| If you work in an office, then you'll know just how | | | | part, your customers will want reports to be easy to |
| much you rely on computers to make your job quicker | | | | read, and you'll want to make sure that any sales or |
| and easier. Don't forget that you'll also need other | | | | support information can be found quickly and easily. |
| office products to keep you organised and working. | | | | 6. Office catering supplies, in the form of office coffee, |
| Here are some of the office products every office | | | | tea, food and sundries can help a workforce more |
| needs. | | | | productive, so you'll want to make sure that your staff |
| 1. Despite all the talk of the paperless office, files and | | | | have all the refreshments they need to work hard. |
| folders are still as important as ever. From storing | | | | 7. Having the right office furniture will make your staff |
| invoices, product specifications, sales brochures, notes, | | | | more comfortable, more efficient, and more productive. |
| instructions and much more, you'll need plenty of files | | | | As well as desks and chairs, what other cupboards, |
| and folders so that you and your staff can find the | | | | lighting, shelves or desktop accessories could your |
| information you need quickly and easily. | | | | staff benefit from? |
| 2. A filing cabinet is essential so that you can store | | | | 8. Printers are essential, so that you can print out |
| your files. You'll want to keep confidential paperwork, | | | | invoices for your clients, to send brochures and |
| and client and customer payment details somewhere | | | | proposals to potential customers and for internal |
| safe, and will need to make sure that you have all the | | | | documents. Why not have a dedicated printer, such as |
| documentation and policies close to hand for when | | | | a photo printer, or an A3 printer, if you need to print |
| you need them. | | | | better quality images, or bigger documents? |
| 3. Printer paper, notepaper, drawing paper, and flipchart | | | | 9. Spare toner cartridges and inkjet cartridges are |
| paper, can all be found in the office, and without them, | | | | essential, as you won't be able to print if your printer |
| you can soon find that productivity drops. It's important | | | | cartridges run out. Why not see if you can buy in bulk |
| that you keep plenty of paper, so that you don't run | | | | and save money as well as time? |
| out. | | | | 10. Communication is ever more important, and you'll |
| 4. Envelopes and padded envelopes will be used for | | | | want to have an effective internal telephone system, |
| sending out invoices, proposals, brochures and possibly | | | | appropriate mobile phones, and you might even want |
| even products. you'll want to make sure that you've | | | | to make use of video conferencing in order to reduce |
| got the right variety of window envelopes, padded | | | | the number of meetings that you and your staff |
| envelopes of different sized and A4 envelopes. | | | | physically have to attend. |
| 5. A binding machine is important if you want to make | | | | Now you know what you need in your office, have |
| your documents look professional. You'll want to | | | | you got all the office products you need for your |
| impress potential clients with a proposal that looks the | | | | office? |