Companies may be international, but the office products that they use are not common across borders. American sizes of paper differ to European ones, leading to differences in filing and binding supplies, and materials differ widely across Europe, with plastics being preferred to board where files are concerned. On the other hand if the American office in London wants to have their American quarto files supplied to be consistent with their in-house paperwork - we can do that too, through inter-dealer transfers.

Currency fluctuations mean that despite the advent of the euro, arriving at a common price for an identical item where they do exist (such as a Hewlett Packard toner cartridge) is almost impossible.

This is where the Office Planet proposal is so sound, in that local dealers deliver local products for the local market. The contract of supply is however negotiated centrally, with information provided centrally to support the analysis of the flow of products within the company as a whole.

The guarantee of quality exists through the proven track record of the individual dealers in each location, backed by the Office Planet Promise.