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Some companies centralize control by requiring all of their employees to use the portal.
        Others simply store their documents online for easy access, customization, and ordering ad hoc.

However you use these solutions, there are some simple steps you can take to get the most out of them.

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      Make the link    Have a launch            Add it to your    Be responsive to          Have a champion
       accessible.         plan.             onboarding process.  how people are           inside the company.
                                                                  using the system.
How do you access
the system? Place      Don’t assume that     When people          If you already       Have someone
the link in an area    just because the      get hired within     manage your          inside the company
of your website        solution is there,    your company,        documents online,    whose job it is
that users are         people will use it.   include the print    ask people how       to continually
regularly accessing    Set up a plan to let  portal as part of    they use it and      champion the
throughout the         employees know        their onboarding.    how you can          system. Maybe
course of their day.   about the system,     If they start using  make the process     that’s someone
Make it easy to find.  educate them on       the system from      easier. Is the site  inside your
                       how to navigate       the outset, they’ll  easy to navigate?    communications
                       it, and continually   keep doing it.       Does it contain      department.
                       promote it within                          the documents        Maybe it’s a “super
                       the company.                               employees need       user” inside each
                       (Need help                                 and use? (Many       department.
                       developing a plan?                         portals contain      Maybe it’s you!
                       Ask us to help!)                           old and outdated
                                                                  documents that
                                                                  are rarely or never
                                                                  used.) Do you
                                                                  need to add new
                                                                  documents? If
                                                                  so, which ones?

Companies that regularly utilize their print portals experience significant benefits from
streamlined ordering, lower costs, less waste, and better brand management. But those
benefits can only be achieved if the system is actively used. These five steps will go a

    long way toward helping you maximize the benefits of these powerful tools.

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