The HON Company recently announced that it will be instituting an across the board list price increase of approximately 2.5%.  This will be effective July 1, 2010.   Orders must be placed by the afternoon of June 30th to receive current pricing.
This is their first price increase in almost two years.
We anticipate that this will also [...]

Whether you call it a Task Chair, an Office Chair or a Swivel Chair it is one of the most important “tools” in your office. This is especially important for team members who spend a significant amount of their workday seated in an office. A proper task chair not only provides ergonomic comfort, [...]

Most of our workspaces are shrinking, resulting in more people working in less space. Current design trends, encouraged by LEED standards, are reducing the height of panel based workstations. Additionally, we are migrating to a more “open plan” collaborative environment with less private spaces.
All of these factors have positive economic, environmental and operational reasons for [...]

When can I have it? This is one of the most asked questions that we get. Sometimes it’s the most difficult to answer.
Officenter lives in the world of “contract furniture”. This basically means that we don’t keep furniture in stock. We place individual orders with our manufacturers on behalf of our customers. This obviously creates [...]

You may have noticed an unusually long time span between our last posts.
Our internet service provider was purchased by another company. The transition took place in mid-December.  From then until just recently, our Blog was in cyber-limbo.
We now have everything pointing to the right places in the www world and our blog is alive and [...]

All it takes is one stroke of the pen for COSTARS members to be included in almost any PA State Contract.
When the online State Contract applications are completed, they usually have a check box at the end that asks;
“If your firm is awarded a Contract, does it agree to sell/provide the awarded items/services at the [...]

“Going Green” is everywhere. Beyond being a buzzword, what does it mean? More importantly, what’s the payoff for being “Green”.
“Green” usually means conducting business in a manner that reflects a substantial commitment to environmental sustainability. How this is accomplished will vary by industry.
For example, in the commercial furniture industry it means selling products that are made [...]

Our dealership has traditionally done a lot of work with government and not for profit organizations.  Our work with our government clients has necessarily involved us in using either GSA schedules, or “State Contracts” as pricing and purchasing tools.  As a result of our familiarity with these programs, it’s obvious to us that “non profits” [...]

I ran a consulting firm before I was involved in the Office Furniture industry. When we needed to buy new furnishings, I thought I was “smart” to avoid using a furniture dealer since I could get the same stuff at a cheaper price while avoiding delivery, design and installation charges. Besides, dealers didn’t want to [...]

Officenter has entered the Blogosphere.
Our intent is to use this space to give our clients and the business world in general some real, practical information that can help you work more effectively.
Over the next couple of weeks we will be adding several articles on items that we think are interest to anyone involved with furniture [...]