Here at the UK Office Supplies blog we have come up with what we think are the top 25 ideas for saving money on your office supplies, read below to see if you recognise any of the things you do.
1. Only order supplies once a week, this will reduce the amount of paper work you have to handle
2. Only order supplies once a month, as this will reduce the amount of paper work you have to deal with
3. Buy in bulk, if you know that you use a lot of a particular item buy it in bulk
4. Make sure your supplier is invoicing you once a month with a consolidated invoice, this will reduce the amount of paper work you need to handle each month.
5. Change the settings on your printer so that it defaults to black, or draft print rather than colour
6. Use the back of waste paper for notes
7. Talk to you supplier, it sound obvious but make your supplier aware that your looking to save money, the will probably be delighted to help you
8. Buy expensive pens, where do all the biros go nobody knows, because of there low value people don’t care if they lose them, where as if they have an expensive pen they will hold on to it
9. Don’t print documents unless its essential
10. Printed double sided, when printing multipart documents remember to use the duplex feature on your printer (if it has one) this might only save one sheet of paper but these savings will add up
11. Buy on line, its quicker and easier
12. Change to compatible toners, rather than buying expensive ‘original cartridges buy compatible or remanufactured, they are usually 15-20% cheaper than originals
13. Use your shredded paper for pet bedding it saves you having to dispose of it and will save the office pet owner some money
14 . Oil your shredder, it will make it last longer
15. If you print lots of labels get a label printer, this will save you load of time and all those wasted sheets of label when you only want one label
16. Don’t buy brand names, use Q Connect
17 . Ask for samples, there free and easy to get hold of
18. Use less suppliers, its amazing how many different supplier companies use, by reducing the number of supplier you will reduce the amount of invoices you have to process each month
19. Have a stationery amnesty, people desk draws are usually overflowing with unused office supplies
20. Put a lock on the stationery cupboard
21. Switch your printer off
22. Get a pen on a chain, the banks use them so people do not walk off with there pens and it works if you have an area like a good in area of reception where pens regularly walk from get one on a chain
23. Use Outlook rather than a diary,
24. Buy smaller packs of things, so much of office supplies end up in waste if you buy smaller packs you probably wont waste as much
25. Reuse envelopes
If anyone has any great ideas on how to save money on your office supplies then please leave us a comment.
