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Now Arriving... Bistro Chairs 08 Jun 2011

NES Reliable White Bistro Chair Another day, another container. This time filled with about 2600 white NES Reliable Bistro Chairs. Again we have back-orders which we will be looking to fill, and we've been making phone calls to customers who are eagerly awaiting their new chairs. If you haven't heard from one of our sales reps and you have some chairs on back-order, give us a call. One of our sales reps would be more than happy to help you

This container is far and away the easiest container to unload. Our factory wraps four stacks of chairs together and then loads them onto the container using pallet jacks. That means that we can use our pallet jacks to take them off the container, which we did in about 90 minutes. Unfortunately, we weren't able to get the now-empty container picked up until much later in the day which made shipping difficult.

Unable to get a lot of orders out the door, our shipping and receiving team spent most of the day restacking the chairs so that they could fit into 8 foot trailers and checking for any defective chairs. We rarely see any bad chairs, but it's good to grab them before we ship them across the country.

We aren't anticipating any of our other containers to arrive this week, but we should be getting 2 or 3 containers next week, including a small container of porcelain. Porcelain is one of the few items where we don't fill the container to the roof with product. We tend to max out on weight when the porcelain is 3 to 4 feet high. Lots of small, heavy boxes, filled with fifty or sixty different products which are all intermixed makes for a long day for the shipping team.

Each container that arrives in our warehouse fills holes that have developed in our inventory. If you called earlier this year and were told that a product was out of stock, feel free to send us an email or to give us a call to find out when things will be back in stock. We'd be happy to get you a quote or answer any questions that you may have.

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Now Arriving... Tables and Chairs 07 Jun 2011

NES Reliable 32 Inch Tall Plastic Folding Cocktail Table

We just received the first of eight containers that we are expecting this month in our docks. This container, like every other container we receive was loaded to the bursting point with NES Reliable Plastic Folding Chairs and NES Reliable Round Plastic Folding Cocktail Tables.

Over the next few days, our sales team will be going through our back-orders and making calls to people who ordered chairs and tables when they were out of stock. I know we have a hefty backlog of High Plastic Folding Cocktail tables to go out so both our warehouse team and our sales team will be busy. We do try to call everyone before we ship out backorders, so if you haven't heard from our sales team, please don't hesitate to give us a call to see what the status of your order is.

If you've placed an order for a product that is currently on backorder, we try to let everyone know when containers have arrived using Facebook and Twitter. We hope that you'll like/follow us and contribute to the conversation.

In hopes of contributing to the converstaion, over the next two or three months, National Event Supply will be sticking to a more regular blogging schedule. We have exciting things planned. We'll be introducing product videos, examples of our products in action, and we will be looking for feedback on new products that we are thinking about adding. We hope that you will follow along, contribute to conversation and find it of value.

See you around!

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Get Your FREE Hotelier Dinnerware Set! 03 Jun 2011

The party rental market is expanding. Caterers are expanding their offerings from food and drink to dishes and cutlery. Construction/Tool Rental companies are moving into tables and chairs to add to their extensive lines of rental products. Existing party rental companies are looking into expanding their offerings to make sure that they have what their customers want at a price that they are willing to pay.

One of the trickiest areas to expand into is porcelain dinnerware. With porcelain dinnerware there are a couple of things to keep in mind. First is the style of dinnerware that you are bringing in. Porcelain Dinnerware can have fads and trends, and its important to realize that if you go with a very trendy pattern, you may run into issues a year or two down the road when the pattern is out of style. Choosing a basic white pattern and then letting the caterers and wedding planners accentuate the table settings is a smart way to go.

Porcelain dinnerware can also have issues with breakage and loss. You might purchase 150 place settings to start and then need to buy little bits and pieces here and there as plates are chipped and cups are broken. When you purchase your dinnerware, you may want to ask what replacement costs are at lower volumes. At National Event Supply, our everyday low wholesale prices are our everyday price.

To help our current and future customers get a feel for commercial quality porcelain, we put together a Gift Set of our Hotelier Dinnerware. This dinnerware is durable, commercial-grade porcelain featuring a rolled rim to reduce chipping and breakage. It was a big hit at the BC Food Service Expo in Vancouver and at the Canadian Restaurant and Foodservices Association Show in Toronto. If you'd like to take a closer look at our Hotelier Dinnerware, we'd be happy to send you a gift set at no charge. Simply fill out this form and within 3-9 business days a Hotelier Dinnerware Gift Set will be yours!

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Resin Chiavari Chairs in Stock! 05 May 2011

We've just received our second container of Resin Chiavari Chairs and are in the process of unloading them. When we receive a container of product in the dock everything slows as we try to unload product as quickly as we can. Today is no exception.

So what happens at National Event Supply when we are scheduled to receive a container of Resin Chiavari Chairs? Just after we open, a truck with our container will begin backing into our loading dock. After we've confirmed that the numbers on the container and on the shipping seal match the numbers we received from our factory, the driver will cut off the seal and open the doors. He then backs the container into our dock, disconnects his rig and heads back to the yard so he can deliver another container to someone else.

As you can see from the first picture, we pack the container as full of product as we can. In the case of the Resin Chiavari Chairs, there are 100 boxes on the container. Each box is 104" tall and holds 10 Chiavari Chairs, and as many as 17 Chiavari Chair Cushions. This allows us to import 1000 Resin Chiavari Chairs on a container, and reduce our per unit shipping cost. This translates into lower prices on the chairs for you, our customers.

As they unload the container, our warehouse team keeps track of how many cases they unload. On this container, we brought in four different colours of Resin Chiavari Chairs, and we need to be sure that we have received what we were supposed to. Once the container has been unloaded and swept out, it's time for the warehouse team to start prepping the Chiavari Chairs for shipment to our customers.

Resin Chiavari Chairs Ready for Shipping

The next thing the warehouse team needs to do is break down the boxes, and stack the chairs for shipping. This is necessary because the 104" boxes will not fit inside a trailer that has only 96" of clearance. It's also at this point that the warehouse team begins sorting the cushions by colour and material and counting them as they are put away. This is the part of the process that takes the most time as we have to open every box, remove all the cushions, and then restack the chairs into stacks of seven. Why seven, you ask? Seven is the highest we can stack the chairs on a pallet and still be able to ship them across Canada.

Here are some stacks of Mahogany Resin Chiavari Chairs ready for shipment. They're all wrapped up in foam wrapping, and in this case covered with our NES Chiavari Chair Storage Covers for extra protection. A little later today, when the container has been removed from the dock, a truck will come and take them to their new home in Southwest Ontario.

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Lease Financing in the Hospitality Sector 19 Apr 2011

Advantages of Lease Financing in the Hospitality Sector

Picture this. You have a potential customer who is looking to rent more chairs than you currently have in stock. Another customer is holding a large function and wants the Crystal Chiavari Chairs they saw at a recent bridal show, and you've got tables that have seen better days and need to be replaced. Wouldn't it be great if there was a way that you could get all of this product without a massive initial cash outlay?

There may be a solution to your problems; Lease Financing. With lease financing, you get the product you need immediately and payments spread out over the term of the lease that are manageable. National Event Supply has put together a document explaining all of the ins and outs of leasing in the hospitality sector, as well as showing how companies can use lease financing to expand their business into new areas while keeping their inventory up to date.

Download our report on Advantages of Lease Financing in the Hospitality Sector today! We've included contacts with several leasing companies with whom we have a relationship.

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