustrative Example, Educational Institutions

Municipality Equipment Covered Under EEMI's Customized Program

Office Equipment General Equipment Data Processing Equipment
Collating Machines CAD-CAM Systems Bridges
Copiers Diagnostic Test Equipment Controller Cards
Dictation Equipment Electronic Sign Controls Hubs
Endorsers Environmental Control Systems Mainframes
Fax Machines Fire Protection Systems Multiplexors
Mail Machines Food Preparation Equipment PC's and Peripherals
Microfiche & Microfilmers Graphics Equipment Routers
Plotters Industrial Scales Servers
Printers Pneumatic Tube Systems Tape Drives
Rotary Filing Systems Point-of-Sale Equipment Financial Equipment
Shredders T.V.P.-Transient Voltage Protection Check Encoders and Imprinters
Time Clocks U.P.S.- Uninterrupted Power Supplies Currency and Coin Counters
Typewriters Communication Equipment Financial Calculators
Word Processing Equipment Audio/Visual Systems Reader Sorters
Security Equipment Overhead Paging Intercoms
Alarm Systems Pagers Radios
Card Access Systems Television Switches
Video Surveillance Voice Mail Systems
Vaults and Safes

This is a partial listing, your inventory may include additional equipment.

Illustrative cost savings: municipalities

Item No.

Description

Current Annual Maintenance Cost

Equipment Insurance Annual Maintenance Cost (Including Preventative Maintenance)

1. Various Phone Systems $34,917 $25,021
2. Motorola Equipment $29,261 $21,409
3. (12) Various Copiers $12,931 $11,235
4. (41) IBM Typewriters $3,675 $2,844
5. Mailing Equipment $3,273 $2,666
Total $84,057 $63,225
Repairs Not Covered By Manufacturer Contract (Nat'l Avg.= 5%) $4,203 INCLUDED
GRAND TOTAL $88,260 $63,225
DOLLAR SAVINGS $25,035
PERCENT SAVINGS 28%

School Equipment Covered Under EEMI's Customized Program

Communication Equipment

Office Equipment

Audio/Visual Systems Collating Machines
Overhead Paging, Intercoms Copiers
Pagers Dictation Equipment
Radios Endorsers
Telephone Switches and Telephones Fax Machines
Voice Mail Systems Mail Machines

Data Processing Equipment

Microfiche & Microfilmers
Mainframes Plotters
Multiplexors Printers
PC's and Peripherals Rotary Filing Systems
Routers Shredders
Servers Time Clocks
Tape Drives Typewriters

General Equipment

Word Processing Equipment
CAD-CAM Systems

Security Equipment

Diagnostic Test Equipment Alarm Systems
Electronic Sign Controls Card Access Systems
Environmental Control Systems Video Surveillance
Fire Protection Systems Vaults and Safes
Food Preparation Equipment

X-Ray

Graphics Equipment Film Processors
Industrial Scales Film Viewers
Pneumatic Tube Systems Portable X-Ray Machines
Point-Of-Sale Equipment

Ultrasound

T.V.P.-Transient Voltage Protection Ultrasound Units
U.P.S.-Uninterrupted Power Supplies

Laboratory/Research

Centrifuges
Chemistry Analyzers
Clinical Analyzers
Electrolyte Analyzers
Electron Microscopes
Osmometers
Robotic Systems
Sterilizers

This a partial listing, your inventory may include additional equipment.

Illustrative cost savings: educational institutions

Item No. Description Current Annual Maintenance Cost Equipment Insurance Annual Maintenance Cost (Including Preventative Maintenance)
1. HP Network & Printers $40,000 $30,000
2. Navco Security $24,400 $15,098
3. Library Data & Scanning Equipment $20,330 $14,748
4. AT&T Phone System $7,980 $5,506
5. Kodak Microfilm Equipment $7,000 $5,495
6. Lanier Word Processing $6,500 $4,225
7. Compaq (15) PC's $5,000 $3,200
8. IBM (40) Typewriters $3,000 $1,920
9. Canon Facsimiles $3,000 $1,900
10. Pitney Bowes Mail Equipment $2,750 $1,897
11. Brandt Coin & Currency Equipment $2,500 $1,850
12. Xerox Copier $1,000 $950
GRAND TOTAL

(Per Value=$1,136,595)
$123,460 $86,759
DOLLAR SAVINGS $36,701
PERCENT SAVINGS 29%

Information Required For Equipment Maintenance Proposal

The following is required to prepare a proposal:

  • An equipment list, including descriptions, manufacturers, and models
  • Volume estimates for equipment having usage as a factor in maintenance costs, such as copiers (program costs may vary based on usage)

Depending upon your record-keeping, it may be easier for you to find some or all of your equipment maintenance information in:

  • Current maintenance contracts (for coverage descriptions)
  • Copies of bills from your equipment maintenance service companies

You can help Poulton Associates improve your maintenance efficiency by providing us with complete, current information about your equipment and coverage. It's a small investment of time that can pay big dividends.

Want to learn more? Call Poulton Associates and ask to speak with Rachel Tueller (801) 268-2600 ext.122.



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