Needs like the following
occur consistently in large organizations, probably including
your own. Each need is different. Each requires a different solution.
The solutions are found easily and quickly in the range of options
provided by the Custom Order Collection of a well developed Extranet
store with Double-Tier Inventory . 
• Example:
In addition to a basic 11 ounce C-handle coffee mug in inventory,
you offer eight other fancy, upscale mug styles in the Custom
Order Collection. The managing director of your west coast division
wants mugs for the office cafeteria and the coffee break rooms.
That basic inventory mug won't do - he wants a fancy mug, one
that's just a little more upscale than the mug he was given
when he visited the Midwest Regional Office. He finds several
great styles in your Custom Order Collection and gets depressed
because he can't have them all.
• Example: The
development department of your national health agency decides
to have a booth at the New York State Fair. It wants to hand
out about 30,000 freebies. Each has to have an event-specific
logo. The department's managers review the giveaways in your
Custom Order Section and select balloons and visors. Each is
imprinted with your logo and the phrase Proud Participant -
New York's EXPOSITION 2005.
•  Example:
Your inventory includes a moderate quality unisex
wristwatch. The price is $45 and it is primarily used by the
national sales staff. The vice president of Human Resources
reviews your Custom Order Section in quest of a high-end retirement
gift for eight senior executives. She is most attracted to the
fourteen upscale watches you have selected and decides on a
$400 Movado. They will be presented at the annual shareholders
meeting, which is six weeks away. You have plenty of time to
have the watches imprinted with your logo, buy them (at $290
each) and get them to the local engraver for personalization.
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Example: The national
professional association you work for wants a nice table-memento
for the keynote address banquet at its annual conference. Conference
planners select an item that would have died in Staple Inventory
but was wisely included in the Custom Order Collection - a wine
glass with faux etched logo and cutline.
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