Our Customer

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Our Customer
Preferred Office Products,Inc.
Your One Source For Business Products!
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Remote Distribution
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What Preferred Can Do For You

• Reduce acquisition costs by establishing a single
  source for all business products.
• Provide competitive and consistent pricing for
  all your locations across the nation.
• Provide reliable service to all your branches
  regardless of location.
• Reduce need to carry back-up stock.
• Provide superior UPS delivery performance and
  tracking.

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Preferred Office Products, Inc. Powerful
Resources

• Broadest product in-stock selection available
  anywhere -- 25,000 items
• Automated shipping and routing technology.
• Nationwide order fulfillment capability.
• Commitment to quality and customer satisfaction.

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How Preferred Express Works
We negotiate with your business to supply
products to all your locations, thus giving you
an economical Single Source Solution to all
your business products needs.
Our Customer
Tulsa
Longview
Future
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How Preferred Express Works
Normally, these three locations would have to buy
from separate sources, or from one source
shipping to those three cities.
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How Preferred Express Works
But with Preferred Express, each facilitys
business products needs can be shipped from a
nearby Preferred Express Fulfillment Center.
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Preferred Expresss Superior Order Fulfillment
Performance

• Standard Preferred Express service insures
  24-hour shipping.
• Provides next day delivery via UPS to over 99 of
  all business customers located within the
  contiguous 48 states (see map).
• Priority Preferred Express service insures
  same-day shipping (100 p.m. cut-off at Preferred
  Express shipping facility.)
• Produces next day delivery via UPS to over 99
  of all business customers (see map).

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Preferred Express Improves on Standard UPS
Ground Service

• UPS standard ground mode shipping
• From a single location can take up to six days.
• Next day service is provided to less than 10 of
  the business addresses in the United States.
• Using Preferred Expresss nationwide network
• Orders received prior to 100 PM can reach over
  99 of the business locations the next day.

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Preferred Express Distribution Network Gives You
Highest Fill Rates

• A total of 39 coast to coast Preferred Express
  shipping facilities.
• 29 Primary Preferred Express facilities
• 10 Secondary Preferred Express shipping
  facilities
• Automatic split order feature insures highest
  fill-rates in the industry.
• Ship from up to three facilities
• Fewer backorders -- lowers your purchasing costs!
• Split shipments may take an additional day for
  delivery

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Preferred Express Distribution Network
Seattle
Portland
Minneapolis
Boston
Albany
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Salt Lake City
Sacramento
Philadelphia
Columbus
Indianapolis
Kansas City
Baltimore
Cincinnati
Denver
St Louis
Los Angeles
Charlotte
Tulsa
Nashville
Phoenix
Memphis
Atlanta
Lubbock
Dallas
Houston
New Orleans
Jacksonville
San Antonio
Tampa
Ft. Lauderdale
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Preferred Express Gives You Superior Service

• Expanded UPS weight limitation.
• All orders consisting of UPS-able product with an
  aggregate weight of up to 500 lbs ships UPS!
• Service upgrades available.
• Inside delivery, air freight and UPS weight
  limitation over ride!
• Subject to service up-charge
• On-line UPS order tracking.
• More timely information to Our Customer

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Preferred Express Gives You Superior Service

• Catalog UPS indicators to insure timely order
  routing.
• Our UPS Indicators can assist you in segregating
  your orders and or anticipating later delivery
  for larger items shipping common carrier.
• Preferred Express shipping label and packing
  list.
• Space for all the information you require to
  insure delivery and cost allocation
• Optional bar code information for desk-top
  receiving

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Our Customer S Opportunity

• A significant opportunity exists for Our Customer
  to manage acquisition costs and experience
  superior service in the purchase of business
  products.
• Capture this opportunity with the Preferred
  Express Business Products
  Fulfillment Program.

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Our Customer
Preferred Office Products, Inc.
Your One Source For Business Products!