| Every office needs supplies, from pens and paper to | | | | and lucrative - activities. Martin Yale makes some |
| computers and fax machines. You are also going to | | | | really great letter openers, so check them out. |
| need some other things that might not even have | | | | 4. Whiteboards and bulletin boards. Even in this age of |
| crossed your mind. Here are five of them. | | | | e-mail and iPhones, you can still use old-fashioned |
| 1. High-quality staplers. Just about everyone in your | | | | ways of communicating with your colleagues. |
| office can benefit from having a good stapler at the | | | | Whiteboards are ideal for conference rooms for |
| the ready. A stapler offers an easy way to fasten | | | | jotting down ideas during meetings. Smaller boards can |
| documents together with the need for a big binding | | | | even be placed in cubicles so your employees can |
| machine. There are a lot of staplers you can choose | | | | stay on top of things. And bulletin boards are ideal for |
| from including compact desktop models, portable | | | | displaying announcements and other important items, |
| devices (good for your traveling employees!), and | | | | such as labor law posters and reminders about the |
| high-capacity electric units. Some brand names to | | | | upcoming company picnic. Quartet, Ghent, and Balt |
| check out are Dahle Novus and, of course, Swingline. | | | | Best-Rite all make boards that can help you |
| 2. Good cutting tools. Even if your business doesn't | | | | communicate. |
| deal in the creative arts (i.e. photography, graphic | | | | 5. High-security paper shredders. Unless you want to |
| design), you can still benefit from owning some paper | | | | become a victim of fraud or face a lawsuit of some |
| cutting devices. Scissors can be easily stored in your | | | | sort, you're going to need paper shredders in your |
| employees' desks, as can some of the smaller rotary | | | | office. These machines will give you a secure way to |
| trimmers on the market. If your workers frequently | | | | get rid of any documents containing sensitive |
| need to cut larger quantities of paper, a first-rate | | | | information (i.e. bank account numbers, personnel data, |
| guillotine or stack cutter can be a good investment. A | | | | etc.). You can choose large departmental shredders |
| couple of companies that make great paper cutting | | | | that can be used by multiple people over the course of |
| tools include GBC and Akiles. Dahle also makes some | | | | the day or you can get smaller devices that can be |
| excellent scissors. | | | | stored right by your workers' desks. Be sure to |
| 3. An electric letter opener. Your office probably | | | | choose cross-cut machines so you'll get the most |
| receives a lot of mail and opening all of those | | | | security available. Some great paper shredder |
| envelopes can be time-consuming. (Costly too, when | | | | manufacturers are Fellowes, GBC, and Intimus. |
| you consider labor costs.) That's why an electric letter | | | | Every office needs tools to be successful and if you |
| open is a must-have device. These machines can | | | | stock your workplace with these items, your odds of |
| process hundreds - or even thousands - of mail per | | | | success have just increased. Get these great |
| hour and most do so automatically. That way, you can | | | | products today and see what they can do for you. |
| spend time and money involved in more engaging - | | | | |
