The Office Supplies Thief!
Theft in the workplace is becoming more common in Ireland during these hard pressed times. We all send the odd personal email or take a pen home now and again. However, the theft of office property is becoming more common for very obvious reasons.
Office supplies are an easy target for office thieves. In fact many employees have a sense of entitlement when it comes to office supplies.
So have you ever dipped your fingers into the stationery cupboard and brought home a little stash if office supplies. Well it all adds up and theft of office supplies costs Irelands businesses millions of euro every year.
There are some very simple steps companies can take to protect the office supplies cupboard from light fingers.
1. Lock the office supplies press and assign a dedicated key holder within each department
2. Use a purchase order to buy office products – they generally eliminate the ‘nice to have’ items
3. Have an approval system. No office supplies should be bought without hierarchical approval.
4. Buy office supplies online from a company like www.office1web.ie – this way you can track exact spend by department.
5. Ban certain categories. Do not buy your toilet rolls or coffee from your office supplies company. Buy them in a cash and carry or a Supermarket.
6. Do a Ryanair on it and ban post it notes from the office.
7. Don’t use an expensive copier paper – it’s not worth it and never noticed either way
8. Don’t leave your toners beside the printer. Keep them locked up. Toners can cost up to €200 each in some cases.
9. Make one order per week or month for office supplies – random ordering encourages theft
10. Don’t buy brand names. People will be less likely to steal them.
So there you have it. Spend less on office supplies by implementing proper procedures today to avid theft. It’s more common ten you think.
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