Single sourcing – sounds painful, doesn’t it? Why do we care about this topic at all? Do we care? Does the light stay on in the refrigerator after I close the door?

When we shop for groceries, we go to the supermarket for our staples, meat, bread, dairy and produce. We might go to the farmer’s market once a week for fresh produce, or we might go to the bakery for bread. Very few of us go to one store for our milk, another for spaghetti sauce, another for our chicken, a fourth for our rolls and then a fifth for our fresh fruit. We don’t do this because we intuitively understand the value of “single-sourcing” – we know we’re not really saving money making that many trips for our groceries.

Finding a reliable, reasonable single source for office supplies, break room and janitorial supplies (like, say, Next Day Office Supplies) saves time, administrative costs and confusion. While you’re doing this good thing for your company, you are also helping the environment. Single sourcing your consumable office supplies dramatically reduces the number of deliveries and trips to the store.

By partnering with key suppliers, you are lowering your total costs and your suppliers’ total costs. An added bonus – you’re helping reduce carbon emissions and doing a good thing for our environment.