| e just been put in charge of our cleaning | | | | They are a lot cheaper but still soft enough and our |
| company’s janitorial supplies. The previous | | | | employees are not likely to complain. I can also get |
| one who did the purchasing didn’t do a good | | | | some savings on soaps if we purchase those that |
| job and most of the supplies he purchased were | | | | come in bulk gallons instead of those that come in |
| either overpriced or was inferior in quality. My | | | | cartridges which can cost up to 4 times more. And |
| predicament right now is to do just the opposite of | | | | instead of hand towels, we can get hand dryers so |
| what he had done – save on our janitorial | | | | we can eliminate the need to replace paper towel |
| supplies purchases and get the best quality at the | | | | dispensers and lessen our waste as well. |
| same time. In other words, I will have to look for | | | | Our previous purchaser used to go to the |
| quality, cost and availability of janitorial supplies for | | | | supplier’s store, driving all the way out to |
| our company that can improve our performance and | | | | where the store was and load the company’s |
| offer some savings to our clients as well. | | | | truck with janitorial supplies. I plan to do away with |
| The first initiative that I will implement is to buy in | | | | this practice and just do our purchasing online. I have |
| bulk. This way, I can get discounts from our suppliers | | | | already found several online stores that offer the |
| and realize great savings because buying in bulk | | | | lowest price and best quality janitorial supplies such as |
| reduces the required packaging and reduces costs of | | | | glass cleaner, plastic cleaner, wipers and rags, as well |
| labor. The suppliers can afford to sell their items at a | | | | janitorial equipment such as vacuum cleaners, floor |
| lower price because of this. The bulk items actually | | | | sweepers, carpet extractors, etc. We could even |
| contain the product in small containers that are the | | | | make a little more money when our clients ask us to |
| same as what you can find in regular stores. I can | | | | provide the janitorial supplies for the work we do for |
| also ask other company to combine our purchases | | | | them by charging a small markup price for them. |
| together and buy cooperatively. This would further | | | | I will make sure too that I buy our janitorial supplies |
| reduce our costs on janitorial supplies. | | | | from wholesale suppliers which frequently offer up to |
| We can save a lot of dollars on toilet paper by | | | | 30% discount off the retail price. What I want with |
| buying commercial toilet paper instead of the | | | | these type of suppliers is the fact that not only do |
| premium ones that come with lotions and fragrances. | | | | they offer substantial supply, they also carry brand |
| We don’t really need them do we? | | | | name products that most janitorial service providers |
| Commercial toilet paper comes usually wound with | | | | also use in their cleaning jobs. |
| longer length than the ones we usually have at home. | | | | |