EPD Service-Only Reseller

EPD Service-Only Reseller


The renewal of existing contracts requires in-depth expert know-how and is extremely complex due to the OEM multi-tier sales structure`s.  Different contact persons, products purchased directly or through various distributors as well as different contract terms all paired with changing IT inventory are only some of the factors that impact customer experience during the renewal process. As a gate-way to the OEM`s we are one-point of contact that support service customers with the renewal of their existing service and maintains contracts thereby assuring that customer have the optimal coverage for their IT equipment.

Our Solution


EPD IT Services specialises in the end-to-end renewal management of IT support and maintenance agreements.  As a dedicated and accredited services-only channel partner we are purely focused on supporting end-users throughout the entire renewal process.  We use state-of-the-art IT systems to check system configurations, service coverage periods and optimise quotations to meet customer requirements and to assure fast lead and turn-around times.  

Direct access to the proper contacts at the OEM

Fast lead and turn-around times

Quickly identifying right offer at attractive prices

Optimal quality, efficient handling

Years of experience with support agreements

100% administrative work taken care of

Optimal service coverage – satisfied customers

Simple, reliable, pro-active

Our Experience and Expertise


Our Services Only Reseller team leverages best practice from over 10 years of experience working in renewals management across multiple vendors and geographies. We bring the tools, knowledge and resources necessary to deliver unique services that maximise the services revenue for the OEM whilst providing a simple and effective renewal experience for customers. FOCUS, EXPERTISE AND TECHNOLOGY ARE OUR FACTORS FOR SUCCESS

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Customer Success Management

Customer Success Management


More and more companies are offering their products as services, be it computing capacity and storage (Infrastructure as a Service, IaaS), operating system environments (Platform as a Service, PaaS) or ready-made applications (Software as a Service, SaaS). The advantages of this business model are obvious. Instead of one-off product sales that are difficult to plan and forecast, a constant annuity revenue stream of reliably recurring service revenues is generated.

Our Solution


However, the success of this business model depends on customer satisfaction. Unlike product sales, value is created primarily through sustainable and long-term use of the service. If the customer terminates his service after a few weeks or months or doesn’t renew it after expiry of the contract period, this will result in considerable sales losses.

As a rule, a customer is satisfied if the service is used regularly. This is where our customer success management solution comes in. Together with you, we monitor how customers use your services and identify early on which customers are satisfied and which may need additional information or training to get the most out of your service. This enables you to reliably measure customer success over the entire contract term and proactively intervene if user behaviour changes. Vendors OEM`s thus avoid unpleasant surprises when it’s time for service renewal, as their customers were well supported throughout the entire lifecycle in advance.

Our Services at a glance


Monitoring of your defined KPI's

Usage measurement with state-of-the-art IT

We proactively contact partners or end users as soon as there are
signs of customer dissatisfaction

Your advantages


Continuous monitoring

Customers are well supported throughout the entire lifecycle

Reduction of the churn rate and improvement of customer retention

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Maintenance Central

Maintenance Central


The efficient management of IT service contracts is a major challenge and requires an overview over all existing IT service and maintenance contracts including terms, duration and pricing.

Our Solution


Maintenance Central is an SAAS service portal and offers users the possibility to view maintenance contracts, as well as the costs and terms of their IT assets. Users proactively receive automatic notification before contracts expire. Contract renewals can be carried out quickly and easily directly in the portal and are integrated with Tesedi, Europlus Direct and Support Warehouse services, rounding out our end-to-end service portfolio.

The essential features of Maintenance Central


Integration with all IT manufacturer systems (e.g. real-time warranty authorisation check)

Allows transparent, granular reporting at asset level

Integration with the Renewal Solutions of the Annuity Management Group

Early notification of expiring contracts

Enables IT resellers to create automated renewal campaigns

Easy to use, provides a complete overview of all IT services

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Warranty Checker

Warranty Checker


Do you use hardware from Hewlett-Packard Enterprise (HPE), IBM, Lenovo, EMC/Dell or Unisys? Are you no longer sure whether the device in question has a warranty or not?

Our Solution


This situation is not unusual, so we have developed a simple, fully automated query tool that allows you to get an overview quickly and efficiently. All it takes is the product number and the serial number of the hardware. In addition, our integrated warranty self-service tool allows you to renew your contract immediately online conveniently and around the clock.

Warranty Checker fast and free


Fastest and easiest way to find out the warranty status

Works with HPE, Lenovo, IBM, Unisys, Dell and EMC hardware and software

Integrated with our self-service tool, so you can renew contracts online and automatically

Integrated with the Maintenance Central Service Portal, so you can obtain a service quote for all IT equipment

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Try it yourself, you can find the Warranty Checker on the Support Warehouse homepage: www.supportwarehouse.com

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World Wide IT Maintenance Service

World Wide IT Maintenance Service


Companies operating in multiple countries face a challenge: How to efficiently manage multinational service and support contracts? Languages, currencies, legal requirements, distribution set-up and contacts may vary from country to country. Due to the heterogeneity, quote preparation and invoicing are associated with high administrative costs.

Our Solution


There are very few service providers who are able to carry out worldwide IT service and support management and at the same time take into account the interests of all parties involved (manufacturers, distribution and channel partners). Our two subsidiaries Europlus Direct and TESEDi are specialists in this field: Certified and accredited by the manufacturer, Europlus Direct in the IBM and Lenovo environment and the TESEDi Group in the HPE, Micro Focus and HP Inc. environment can offer business partners and their end customers consistent and first-class service and support in almost every country of the world. No matter in how many countries a customer needs service and support, the customer will receive a uniform offer upon request.

Contract is adapted to the respective national language and currency, local legislation and distribution landscape

Win-win for manufacturers, distributors, service partners and end customers

Increased efficiency through multi-country contracts; massively simplified preparation of offers and invoicing

Uniform OEM maintenance service coverage worldwide

IT protection through remote support and on-site specialists

Our Experience and Expertise


Our subsidiaries Europlus Direct and TESEDi serve thousands of corporate customers around the world. For this service, we have established business relationships with more than 300 distributors, which allows us to offer a manufacturer service for IBM, Lenovo, HPE and Micro Focus in these 100 countries. For more information, see www.europlusdirect.com, or www.tesedi.com.

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EPD Multi-OEM

EPD Multi-OEM


Our offering is designed to meet the needs of our customers and extends to all segments of the IT Channel across multiple geographies. We are able to recognise value by reducing the complexity of global IT sourcing and deliver cost and time savings to our partners. Our goal is to consolidate and simplify the process of IT Services procurement.

Our Solution


Many business are confronted with the supply and renewal of multiple vendors for a single project which typically requires a fragmented approach and is inefficient to manage. The route to source IT solutions across multiple geographies has the added complexities of language, time-zones, currency and local tax along with the extra administration of different contacts for quotes and invoices. It’s widely recognised that there is a growing need for optimisation of this process to ensure time and money is well spent.

Our Services


Our team specialises in the sourcing and supply of Multi-OEM services by leveraging best practice from over 10 years of experience working in renewals management with key Vendors across multiple geographies. We are experts in managing both complex and simple renewal solutions to provide a proactive service that supports our partners and meet their goals.  With our extensive network, our team are able to speed up and simplify the sourcing and quoting process to off-load the convoluted task of multi-country sourcing. Working closely with local OEM’s, we are able to negotiate and provide the best solution and pricing for our customers.

Multi-OEM Renewal Consolidation

Reduce overall spend through consolidation

Increased Renewal Rates

Dedicated renewal experts

Granular Reporting

Increased customer loyalty

Multi-OEM Global Renewals

Aligned resources with native language skills

Negotiation of local pricing

Single point of contact

Centralised quoting and invoicing

Currency standardisation

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EPD Worldwide

EPD Worldwide


As highly specialised IT services experts, we provide added value to your IT service maintenance solutions.

We offer comprehensive worldwide IT services management. EPD Worldwide customers benefit from one combined quote valid for all specified countries and adapted to the respective language, currency and local legislation.

Contract Management


Our Contract Management service allows us to constantly review and maintain your IT contracts, ensuring all contracts accurately reflect the correct status of all relevant IT devises within your contracts.

Reviewing Service Level Agreements ensuring they meet customer requirements.

Pro-active 90 day renewal reminder service.

Management of Drop in/Drop out service

Comprehensive contract review process.

Provide clear position on accountability, roles and responsibilities.

Managing contract cancellation policies.

Assure alignment of contract coverage, duration and timing among multiple contracts despite being spread among multiple countries

Ensuring clients are always on the most appropriate service available.

Updating assets on existing maintenance contract.Higher renewal rates

Notification process regarding any changes from vendors applicable for the duration of the agreement.

Electronic Pack Registration


With our Electronic Pack Registration service, we ensure all purchased services are successfully activated and assets supported.

Arranging Pac registrations

Provide pro-active renewal reminders.

Manage vendor tickets.

Providing End of Service machine notification.

Inventory Management


Our Inventory Management service allows us to constantly review and report on your full inventory assuring accurate and correct asset management.

Full Warranty Check on all Inventory.

On-site itemised hardware inventory.

Summary Report for your multiple contracts (by location and vendor.

Consultation


Our Experts support you in identifying the most suitable service maintenance solutions for you based on your requirements and machine capabilities.

Advising service maintenance solutions available for specific global markets.

Providing the most appropriate solutions available based on budget and value.

Explanation of any tax regulation on specific countries.

Full breakdown on the Service Level Agreements available in each geographical location.

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Hewlett Packard Enterprise annuity management + channel support programme

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Hewlett Packard Enterprise annuity management + channel support programme


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What was needed was a service specialist with 100% focus on annuity management who had the knowledge and track record to effectively support HPE channel partners and help them to successfully renew their service and maintenance agreements. Familiar with the success HPE Switzerland had experienced a few years earlier when partnering with Tesedi, ‘we reached out to HPE Switzerland and subsequently to Tesedi to see if their annuity management solution would also be applicable to the German market’, explained Peter Steensma, TS Channel Sales Manager for HPE Germany.

Customer Background


Hewlett Packard Enterprise is a global technology company offering a wide range of IT hardware and software products, IT services and IT solutions. With over USD 30 billion in annual sales, and active in more than 80 countries, HPE follows a channel distribution strategy to bring its products and services to market.

In Germany, HPE works with over 400 channel partners who sell HPE products to enterprise customers. Within HPE Germany, the Technology Service (TS) organisation is responsible for selling, delivering and renewing IT service, maintenance and warranty agreements for its server, storage, network and software products.

Annuity Challenge


Multichannel distribution, layers of complex IT landscapes with multiple data sources and points of contacts all combined with constantly changing customer hardware configurations – often requiring different service-level agreements, software and licence updates – made effective annuity management challenging and complex. HPE Germany realised that it’s channel partners needed help in managing their conversions and renewals from their existing service and maintenance agreements.

For example, partners were struggling to receive accurate quotes, were dealing with outdated customer data, were not addressing possible up-selling opportunities and were left with a high administrative workload required to renew their service and maintenance agreements. As a result, renewal rates suffered, channel partners were frustrated and enterprise customers were left without proper service coverage – impacting customer satisfaction. In addition, new business potential was not addressed systematically.

HPE Germany was searching for an annuity management expert who would be able to offer a solution that could help its HPE channel partners to manage their renewals from their service and maintenance agreements.

Tesedi


Tesedi is an authorised Hewlett Packard service-only distributor. Thanks to this clear focus, Tesedi does not sell any hardware or software products – Tesedi is the trusted service expert for both the product distributors as well as the channel partners.

Tesedi service offering


Supported by a suite of highly specialised IT systems and tools, Tesedi services cover the entire spectrum of the annuity management business life cycle, starting with service and partner on- boarding and adoption – where Tesedi welcomes new service partner while tracking relevant renewal information – all the way to sales enablement, quoting and contract optimisation – where Tesedi helps partners to accurately profile, price and quote expiring agreements.

Annuity results


Tesedi focuses on the entire end-to-end renewal process. Applying this methodology ensures that all renewal touchpoints are systematically captured throughout the entire annuity management life cycle. Due to this systematic annuity management, Hewlett Packard resellers are able to fully penetrate their existing installed base while benefiting not only from higher processing efficiency – which in turn results in dramatically reduced amounts of administrative work – but also from more new business by having the support from Tesedi experts to spot up- and cross-selling opportunities. Overall, over the course of more than four years, the Hewlett Packard TS organisation was able to increase its service revenues booked through the channel by over 300%.

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IBM relies on worldwide IT support from a single source

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IBM is an internationally active technology group which offers a wide range of hardware and software solutions as well as IT-related services.


The manufacturer employs nearly 400,000 employees, is active in over 150 countries with a turnover of almost USD 80 billion in 2017. IBM pursues a channel strategy, predominantly bringing its products and services to the market via its partners and distribution channels. The partner network comprises several hundred distributors and several thousand channel partners.

Managing multinational service and support contracts has thus far represented a major challenge for IBM’s distribution partners. Different languages, goods, regulatory­ requirements and contacts made the management of these contracts a complex undertaking. Because of their heterogeneity, quoting and accounting for such multi-country contracts required great administrative effort and expense and currency risks were linked to both to the manufacturer and to the distributors. Furthermore, quality assurance was difficult.

IBM thus began looking for a partner who was able to provide global service and support management, a partner that could properly take into account not only the interests of IBM itself, but also those of the distributors and partners and ensure that there was a 360-degree view of all existing support jobs. The manufacturer chose Europlus Direct (EPD). Together with EPD and participating distributors, IBM developed a concept for a global management of service contracts. This not only brings benefits to the manufacturer and to its distributors, but also to their service partners and end-users. “Using the EPD WW IT service has massively cut down the amount of time needed to administer and manage maintenance across our complex European IT infrastructure,” says David Allanson European IS Manager at NSK a multinational IBM customer working with EPD across 10 European countries.

In order to be able to offer international customers a worldwide IBM service, EPD has established business relationships with over 300 distributors covering over 100 countries. As a certified and accredited IBM reseller, the EPD team can guarantee first class service and support in practically every corner of the world. Customers can rely on the expertise of employees trained and authorised by the manufacturer and, where necessary, obtain original spare parts or replacement devices. And it makes no difference in how many countries an internationally active customer needs service and support. Together with Europlus Direct, IBM is able to provide these in the respective language and currency, adapted to the local regulatory and distribution landscape. This is always original IBM service. Upon request, the customer receives a uniform offer that also provides some cushioning against fluctuations in currency, thereby providing security to both provider and ­customer alike.

Thanks to the cooperation with EPD, IBM and its distributors and channel partners were able to significantly reduce the administrative burden for worldwide sales of IT support services, significantly improve service quality and so markedly increase the sales of multi-country contracts.

Customers


The IBM global partner ecosystem is made of several hundreds of distributors and several thousand of channel partners. They support the full spectrum of national and international businesses – from the SMB customer all the way to the large ­multinational corporate customer.

Challenge


IBM is active in nearly 150 countries worldwide and addresses nationally and internationally­ active customers via an extensive network of distributors and channel partners. IBM was facing the challenge of offering multinational companies continuous and transparent maintenance service. Different national languages, legal requirements, currencies and contact people led to a lack of transparency, an inordinate administrative burden and quoting and invoicing problems. Furthermore, service quality and speed couldn’t be consistently guaranteed.

Solution


For their multi-country contracts, IBM and its distribution and channel partners use the WW IT service of Europlus Direct (EPD), a globally active expert in IT service and support tasks. Thanks to the support from EPD, IBM customers are now able to use maintenance services at different locations. Quoting and invoicing have been enormously simplified, the currency risk reduced and service quality and availability increased. As a result, IBM was able to significantly increase turnover in the maintenance­ area, which had not often been realised before due to the complexity of multi-country contracts.

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Hewlett Packard Enterprise: Win-Back Service increases sales with maintenance and support contracts

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In the past, renewing service and maintenance contracts in the volume business area has posed a challenge for HPE for a number of reasons.


These fixed service packages, which typically have a value of less than 1,000 euros, are highly standardised fixed-term contracts. An end customer will often purchase several of these packages with different expiration dates through a number of channel partners, who in turn purchase their goods from various distributors. Furthermore, the initial registration of service packs often lacks in contract information quality. The name or address of the customer may be incorrect or not recorded at all, the expiry date of the contract not correctly stated, or the contractual relationships with the manufacturer and the distribution channel are unclear.

For the channel, managing these small contracts poses a major challenge despite the high level of automation provided by HPE. The overhead required for them to track, process and renew these fragmented and low value contracts prevents it being a commercially viable activity in most cases. As a result, service and maintenance contracts are not renewed, although the channel partners are reminded of the upcoming renewal 180 days before it expires. The hardware then remains either unprotected or is serviced by third parties (Third-Party Maintenance, TPM) who are not authorised by HPE. Even if the contracts are small and of little value in themselves, they represent a considerable overall sales potential which HPE and the channel have thus far lost.

HPE was therefore looking for a way to win back (rescue), expired service pack contracts but without generating any channel conflict. HPE selected Support Warehouse, a specialist in win-back of expired contracts. Founded in the UK in 2005, the company has been part of the Annuity Management Group since 2017 and currently employs some 60 people. The service provider works with HPE in over 12 markets, including UK&I, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Canada and the USA. Due to a specially developed Inside Sales IT system, Support Warehouse is in a position to manage raw contract data very efficiently, to clean it and start win-back campaigns immediately with a highly qualified sales team on the day the contract expires.

Upon expiry of the contract, the end customer first receives a renewal reminder email and is prompted to renew the contract with their channel partner or another reseller authorised by HPE (including Support Warehouse). Following the renewal reminder, another automated contract entitlement check is performed. If the contract is still not renewed, a Support Warehouse (SWH) account manager will contact the customer by phone to inform them about their renewal options. In the course of this conversation, the account manager checks the customer’s support requirements and also checks whether there is other HPE equipment with no contract coverage (so-called naked boxes). This allows Support Warehouse to include identified naked boxes in addition to expired contracts in their renewal quotes (SWH can only quote services renewals at-list prices).

Approximately 40 percent of all customers won back by SWH buy their contract renewal with their existing channel partner following the SWH reminder email. This makes SWH one of the largest lead generation providers for the channel. With won-back customers that have directly renewed through SWH on average, up to 30 percent naked boxes are uncovered and included in the renewal. For the customer, this reminder service means more security and protection for their valuable hardware, while manufacturers and channels benefit from additional sales.

For HPE and its channel partners, Support Warehouse was able to win back more than 100,000 contract renewals over the past twelve years and achieve incremental sales of nearly 160 million US dollars. In addition to this, there are the renewals, which were ultimately concluded by the channel partner, but whose win-back was initiated by SWH’s reminder service.

Customer Background


Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) was formed in 2015 from the division of the Hewlett Packard (HP) technology group. The company sells information technology for business customers and has over 100,000 employees and an annual turnover of more than 40 billion dollars.

Challenge


HPE offers standardised service and maintenance contracts (service fixed packs) for SMBs that HPE primarily addresses via the channel. Some of these are only a few hundred euros, making their renewal unattractive for the channel, as the management of these very small contracts is complex and prone to error. As a result, these contracts often remained unmaintained and simply expired after the fixed term. HPE, or its predecessor HP, was therefore looking for a way to win back and sustainably manage small-volume contracts without causing channel conflicts.

Solution


HP commissioned the service-only renewal expert Support Warehouse (SWH) to design a win back program for such high-volume contracts. Support Warehouse developed a reminder and rescue service for this purpose, in which the end customer is reminded of their renewal when a contract is due to expire. The customer is then prompted to contact their channel partner or another authorised HPE reseller. If they don’t, SWH becomes directly active during the rescue service. This means that business and margins remain in the channel, while the complex renewal management is handled by Support Warehouse.

Results


For HPE and its channel partners, Support Warehouse was able to win back more than 100,000 contract renewals over the past twelve years and achieve incremental sales of nearly 160 million US dollars. In addition to this, there are the renewals, which were ultimately concluded by the channel partner, but whose win-back was initiated by SWH’s reminder service.

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