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Labeling School Supplies

It’s that time of year again: school supply shopping. School supplies have been out on shelves for over a month now and it’s time to brave the busy aisle and stock up for the year. And if that wasn’t bad enough, school shopping also means it's time to begin the daunting task of labeling school supplies. Here we have provided a few tips for making sure this process goes as quickly and easily as possible.

Permanent marker. A fine tipped permanent marker is best for small items like pencils and crayons. Some suggest shaving a bit off near the top of the pencil to reduce the likelihood that it will rub off. A permanent marker is also useful in writing your child’s name on the inside of his or her backpack.

Printed labels. Dymo Multipurpose Labels allow you the convenience of printing in mass numbers and saving yourself time. You can also print with fun fonts or even small pictures. These are most appropriate on larger items like crayon boxes, pencil boxes, notebooks, scissors, etc.

Iron-on label. This can be useful for the inside of a child’s backpack.

For more information or to order Dymo Multipurpose Labels, visit LabelValue.com.

September is National Preparedness Month - Are you organized?

• With tropical disturbances swirling in the Atlantic, there has never been a better time to discuss National Preparedness Month.

Do you have a plan? Here's how to make a family emergency plan.

• Identify an out-of town contact.  It may be easier to make a long-distance phone call than to call across town, so an out-of-town contact may be in a better position to communicate among separated family members.
• Be sure every member of your family knows the phone number and has a cell phone, coins, or a prepaid phone card to call the emergency contact. If you have a cell phone, program that person(s) as "ICE" (In Case of Emergency) in your phone. If you are in an accident, emergency personnel will often check your ICE listings in order to get a hold of someone you know. Make sure to tell your family and friends that you’ve listed them as emergency contacts.
• Teach family members how to use text messaging (also knows as SMS or Short Message Service). Text messages can often get around network disruptions when a phone call might not be able to get through.
• Subscribe to alert services. Many communities now have systems that will send instant text alerts or e-mails to let you know about bad weather, road closings, local emergencies, etc. Sign up by visiting your local Office of Emergency Management web site.

Need to organize your disaster supplies? Check out our Dymo removable labels. They allow you flexibility to remove the labels as you shift supplies.

Include your pet in spring cleaning action

If you've let the house fall into the less-than-perfect category, now is a great time to shape up.  But don't forget your four-legged friends --they deserve tidy space as well.

Sick of having tons of pet toys littering your floor?  You can control the mess if you establish some ground rules. Get bins and label them with no-fuss multipurpose labels. Separate the toys per pet and only let them play with a couple at a time. (If you keep the bin in a not-so-easy-to-reach place, it'll keep your pet from dragging out 10 toys at a time)

Cleaning out the playroom just got easier

Your kids' toys can go from a dozen to a mountain in a little over a year. Birthdays, holidays, and just-because shopping adds to the massive accumulation of stuff. Now it's time to free yourself -- and your kids-- from all of the clutter.

Tackle the toys by category and put into piles the items your children don't play with anymore. Buy large organizing boxes or tubs. Put crafts in one tub and add a multipurpose label with a title such as Dymo 30334 compatible labels.

Anything that's good enough to donate should be sanitzed and carried off to the charity of choice. Better yet -- if you know someone in need ask them if they could use your gently used toys.

Tips for sanitizing toys:

• Soak them in a solution of bleach and water. Use 1 tablespoon of bleach for every gallon of water. Drain toys, rinse them well and let them dry overnight.

• Just need to sanitize a couple of toys? You can throw them in a pot of boiling water for a few minutes as if you were sanitizing bottles

• You can also throw toys in the dishwasher as long as the water temperature is above 120 degrees

Dymo barcode labels for the growing business

If you're starting your own business, need to scan inventory or are interested in saving money by printing your own bar codes, then Dymo has the tools for you.

Dymo barcode labels are compatible with more than a dozen label printers and come with 450 labels per roll (one roll per pack). To make the deal even better, there is no shipping fee and no minimum purchase requirement.

Compatible Printers:

• Dymo LabelWriter: 300, 310, 315, 320, 330, 330 Turbo, 400, 400 Turbo, EL40, EL60, SE 300, Duo, Twin Turbo
• CoStar LabelWriter: XL, XL+, BC, BC+, SE Series, ASCII Series

Basic Reasons for Keeping an Inventory by Wikipedia:

There are three basic reasons for keeping an inventory:

1. Time - The time lags present in the supply chain, from supplier to user at every stage, requires that you maintain certain amount of inventory to use in this "lead time"
2. Uncertainty - Inventories are maintained as buffers to meet uncertainties in demand, supply and movements of goods.
3. Economies of scale - Ideal condition of "one unit at a time at a place where user needs it, when he needs it" principle tends to incur lots of costs in terms of logistics. So bulk buying, movement and storing brings in economies of scale, thus inventory