Small or big, partnership or joint stock no
matter which kind of a business you run, saving money is the ultimate aim. As a
business firm, you need to follow a budget and make expenses accordingly.
Reducing the number of expenses incurred can be a difficult task because
everything seems to be important. When
it seems that stationery contributes a small amount of the office expenses,
this thinking may be completely wrong. A well-organized office stationery is an
important factor on which day-to-day smooth functioning of office depend. One
can save a good amount of money on office stationery if the plan is right.
There are few tips by which you can save money when you plan to buy office
stationery-
1. Prefer online shopping of goods
Online shopping of office stationery can be
economical as the extra cost incurred ongoing physically to a store and
carriage of the purchased items to office will be saved. An additional
advantage attached to online purchase is that it offers a wide range of latest
and useful products whereas the stock of stores is limited.
2. Bulk buying
Buying purchase of office stationery can be
an easy way of cutting cost. It is better to buy office stationery in bulk from a specified supplier for
additional saving. When you buy in bulk the overall money spent on it goes down
and the headache of running out of stock is also eliminated.
3. Creation of Supply Stations
Encourage your employees for sharing
supplies by creating supply stations. For example, set a specific place where
employees can look for a stapler, hole puncher, photocopy machine, and other
stationery that are seldom used and can be shared.
4. Reduce wastage
Try to keep a track as to how many items of
a particular stationery has been purchased and how many of it has been used,
say sticky notes have been purchased in huge quantity but is being used once in
a blue moon, then restrain yourself from buying it for next quarter and wait
for the next purchase when you run out of stock.
5. Freeze purchase of stationery once a year
Randomly select a month of a year to freeze
purchase of stationery. This encourages employees to use their resources in an
optimum way. Providing more than what is needed may cause wastage thus not
realizing the value of what has been provided.
Try implementing these points to become cost
effective. Remember! Beware of little expenses; a small leak will sink a ship.
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