What's Going on at TSR!

The Supply Room Companies is SWaM Certified
On Aug. 23, 2007, The Supply Room Companies proudly announced its certification by the Commonwealth of Virginia’s Department of Minority Business Enterprise as a woman-owned-and-operated business. All state agencies’ procurement through The Supply Room Companies qualify as tier-one, WBE purchase dollars when they file mandatory reports on their participation with SWaM-certified businesses.

By a 2006 executive order from Gov. Tim Kaine, "For Virginia to remain competitive we must assure that all businesses and owners have an equal opportunity to share in state procurement." The order mandates a 40 percent goal of purchases from SWaM-certified vendors such as The Supply Room Companies. The SWaM program, administered by the Department of Minority Business Enterprise (DMBE), aims to enhance business opportunities for small, women- and minority-owned businesses, and to ensure a level playing field for all small businesses.

TSR has qualified, as a small business for a number of years, but became a woman-owned business over a year ago. The Supply Room Companies’ SWaM certification is a great way for our state agency customers, who purchase from our company under commodity office supplies and toner contract #6150402-50, to meet their obligation under the SWaM mandate. This is another example of how, every day and in every way, The Supply Room Companies is striving to “Deliver the Difference” to our customers.

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Our Environmental Commitment:
TSRC, Inc takes its environmental responsibilities seriously, since as Virginia’s largest independent office supplies dealer, we sell many products that can wisely be recycled to take the load off Mother Earth. Our office supplies assortment offers a broad spectrum of recyclable products and business supplies through vendor relationships with manufacturers like Marcal, Proctor and Gamble, Ampad, Smead and Tops.

Our internal operations are also geared towards efficient use of resources, and supporting green initiatives wherever possible. Among these initiatives we recycle the following waste internally:

We generate 250 tons of cardboard waste annually from our furniture and office products divisions, which is all collected and sent to a recycling plant in Madison, Virginia.

Plastic packaging and wrapping material has recently been added to our collection and recycling program and hope to generate 8 tons annually.

TSR has a complete white paper reclamation program for our office staff, which recycles about 11 tons of material per year;

Waste wood from pallets, shipping materials, furniture remanufacturing and other sources is collected at the rate of approximately 1 tractor trailer-loads a month or 40 tons per year that would otherwise go to a landfill.

Finally, The Supply Room Companies sends 60 tons of scrap metal annually to a recycler in our hometown of Ashland, Virginia, for disposal. This includes leftover material from manufacturing, damaged metal products, computers, old metal assets, handling equipment, etc.

Through our proactive efforts in waste management and reclamation of usable materials, over 400 tons of material would simply end up being added to a landfill.

TSR believes in doing its part to help the environment. We even pick up our customers’ used printer toner cartridges.

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Richmond Magazine's "Great Places to Work"
What does The Supply Room Companies have in common with CarMax, Philip Morris USA and Genworth Financial?

In its November, 2007 cover story, TSR was included as one of the 15 best companies to work for in the Richmond area.

In “Great Places to Work – 15 that make employees smile,” the magazine surveyed over 450 area companies, with a panel of area experts in human resources and management evaluating the contenders in six categories — family-friendly environment, employee development, compensation, diversity, insurance and special perks.

The magazine noted that TSR has for three consecutive years been named to the national Companies that Care Honor Roll, for businesses that have created a respectful work environment and standards of ethical behavior.

Among our company’s achievements, Richmond Magazine cited TSR’s:

At The Supply Room Companies, we understand that offering exceptional customer service begins with having an exceptional workforce. So we invest in our greatest resource, our people, in order to give our customers the service they deserve.

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MEGA Office Furniture on Broad Street Moves
THE address for office furniture in Richmond moved a few blocks west in July, 2006, taking our presence on Broad Street to another level.

MEGA Office Furniture, the Supply Room Companies’ office furniture division, opened its new, $2.1 million Richmond showroom in the former Mulligan's nightclub building at 8006 W. Broad Street.

The sunny and spacious interior at MEGA Broad brings our line of furnishings from some of the industry’s top manufacturers to life, while our knowledgeable and courteous sales associates are on hand to assist you in your purchase.

The showroom has 15,000 square feet of floor space, with vaulted ceilings and a mezzanine level that gives customers a sweeping, bird’s-eye view of the furniture displayed on the first level.

MEGA Broad features products from HON, one of the world's largest manufacturers of quality, innovative office furniture, and Allsteel, maker of attractive go-anywhere workspaces that keep wired workers working.

Both lines are displayed in generous, attractive layouts that help make the MEGA Broad shopping experience unique in our area.

Let our MEGA Broad showroom show you how we’ve redefined the office furniture shopping experience in Richmond.

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The New The JumpCart™ System
The JumpCart™ System, residing in an easy-to-use matchbox-sized scanner, is the physical link between printed catalogs, direct marketing promotions and an eCommerce website. Instead of filling out and faxing order forms or phoning in orders, customers use a key fob-like scanner to scan items in a catalog or direct marketing promotion or to scan UPC/EAN codes from product packages. When all desired items have been scanned, the scanner is plugged into a PC via a serial or USB port, and the scan is transmitted to the JumpCart™ server, where it is translated and formatted before forwarding to the dealers existing eCommerce system. Within seconds, the customer sees a completed shopping cart ready for approval. To learn more, please contact your Supply Room representative.

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The Supply Room Companies, Inc., a Small Business Enterprise, is proud to announce that the GSA Office Supplies Contract has been awarded and now State and Federal government office supply orders may now be accepted. Please click here for more information or to read the press release, click here.

GSA Office Supplies Contract GS-02F-0048N
SIN 75-200 Office Supplies

The Supply Room offers services that are unbeatable in the office supply industry. The Supply Room has been a member of American Office Products Distributors since 1995 and we continue our quality partnership with AOPD today!

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