Managed Services - The Customer Perspective
Managed Service Agreements are NOT a financing arrangement in the
traditional sense. Herein lies one of their main advantages to you:
Finance Directors in post recessionary Britain are rightly very cautious at taking on new debt. Traditional off-balance sheet solutions such as operating leases are often now viewed as debt too. A managed service contract however, is primarily a service contract between you, the customer, and your selected supplier; not a financing agreement between you and a finance company. This is fundamentally different and is often misunderstood, but is possibly one of the most important points to understand in the whole of contemporary customer financing.
The Private and Public Sector both want the technology but not the debt
= Managed services
Managed Service contracts are much talked about and many organisations already recognise the benefits of using a managed services contract to deliver equipment and services:
It is a true “off-balance sheet” product; especially important for large businesses and the Public Sector – CSG believes that the Government will be encouraging the Public Sector to find new ways of keeping up with technology without borrowing – Managed Services is the answer.
One contract governs your relationship with your supplier
One contract covering equipment and services
A fixed budgetary cost over the period of use
The contract allows for simple upgrading of equipment or service delivery without need to re-negotiate a whole new contract
Public Sector customers such as NHS Trusts can enjoy full VAT reclaim on capital purchase which is unavailable with any other method or acquisition or finance
CSG managed Service Financing – unmatched innovation
Selecting CSG as your Managed Services partner addresses all these issues and more; CSG has it's own template document that we work with you to match to your requirements. With our own in-house legal support, we can expedite these negotiations for a rapid delivery
Some Public Sector parties, such as NHS Trusts are not able to reclaim VAT
on capital purchases. Using the CSG Managed Service Agreement will generally
allow you to make a full 100% reclaim of VAT, because the agreement is seen
as a service. By using the CSG Agreement you are saving 17.5%
(or is that 20%!) over other financing methods.
CSG Managed Services – full support
CSG has extensive experience of negotiating, implementing and running Managed Service programmes throughout the UK. Our simple Road Map takes you from initial consultation to launched programme rapidly and painlessly.
CSG Managed Services – across all sectors
CSG is a financial innovator, and whilst much of our activity is within the technology sector, our products and expertise are equally applicable to a wide range of assets, especially those that equipment with on-going support and services. In this area our Managed Services Financing programmes can transform our customers.
Product sectors covered include:
Information Technology
Medical Equipment
Telecoms
Audio Visual
Software licensing
Software as a Service
Office Equipment
Energy Efficiency Technology
Service Provision
Both the Business and the Public Sector benefit from our offerings.
CSG Managed Services – We Listen, We Think, We Solve
Information Technology
Medical Equipment
Telecoms
Audio Visual
Software licensing
Software as a Service
Office Equipment
Energy Efficiency Technology
Service Provision
Both the Business and the Public Sector benefit from our offerings.
CSG Managed Services – We Listen, We Think, We Solve
