Bangkok--25 Mar--Siam PR OfficeMate Co., Ltd., distributor of office supplies, stationery computer and office furniture through innovative Internet and catalogue systems, is opening a new office supply warehouse using investment worth over 180 million baht. The new warehouse marks the use of integrated and advanced logistics system to accommodate fast delivery service of “order in the morning and get delivered by afternoon” — perfect choice for business amid the current economy where oil prices continue to soar. The system can take up to 5,000 orders per day to prove that OfficeMate is the number 1 service provider in catalogue and Internet-ordered goods. Worawoot Ounjai, Managing Director of OfficeMate Co., Ltd., distributor of office supplies, stationery, computer and office furniture and Thailand’s first integrated service provider via Internet and catalogue orders, disclosed that for the last 13 years, OfficeMate had gone through series of constant changes and improvements in order to maintain competitive advantages and in 2008, the biggest change came in terms of logistics system. “The new warehouse, which took 9 months to construct and over 180 baht worth of investment (April — December 2007) is situated on 14.5 rai land, providing up to 7,200 square meters of storage area. The facility is equipped with advanced warehouse management system to compile all product items displayed in the catalogue, and high-standard quality control system. The warehouse provides free delivery services for purchases of 500 baht using over 80 transport vehicles and GPS (Global Positioning System) to cover the areas of Bangkok and its vicinity with precise, fast and efficient deliveries. About 99% of the customers receive the products in the next working day,” he said. “Intelligent Warehouse Management System is used at OfficeMate warehouse. This tailor-made system offers efficient product management based on the priority of orders to allow easy product transfer. The system also allows for calculations based on circulation of inventories to provide good insight for the procurement department for utmost flexible warehouse management, in line with the behaviors of suppliers in Thailand,” he added. OfficeMate is also backed by other advanced systems and innovative services namely: The Bar Code System The Conveyor System for greater mobility and fast service, which enhances its capacity to 5,000 clients per day “Delivery by afternoon” system — the first distributor of office supplies to provide such service starting with 6 districts and 15 sub-districts in Bangkok The latest warehouse is a milestone for OfficeMate in providing effective services to customers. It is a standard office supply warehouse that has the most complete storage system in the country. “As for the plan during the second half of 2008, OfficeMate prepares to increase its market in the same locality in order to lower the average delivery costs, while promoting the brand awareness in preparation to the designated listing on the MAI. In addition, the company also offers free training on e-procurement for customers and interested parties in order to learn about the pros and cons of the electronic procurement system. The company also expand into printing service with digital offset technology to offer quality work for customers who demand both speed and equality excellence, in addition to the name card design service via Internet. The strength of this service is fast delivery that comes on the next day, which is the fastest by any operator within the printing industry,” he said. “Office supply market is expected to see much competition this year. Therefore, we need to pay down our strategy well to promote sales and constant sales activities so that customers will get good products at excellent value for money when shopping with us. For product orders or more details contact OfficeMate at www.officemate.co.th or OfficeMate Contact Center at 02-739-5555,” he concluded. For more information please contact: Jidapa Pramualsub , Nunthaporn Boonlong Siam PR Consultant Co., Ltd Tel. 0-2693-7835-8 Ext. 20, 21, 08-1817-7153 Fax. 0-2276-8552 E-mail:[email protected]