| When ordering office supplies and discount office | | | | the flow of information. |
| items, it can save time to have a checklist of items | | | | Probably because they are small, items used to bind |
| needed before the ordering process starts. To compile | | | | paper together are often overlooked when ordering |
| the checklist, you can go through a couple of office | | | | office supplies. There can never be too many staples |
| supply catalogs, or simply break the items needed into | | | | in an office - they will eventually all be used. And |
| the following categories. | | | | staplers must have legs because they always seem |
| Writing implements are as good a place as any to | | | | to have walked away from the copy room when they |
| start when ordering office supplies because there | | | | are needed. That's probably why office supply |
| never seems to be enough pens or pencils around | | | | catalogs have so many pages dedicated to them. |
| when they are needed. Those pens and pencils are | | | | Tape, glue, push pins and rubber bands also fall into this |
| some of the discount office items that are readily | | | | category. Scissors are here, too, mostly because we |
| found on internet wholesale sites. So are highlighters | | | | don't have a document destroying group. |
| and markers which also fall into this category. | | | | Conference room supplies should include video tapes, |
| Correction fluid and tape should be on the checklist, | | | | audio tapes, jump drives, white boards, and flip charts. |
| and don't forget sharpeners or storage bins for the | | | | Also include health products like tissues and hand |
| writing implements. | | | | sanitizer. These discount office items can frequently |
| Office supply catalogs have entire sections dedicated | | | | be found online. |
| to paper products, so they will be in their own | | | | Finally, the catch-all category to consider when |
| category on our checklist, too. Reams of paper for | | | | ordering office supplies: Miscellaneous. As expected |
| printers or faxes fit into this category. Any notebook or | | | | this category contains all the items office supply |
| pad, ranging from large yellow legal pads to small, thin | | | | catalogs couldn't shoehorn into other categories. Such |
| reporter notebooks, belong here as well. Envelopes for | | | | items include fasteners, calculators, DVDs, CDs and |
| mailing said paper products should be included. Don't | | | | batteries. This category will likely also hold supplies |
| forget calendar refills, either. | | | | specific to the particular business of that office - for |
| Filing supplies are exactly the kind of discount office | | | | example, architects will have architectural tools. |
| items that can be purchased in bulk. Some offices go | | | | This list, of course, can always be expanded, but these |
| through boxes of the hanging files each month, so why | | | | are the basics. So either head to those office supply |
| make constant trips to the store? Three-ring binders, | | | | catalogs to check on the price or, even better, head to |
| labels and wall pockets help keep any office neat. | | | | an internet supplier to find these discount office |
| Business card holders and In/Out baskets help facilitate | | | | supplies. |