For example, if you're in charge of ordering supplies, it might have taken you months, or years, to figure out which vendors give the best deals.

例如如果您是负责采购订单的您或许已经化了好几个月、或者好几年，才挑选出最好的供应商。

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In the United States, that includes ordering stamps and packing supplies online and providing delivery confirmation electronically without mailing back a receipt.

在美国，它包括订购邮票及包装用品，并在网上提供电子邮件接收回执。

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Unlike most manufacturers, which bought and stored massive stockpiles of supplies, Toyota began ordering just enough parts to keep their lines moving, just when those parts were needed.

和多数大量买来大堆部件的生产商不同，丰田开始仅仅是需要的时候去订购数目刚好可以让生产线运作的部件。

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The Royal College of Nursing poll of 6, 000 nurses found 17.3% of their hours were spent on tasks such as filing, photocopying and ordering supplies.

BBC: Nurses 'drowning in sea of paperwork'

Few tasks numb the mind more than ordering office supplies.

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