Deerfield, IL (Dec. 2009). United Stationers Supply has enhanced its
Mid-Market Visual Planner to facilitate easier office layouts with the furniture
available in the Mid-Market Furniture Catalog.
Nearly 500 “Typicals,” or preconfigured layouts for workstations, executive
offices, etc., have been added to the product library, making it faster and
easier to present multiple, alternative designs to a customer. A salesperson
can now simply incorporate pre-built, U-shaped configurations from different
manufacturer collections into a design in a single step.
The Typicals feature saves time by providing only furniture manufacturer
product choices that exist for a particular configuration – for example
“peninsula.” Visual Planner’s new Text Tool provides formatting choices that
enable dealer salespeople to add item numbers or a furniture collection name to
a drawing, or personalize work areas with multiple workstations for presentation
to a customer. In addition, text can be positioned anywhere within the plan-view
of Visual Planner.
Upgrades in the Visual Planner quote page provide salespeople with additional
flexibility in working with product information including item numbers,
descriptions, selected finishes, and more. For example, existing furniture in a
space can now be visually represented in 2D and 3D drawings while reflecting
necessary adjustments on the quote page.
“When a customer is considering the purchase of office furniture, their
decision is easier when they can visualize items in a 3-D and top-down drawing,”
said Henry Seals, The Orange Stationer Inc., Orange, Tex. “It makes it easier
for them to visualize their project and commit to the furniture.”
Information on Visual Planner is available from United Stationers Account
Managers.
About United Stationers
United Stationers Supply is a division of United Stationers Supply Co.,
which is a leading North American wholesale distributor of business products,
with net sales for 2008 of approximately $5.0 billion. The company stocks over
100,000 items, including technology products, traditional office products,
janitorial and breakroom supplies, office furniture and industrial supplies. A
network of 65 distribution centers enables the company to deliver these products
to approximately 30,000 reseller customers. This network, combined with United
Stationers’ depth and breadth of inventory, enables the company to ship most
products overnight to more than 90 percent of the United States and major cities
in Mexico. For more information, visit
www.unitedstationers.com.
