What is Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) all about?

TCO is the actual cost of an individual piece or a group of pieces including not only the cost of print production, but also the associated life cycle costs of the piece(s) from concept and development through obsolescence (Thought to Distribution).

Lowering TCO is an approach that takes advantage of Universal's considerable knowledge to help you lower total costs, get better value and assure good quality and timely delivery in the materials and services that you buy.

Universal can help analyze the stages of your print project and, assigning a fair cost for the time and materials involved, help you better understand your TCO and find creative ways to lower it. A particular project may go through some or all of the following stages.

Here's how we can help:

Roll your mouse over the graphic below for more detail on each stage.