| Everyone needs office supplies, from the parish of a | | | | 2.Recycle. Binders, folders, or even notepads from last |
| small town to the largest conglomerate in the land. The | | | | year's inventory can be reused or salvaged with a little |
| daily grind of business requires tons of paper to be | | | | creativity and resourcefulness. |
| consumed every day, along with miles of pencil lead, | | | | 3.Collect them all. All those expositions, seminars, and |
| staples, ink, and everything else that is used by millions | | | | conferences can yield a lot of pencils, pens, and other |
| of offices all over the world. Costs from purchasing | | | | goodies. You can stash them all and use them at the |
| office supplies could account up to 40% of an office's | | | | office. |
| operational expenses, on the average. More often than | | | | 4.Buy in bulk. A lot of office supply stores can give a |
| not, companies spend 20% more than what they really | | | | substantial discount if you buy in bulk from them. Buy |
| need to. | | | | enough paper, ink cartridges, diskettes, etc. to last an |
| When a company is wasting money, profits grow | | | | entire year. If this proves to be too difficult, gather your |
| smaller. A company that could be earning $100,000 in | | | | friends, co-workers and associates who need the |
| monthly revenues could lose up to $25,000 or more of | | | | same supplies that you need. |
| potential profits, all because of unnecessary spending | | | | 5.Learn when to buy. There are slow seasons and |
| on office supplies. Every businessman knows that it's | | | | peak seasons for these items. Usually, office supply |
| easier to reduce expenses than to increase profits. A | | | | stores will offer discounts, rebates or sales on school |
| profit margin of 10% can be doubled by cutting costs | | | | and office supplies during summer, so try to stock up |
| by that same amount. Fortunately, a lot of companies | | | | on what you need before you have to pay full price. |
| are becoming aware of this fact, and a lot more are | | | | 6.Use the Internet. The information highway is available |
| also starting to take measures to curb overspending | | | | 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, so go ahead and use |
| on office supplies. | | | | it. Research on the best prices available for the |
| Everyone needs to save and stop wasting money, | | | | supplies that you need. Most online stores have |
| whether you belong to a school, a church, or a | | | | detailed pricing and delivery information available on |
| corporation. This article will provide you with some of | | | | their websites. You can save a lot of time and money |
| the effective ways to reduce operating costs by | | | | on your next purchase by going online. |
| saving on office supplies. By following these steps, you | | | | A lot of times we can save time and money by just |
| will see your operational costs shrink considerably and | | | | using common sense and diligence. It doesn't take a |
| your profit margin start to grow. | | | | financial genius to discover ways to reduce operating |
| 1.Take inventory of all the office supplies you have | | | | costs. I hope that this article has provided you with |
| available right now and rearrange them in specially | | | | useful information about reducing expenses and saving |
| designated areas where people can easily find them | | | | money by purchasing and using office supplies wisely. |
| when needed. | | | | |