MEDIA RELEASE 20 JUNE 2006

With a dedicated Education Essentials range, Corporate Express has launched into supplying the Education sector with a new catalogue offering a large range of products and equipment, compiled with input from the education sector.

Grant Harrod, CEO of Corporate Express said one of the key benefits the leading wholesale supplier can bring to schools was a specific range for education, while still giving access to the comprehensive range of office, IT, janitorial, furniture, catering and kitchen supplies.

“We’ve been listening to those in the Education sector for some time and know that they have specific requirements, different from other businesses, and our Education Essentials catalogue is set to meet those needs,” Harrod said.

“We appreciate just how busy teachers and school administrators are, and we believe we can make their life easier with our dedicated education account managers, product range, ordering solutions and delivery services.

“Our account managers visit schools in each state to explore their individual needs and work with teaching staff to provide educational resource kits and programs customized to schools and classes particular needs.

“For example, last year Corporate Express put together a Christmas craft kit for schools in Western Australia that included both craft items and detailed lesson plans for seasonal craft activities, allowing teaching staff to easily implement within their teaching program.

“Schools also have similar requirements to many of our other business areas such as office, IT, janitorial, furniture, catering and kitchen supplies. So by reducing the number of suppliers and consolidating purchasing under the one banner, teachers and education professionals can save time and money to focus more of their time on education rather sourcing products and chasing down deliveries.

“Also, the benefits of doing business with one of Australia’s largest wholesale suppliers of stationery means we can keep prices low using the competitive advantage of volume and efficiency – backed by our low price promise on every order,” he said

Corporate Express is currently a major supplier to government across the Australian market

The specialised Education Essentials range has been compiled with input from experienced professionals within the education supply chain. The exciting new range includes an extensive selection of art and craft supplies, state-specific ruled exercise books, pads and papers and book covering materials - all available in the Education Essentials catalogue.

Items can be ordered via phone, fax or the Corporate Express online ordering system called NetXpress. Online ordering is fast and effective and helps optimise and simplify the ordering process to drive down purchase costs by eliminating errors, managing back orders and reducing time to place orders – thus saving both time and money. 

Corporate Express’ provides a wide variety of services to make it easy for teachers and administrators to manage their expenditures including reporting to highlight their purchases including environmental products, consolidated billing and product cost saving initiatives to help lower their expenses..

As Australia’s leading supplier of office products and business supplies, Corporate Express was founded in 1967 has and currently operates in 49 locations around Australia and New Zealand.

Contact Corporate Express today to view their new Education Essentials catalogue on 13 26 44 or visit the website at www.ce.com.au


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Released for Corporate Express by Dennis Rutzou Public Relations.
For further information contact Nicola Rutzou or Kim Larochelle on (02) 9413 4244.