Annual Report Card Awards 2005
2005 Network Color Laser Printers

Criteria Derived Importance (%) Imp. Ratings (Avg. = 1) Xerox HP Oki Data Lexmark Average
Product quality/reliability 6.0% 1.17 84 78 76 76 79
Richness of features/functionality 5.2% 1.01 79 75 71 73 75
Technical innovation 4.9% 0.96 81 74 69 70 73
Compatibility & Ease of Integration 5.5% 1.07 80 78 73 74 76
Product Innovation category 21.5% 81 76 72 73 76
Pre sales Support 4.7% 0.91 74 69 64 65 68
Post sales Support 5.2% 1.02 74 67 67 65 68
Quality of technical Support 5.5% 1.08 76 70 70 65 70
Marketing Support 4.5% 0.88 74 62 61 62 65
Support category 19.9% 74 67 66 64 68
Partner portal 4.9% 0.95 75 65 64 64 67
Sales partnering 4.6% 0.91 72 60 63 61 64
Solution provider program 4.6% 0.91 68 66 66 63 66
Communication 4.7% 0.92 72 65 60 62 65
Manages channel conflict 5.5% 1.08 64 53 61 60 59
Revenue/Profit potential 5.4% 1.06 64 60 61 69 63
Ease of doing business 5.4% 1.06 74 64 70 66 69
Partnership category 35.2% 70 62 63 64 65
Loyalty 23.4% 4.58 80 78 72 59 72
Weighted Total including Loyalty 75 70 68 65 70
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Importance rating: Solution Providers rated importance of 15 criteria, plus loyalty, in the Annual Report Card survey. Ratings from survey participants are reported as an index to the average category importance score, with 1 designating average.
Derived importance: Upon rating importance, weights were applied to each of the 15 criteria, plus loyalty, based on the results of a regression analysis.

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