| Here you have a large corporation with several | | | | hand. Orders should go at least twice a week or once |
| buildings with hundreds of mini departments and each | | | | a week depending on the size and quantity of supplies |
| has its own accountant and office supply person. | | | | needed. Monday would be a good choice because it's |
| Usually it's the receptionist or a secretary that is given | | | | at the beginning of the week. |
| the job of ordering in the supplies. Each office does its | | | | This software program should be able to calculate |
| tally by a certain date and an email is sent. This is not | | | | how much each department uses and give a warning |
| cost effective. | | | | when supplies are low and need replenishing. Most |
| An idea for a software company would be to take | | | | offices follow a certain type of ordering pattern. There |
| the orders from each department (that can be printed | | | | should be a section in this software program to input |
| in separate individual reports) and combine the orders | | | | data based on 3-6 months of ordering history. |
| into one report and buy every item required in bulk. | | | | It should be set up in an easy to read format with |
| Some items will not be used as much, so they should | | | | small visual icons to click on to input data. Icons are |
| go into a category of their own and you would | | | | easier to spot with symbols rather then words. The |
| pre-order a years supply of this item and it would only | | | | program should have a help file that is easy to use |
| be ordered once a year. This saves hundreds of | | | | and understand. A training demonstration should not |
| dollars and usually you can get a discount from office | | | | take more than 3 days to master this program. |
| supply stores when you buy in bulk quantities. One | | | | There are programs out there already in use for |
| office will be in charge of distributing the supplies. This | | | | restaurants, Boston Pizza is one of them. The program |
| will probably require two part-time staff members. | | | | that they have keeps track of ingredients used and |
| An online intranet system should be in place for each | | | | dishes served in the restaurant and it compiles a |
| office to log into a main site to place an order by a | | | | product order list for the manager at the touch of a |
| specified date. The program should also be able to | | | | button! |
| pre-order regular supplies and always have them on | | | | |