Office supplies is the generic term that refers to all supplies regularly used in
offices by
businesses and other organizations, from private citizens to governments, who works with the collection, refinement, and output of information (colloquially referred to as "paper work").
The term includes small, expendable, daily use items such as
paper clips,
staples,
hole punches,
binders and
laminators,
writing utensils and
paper, but also encompasses higher-cost equipment like
computers,
printers,
fax machines,
photocopiers and
cash registers, as well as office
furniture such as
cubicles or
armoire desks. Two very common medium-to-high-cost office equipment items before the advent of suitably priced word processing machines and
PCs in the
1970s and
1980s were
typewriters and
adding machines.
Many businesses in the office supply industry have recently expanded into related markets for businesses like copy centers, which facilitate the creation and printing of business collateral such as
business cards and
stationery, plus printing and binding of high quality, high volume business and engineering documents. Some businesses also provide services for shipping, including packaging and bulk mailing. In addition, many retail chains sell related supplies beyond businesses and regularly market their stores as a center for
school supplies with August and early September being a major retail period for "Back to School" sales.
The office supply industry was estimated to be worth
US$ 225
billion in 1999 and is still growing.
[1] As of 2006, the largest office supply chains in the
United States (in terms of revenue) are
Staples (US$16B),
Office Depot (US$15B), and
OfficeMax (US$8.9B).
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An office is generally a room or other area in which people work, but may also denote a position within an organisation with specific duties attached to it (see hi officer, office-holder, official); the latter is in fact an earlier usage, office as place originally referring to the
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Business law
Business organizations
Basic forms:
Sole proprietorship
Corporation
Partnership
(General · Limited · LLP)
Cooperative
USA:
Business trust · LLC · LLLP
Delaware corporation
Nevada corporation
UK/Commonwealth:
Limited company
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staple is a type of two-pronged, usually metal fastener for joining or binding materials together. Small staples are used with a stapler to attach pieces of paper together while larger staples might be used with a hammer or staple gun for fencing, masonry, roofing and cardboard
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hole punch (known also as a hole puncher, paper puncher or perforator) is a common office tool, that is used to create holes in sheets of paper, often for the purpose of collecting the sheets in a binder.
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Ring binders are folders in which punched pieces of paper may be held by means of clamps running through the holes in the paper. These retainers are usually spring-loaded, frequently but not invariably circular (some rings are D-shaped, others are actually rods), and may or may not
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laminate is a material constructed by uniting two or more layers of material together. The process of creating a laminate is lamination, which in common parlance refers to sandwiching something between layers of plastic and sealing them with heat and/or pressure, usually
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PEN may refer to:
- International PEN, the worldwide association of writers
- Penang International Airport in Penang, Malaysia (IATA airport code)
- PEN, the ISO 4217 code for Peruvian nuevo sol, the currency of Peru
- Polyethylene naphthalate, a polymer
..... Click the link for more information. Paper is thin material used for writing upon, printing upon or packaging, produced by the amalgamation of fibres, typically vegetable fibers composed of cellulose, which are subsequently held together by hydrogen bonding.
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computer is a machine which manipulates data according to a list of instructions.
Computers take numerous physical forms. The first devices that resemble modern computers date to the mid-20th century (around 1940 - 1941), although the computer concept and various machines
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A computer printer, or more commonly a printer, produces a hard copy (permanent human-readable text and/or graphics) of documents stored in electronic form, usually on physical print media such as paper transparencies.
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Fax (short for facsimile, from Latin fac simile, "make similar", i.e. "make a copy") is a telecommunications technology used to transfer copies (facsimiles) of documents, especially using affordable devices operating over the telephone network.
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A photocopier is a machine which makes paper copies of documents and other visual images quickly and cheaply. Most current photocopiers use a technology called xerography, a dry process using heat.
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cash register (also called a till) is a mechanical or electronic device for calculating and recording sales transactions, and an attached cash drawer for storing currency. The cash register also usually prints a receipt for the customer.
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Furniture is the collective term for the movable objects which may support the human body (seating furniture and beds), provide storage, or hold objects on
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A cubicle, cubicle desk or office cubicle
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An armoire desk is a writing-table built within a large cabinet usually having the height of a tall man or a small woman, or anything in between. The cabinet is closed by two to four full-height doors, to keep out dust or to give a tidy appearance to a room by hiding the cluttered
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personal computer (PC) is a computer whose original sales price, size, and capabilities make it useful for individuals.
It is unknown who coined the phrase with the intent of a small affordable computing device but John W.
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..... Click the link for more information. typewriter is a mechanical, electromechanical, or electronic device with a set of "keys" that, when pressed, cause characters to be printed on a document, usually paper.
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adding machine is a type of calculator, usually specialized for bookkeeping calculations. In the United States, very old adding machines were usually built to read in dollars and cents.
It was invented by the French mathematician Blaise Pascal in 1642.
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Business cards are cards bearing business information about a company or individual. They are shared during formal introductions as a convenience and a memory aid. A business card typically includes the giver's name, company affiliation (usually with a logo) and contact
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- ''Note: This article title may be easily confused with Stationary.
Stationery is a general name given to paper and office supplies such as envelopes, notepads, pens, pencils, erasers, paper clips, staples, etc.
..... Click the link for more information. school is an institution where students (or "pupils") learn while under the supervision of teachers. In most systems of formal education, students progress through a series of schools: primary school, secondary school, and possibly a university ,
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United States dollar
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dólar amerikanu (Tetum)
dólar americano
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1,000,000,000 (alternately known as one thousand million and one billion, see below) is the natural number following 999,999,999 and preceding 1,000,000,001.
In scientific notation, it is written as 109.
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Motto
"In God We Trust" (since 1956)
"E Pluribus Unum" ("From Many, One"; Latin, traditional)
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Staples, Inc.
Public (NASDAQ: SPLS )
Founded 1986
Headquarters Framingham, Massachusetts
Industry Retail
Products Office supplies
Revenue 16.0 billion USD
Slogan That was easy.
Website www.staples.
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