Procurement is defined as the process of sourcing, preparing, placing, receiving and paying for an order. Some cost experts believe that each vendor purchase per order can cost up to $90.00 to procure. If your company is buying from 2 office supply companies and 2 different computer supply companies, the cost of procurement quadruples.

Consider Office Central as your single source supplier. One order, One shipment, One cheque;

Office Central guarantees the lowest price on all office products including:

• Office Supplies
• Toner & Cartridge Supplies
• Computer Peripherals
• Office Furniture
• Shipping Supplies
• Break Room Supplies
• Selected Groceries

Office Central offers free Next business day delivery to most major North American cities. Some restrictions apply.

Office Central's Internet office supply and furniture ordering system is a service that all of our corporate customers can benefit from. It is one of the most comprehensive ordering programs available in the industry. This system will allow you to view your unique pricing, perform price inquiries and check order status. In addition, it will help you charge back supply expenses to the appropriate "cost center". You can place your orders 20 hours a day, 7 days a week. Orders placed before 4pm EST will be delivered the following business day. Click below to open an online ordering account with us:

Basic features:

• Shopping cart based ordering
• Create your own favorites list
• Extended item descriptions
• View your actual prices
• Review order history
• Quick order entry
• Item photographs

Advanced features:

• Access multiple departments
• Add & modify user accounts
• Access contract item list
• Multilevel order approval

According to the accounting firm of Ernst & Young, your office supply expense consists of more than just the price of the product. Their research reveals an additional cost of approximately $50.00 to $150.00 per order in the Procurement Process.

The graph above is a breakdown of that process and illustrates where you incure the labor and expense. For a detailed description of what charges go into the graph above, please see the chart below.

You will need to add additional figures in the "Other" task field if supply rooms are stocked and inventoried. You will also need to add additional figures if a purchase order system is used.

Office Central offers all its customers a wealth of purchasing and ordering information. Once setup, you will be able to receive reports at the end of each month which will outline a complete purchasing history broken down into the following categories:

Cost Centre Billing:

This report will allow your CFO or Accounting Department to quickly identify what each department is spending per month. This report will also allow Office Central to transfer an account to Monthly Billing.

Monthly Billing:

Medium and large firms have the ability to place multiple office supply orders, per month, week and sometimes per day. Office Central, instead of sending invoices daily to the customer, will send only ONE bill at the end of the month. The bill will be accompanied by a backup of invoices totaling the total bill.