BJ Ball boosts customers' business through innovation
As paper and printing markets continue to evolve, innovation enables BJ Ball Group to find ways to boost its customers' business. This commitment to innovation has allowed BJ Ball to grow since its establishment in 1918 into an industry giant in the distribution of paper and related products and services.
As paper and printing markets continue to evolve, innovation enables BJ Ball Group to find ways to boost its customers' business. This commitment to innovation has allowed BJ Ball to grow since its establishment in 1918 into an industry giant in the distribution of paper and related products and services.
"We are leaders not only in size, but in the way we think and the innovation that we bring," says Tony Bertrand, marketing and business development manager.
BJ Ball's proprietary i_CONSIGNMENT distribution system is one such ground-breaking answer to customers' calls for cost-management solutions. The system allows customers, such as on-demand printers, to have paper stocks on their premises. Customers pay only for paper as they use it by scanning a quick response code. This significantly reduces the frequency of deliveries and speeds up project turnaround time. Having successfully launched the system in Australia and New Zealand in 2012, BJ Ball plans to export i_CONSIGNMENT to Southeast Asia.
BJ Ball has also been at the forefront of energy-saving within the printing industry with E3 (Energy, Efficiency, Environment). E3 helps customers cut their energy costs by using various technologies to streamline energy use. E3 reflects BJ Ball's forward-thinking objectives in reducing energy consumption by about 50 per cent, which is equivalent to millions of Australian dollars in savings for large printing organisations.
BJ Ball also brings innovative products beyond Australian borders through its Kirby International trading house. With offices in Hong Kong and Singapore, Kirby International enables relationships between buyers and sellers of paper, office products, chemicals and film throughout Asia. Kirby International also gives Asian suppliers access to markets such as Africa and the Middle East.
"We're an innovative business, and we rely on innovation from our own resources or from partnering," Bertrand says. "We can work with people to realise what they want to achieve with their products."