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How to save money by cutting costs
1. Quotable quote
Don't make occasional erratic efforts to get workers to reduce waste. Effective control happens only when continuous efforts are made until sensible economies become workplace habits.
2. Here's an idea
Cut back even further on your office costs by considering the following:
- Keep office supplies in a controlled area.
- Order bigger paper clips. They might cost a little extra, but have far more application.
- Generic stationery brands can offer savings of 15 - 50% over name brands.
- Use lesser grades of paper for low priority documentation and correspondence.
- Use the correct size envelope to cut down on unnecessary postage costs.
- Always weigh up the speed option versus the cost factor. Often, you may pay extra for ‘express’ deliveries - only to have the documents sit on a desk across town or country for several days.
- Re-use product packing boxes as record storage boxes.
- Eliminate telephone lines or extensions that get little use.
- Double-check your stationery etc. orders on arrival. Never pay for what you don’t get.
3. Here's an idea
Why not begin a WOW program in your workplace? Try it initially for one month.
WOW stands for War on Waste. Assemble your troops, or publicise the initiative through memos, newsletters, and bulletin board posters, asking them to propose ways to cut costs on anything they can. …
