The efficient way to buy industrial supplies would be to find a single website that sold everything from packaging supplies to forklifts and everything in between. That way, one order could cover everything your company needs each month.
Think for a minute about the advantages of such an ordering system. On regularly scheduled days per month as needed, you could sit down at your office computer and spend a few minutes placing orders for your packaging tape, cardboard boxes, strapping tape and other regularly industrial supplies. At the same time, you could order forklift parts, chairs and tables for your new lunchroom, lift truck accessories and anything else that was needed to keep your factory or warehouse operating smoothly.
After placing your order, you would know exactly when all your industrial supplies are going to arrive at your loading dock and would be there to check that everything was in order when it arrived. This would save you an enormous amount of time, since you wouldn’t be called out of the office to receive a box of packing tape one day, some forklift parts the next day and that shelving unit you’ve been waiting for a few days later.