- What Is the PINE Buying Power Program?
- PINE has made arrangements
with several companies — companies you use in running your
business — to provide discounts on their products and services.
PINE combines the overall buying power of its nearly 500 member
companies to negotiate these discounts. These are discounts you
may not be able to receive if you were to negotiate directly with
each company.
- How Can PINE Buying Power Save Money?
- Through special
agreements with manufacturers, overnight express carriers, partial
and full truck load shippers, and providers of personality testing
and MSDS compliance, PIA has developed a program designed to improve
your bottom line. There are savings for PIA members on each product
or service offered through the Buying Power Program.
- How Do I Participate?
- You contact the company
you are interested in using and usually it’s as easy as identifying
yourself as a PINE member. After that, you’ll begin to receive
discounted pricing.
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Available Programs: (in alphabetical order)
Adobe
 Member
companies get an exclusive members-only 15% discount on all Adobe
software, books, and training products. Save 15% instantly on full
versions, upgrades, and multiple software license purchases of the
Adobe products you use most, available only on www.gain.net to PINE
members. Save hundreds of dollars on Creative Suite 2, Acrobat 7.0
Professional, Photoshop® or Photoshop 2, Dreamweaver 8, and
many other Adobe products. (More)
Employee
and pre-employment aptitude testing
 PINE
members receive major discounts on testing that can help you select
the right person — the Caliper Testing Service. The Caliper
Profile, an in-depth personality assessment, can help you learn
an individual’s true motivations, competencies, strengths,
and potential. The Caliper approach is fast, accurate and guaranteed.
To begin service or for more information, PINE members may call
Trisha DeIeso at (609) 524-1440. Be sure to identify yourself as
a member of PIA/GATF to receive the special association discount.
Or visit Caliper’s
Web site.
E&R
Cleaners, Discount Wiping Towel Program
 PINE
has established a discount towel wiping program with E&R Cleaners
that saves members a small percentage from the going market rate
for wiping towels, uniforms and apparel, floor mats and sorbents.
Members will receive a discounted pricing schedule, experience a
high level of customer service, receive quality woven towels, and
have invoicing handled by PINE. Additionally, towels will be laundered
in an environmentally-sound manner. (More)
Experian
Credit Reports
 PINE
now makes it easier for our members to check the credit worthiness
of prospective client's before entering into a business relationship.
PINE members may now obtain an Experian (formerly TRW) credit report
within 24 hours at a discounted price of only $25 for the full Business
Profile Report or $15 for the one page Intelliscore Summary Report.
PINE members can order reports directly from PINE's
Credit & Collection department.
FedEx
PINE has developed an exclusive discount
shipping program which provides member companies with discounts
off regular pricing of up to 26 percent on overnight and 15 percent
on ground shipments. Further details are available on GAIN.
To enroll contact PINE for an application or download
an application here.
Government Printing Sales
– Bid Solicitation Services
 Members
receive up to a 20% discount off the list price of GPO/government
printing bid solicitation services from Government Printing Sales.
Government Printing Sales gathers printing contract opportunities
from hundreds of government offices, categorizes the jobs, sorts
them according to printer capabilities, and provides the specs to
printers at www.GovernmentPrintingSales.com.
Members interested in taking advantage of the GPS government bid
solicitation service can call Deborah Snider of GPS at 800-288-8250.
OfficeMax
OfficeMax provides member savings of 15% up
to 70% on office supplies, paper, technology products and solutions,
and furniture. In addition to members-only pricing, OfficeMax offers
convenient ordering through direct sales,catalogs, Internet, and
nearly 1,000 retail stores in North America along with a low-price
guarantee and free next-day delivery. Members are also assigned
a dedicated local account manager to assist them in their purchases
and in managing their account. To enroll call 877-633-2MAX and choose
Opt. 4.
PROCOM
Customer Satisfaction Studies
 PIA/GATF
has a program through PROCOM Management Group, Inc., to help you
measure your customers’ satisfaction. This program is designed
to provide a means to quickly determine the perception of your company’s
performance by those who matter most to your company’s success
— your customers! It will enable you to cost-effectively survey
a core group of your customers and capture feedback, individually
and collectively, to assess where you stand in a variety of important
service attributes. Call PROCOM at 800-485-3805 to speak to a PIA
Customer Satisfaction Studies representative.
Refund Technology
Refund Technology will automatically track
your FedEx, UPS and/or DHL Ground, Express, or Freight shipments
for you. When your packages are delivered late they will do all
the work to secure 100% refunds for you. For more information on
how Refund Technology can cut your shipping costs and improve cash
flow visit www.refundtechnology.com
or call them at 401-737-5055 and be sure to mention you are a PINE
member.
Semper International
(formerly Printstaff)
 A
staffing service for the printing industry, PINE members are entitled
to a discount off Semper International's posted rate fees. Contact
Semper International directly at 617-557-3000 or visit
them online, or check out this
PDF. Be sure to mention you are a PINE member.
Xerox
Corporation
 Save
on the entire line of Xerox products and services including the
DocuTech Publishing Series, DocuColor40 and DocuColor60, high-volume
duplicators, digital color copiers/printers, office copiers, scanners,
facsimiles, laser printers, supplies, used equipment and leases
and a lot more. Special programs and pricing for Xerox solutions
are available to all PINE members. Call 1-800-ASK-XEROX ext. PIA. |
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