The office products industry, which has evolved significantly over the past few decades, continues to change rapidly. Today, a wide variety of competitors – including national retailers, mass merchants, and Internet retailers – are competing for your customers and offering them prices that are often painful to match.

As an independent office products dealer, you offer your customers value-added services and a one-on-one relationship that is the hallmark of your business. But to compete in today's market, you also need to offer your customers world-class e-commerce capabilities featuring dynamic content and self-service support. And you must manage and optimize every aspect of your business, automating internal processes and reducing operating costs.

To help you succeed in today's office products industry, SAP partnered with United Stationers, North America's largest broad line wholesale distributor of business products, to develop SAP Hosted Solution for Business Products Resellers. With this solution, you can deliver more value to your customers while reducing operating costs. The solution supports the core components of your business, including:

• E-commerce
• Order management
• Sourcing and logistics
• Financials
• Reporting and analytics

Designed for office products dealers by office products dealers, SAP Hosted Solution for Business Products Resellers is a complete offering – including software, SAP-hosted hardware, technical administration, support, and training – enabling fast implementation and value realization.