Advance Business Systems

Testimonials

"We love our new digital copier. The days of missing original forms are long gone. We scan documents into our new copier, punch the buttons and voila! The original document we thought was lost forever is there. That copier has saved us so much time and trouble."

Bay BancShares Mortgage Corp.

"Once again, we have been and continue to be impressed with your extremely high level of customer service and attentiveness to our needs, desires and wants. Working with your team is a pleasure and it reaffirms that we made the best possible choice in selecting Advance Business Systems as our enterprise printing/copying solutions provider. Thanks."

IWIF

"There aren't many times these days when you can find a company that will give you a consistent high level of service. I want to recognize the team that worked diligently to completely replace all of our analog copiers to the new digital copiers. They were all there to make the transition possible without any problems and they did it with a smile. We look forward to many years to come with your company and this wonderful group of people."

Quest Diagnostics Incorporated

"I would like, at this time, to personally congratulate you and your management staff. I have been an Executive Assistant for over 20 years and have never had the pleasure of being totally impressed, as I have been with Advance. Your delivery team were very professional, informative, and once more a pleasure to meet. I take my hat off to Advance, and hope to have a long and wonderful experience with your team."

Questar Builders, Inc.

"On behalf of all of us, I would like to thank you for your prompt and efficient service on our photocopier. You and your group are the best, and we would not think of buying any type of machine except from Advance Business Systems."

A.J. Billig & Co Auctioneers

"It is because of your fine sales team and our past experience doing business with Advance, that I personally recommended that St. John's continue the relationship with Advance. We look forward to many more years of association with Advance."

St. John's Lutheran Church

Case Studies

Advance Business Systems Ravens first round draft pick for document management

In the movie North Dallas Forty, a professional athlete is speaking to his coach, and lamenting his situation: "Every time I call it a business you call it a game and every time I call it a game you call it a business."

No one knows better how to balance the two - business and the game of football, than the Baltimore Ravens and Advance Business Systems.

Critical, real-time decisions need to be made by players, coaches, marketing staff and owners to win. The NFL is not a 9 to 5 business. With millions of dollars on the line and millions of viewers watching work needs to be delivered on time.

The Ravens faced critical off the field document management challenges. Three different companies were handling the document management needs. Machines were breaking, service was lacking, and some of the systems were outdated. The Ravens came to Advance Business Systems for help.

Advance began by learning the business side of football. Play books, press releases, opposition team analysis and many other documents needed to be in the right hands at the right time. Advance provided document management solutions keeping the back office running smoothly so the players and coaches can focus on the game.

Advance supplies the Ravens with network copiers and color copiers as well as fax systems at Ravens Stadium, the Owings Mills training facility and McDaniel College during pre-season training.

"The Ravens chose ADVANCE because of our reputation for outstanding service," said Jeff Elkin. "We understand that professional football is a 7/24 business and are uniquely prepared to meet the challenges that this presents."

We're the connectivity specialist, no job is too big

Injured Workers Insurance Fund is the leading writer of workers' compensation insurance in the state of Maryland. They originally supported the majority of their enterprise wide printing and copying needs through a comprehensive XBS agreement with Xerox Corporation. But they wanted to convert to all digital products. We committed ourselves to finding and presenting a solution that would deliver results to IWIF.

The technical architecture was challenging to say the least. There were some very specialized applications that required significant technical expertise to provide the type of results IWIF was looking for.

They needed to print documents from Sun Microsystems servers running Solaris 8, functioning as enterprise-wide database document management batch processing servers. Advance was able to develop and write specific print drivers that allowed IWIF to print more efficiently than they had in the past.

Advance placed a multitude of workgroup printers, digital networked copiers, scanning systems, and one fully networked color copier. In the end, we were able to improve the speed and efficiency with which IWIF could create, manage and distribute documents on their network.

Advance gets the save

When the Baltimore Orioles announced their exhibition game against the Cuban All-Stars, Advance stepped in from the bullpen to help make it happen. A network of digital copiers enabled the O's staff to merge their database with the right offer and send personalized mailings to tens of thousands of season ticket holders. The O's connected system from Advance includes digital copiers, printers, fax machines, and even folding machines from Minolta, Savin, Okidata, and MBM. We're proud to be a key player in making ticket sales a home run.

Small business, big ideas

With today's changing technology, businesses not only need products, they need advice. When Maxalea Nurseries came to us for a printer, we looked at their situation and recommended a digital copier, which saved them money and produced a higher quality of work. When Maxalea was ready to implement new software for their business, Advance built their network, and provided hardware, cabling and output devices. As a partner in growth, we provide consulting and network solutions every step of the way.