Office Supplies
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Howard58
Office Supplies
Being that a parts manager thru the eyes of some has an abundance of"spare time" I have been given the assignment of purchasing and dispensing all office supplies to all departments. Am looking for some help to save time price shopping for pallets of copy paper, finance forms etc. Any that can reccommend a good supplier with"competetive prices"?
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tjsmith
Office Supplies
Wow, like you don't have enough already to do as a Parts Mgr. Besides the fact you probably are already getting the Service supplies, Parts Supplies,Cleaning Supplies, Bathroom Supllies, Carwash Supplies, & the list goes on........
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scotstrong
Office Supplies
Draft yourself a "bid invitation letter" that states something to the effect that you are in the process of reviewing all of your vendors and the products they supply and what pricing and services they offer. Get out your trusty yellow pages and get the addresses for all area office supplies firms and mail this letter to the list. Let them call on you and do the legwork. Make up a list of the items you use most and aprroximate annual quantites and let them compete with each other to get "all" of your office supplies business. Whoever offers the best combination of price, service (including delivery), and support should get the business. A minimum amount of prework will save you a ton of time in the long run. Let them compete for your business.
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imacdude
Office Supplies
Two thoughts,
One, check with your Manufacturers, most of our manufacturers are offering certain discounts through various vendors for discounts.
Example: Subaru has negotiated discounts through the Office Max Website.
Second, if you have sources available, can you setup sources & bins for these supplies in your inhouse inventory syste, and bill out through internal Invoices those supplies as separtments need them. It would be a little work to set up, but afterward it would give you the same tracking system as all your other parts.
Example: We setup sources to pull from the Parts freight account, and the Gas/Oil/Grease account for billing things to repair orders you couldn't otherwise in ADP.
One, check with your Manufacturers, most of our manufacturers are offering certain discounts through various vendors for discounts.
Example: Subaru has negotiated discounts through the Office Max Website.
Second, if you have sources available, can you setup sources & bins for these supplies in your inhouse inventory syste, and bill out through internal Invoices those supplies as separtments need them. It would be a little work to set up, but afterward it would give you the same tracking system as all your other parts.
Example: We setup sources to pull from the Parts freight account, and the Gas/Oil/Grease account for billing things to repair orders you couldn't otherwise in ADP.