On most days, Ms. Keil performs tasks like ordering office supplies and paying the electric bill.
The menus, attached to clipboards, are printed on forms for ordering office supplies.
In that case, Quill, a mail-order office equipment retailer, was sued over what North Dakota said was taxes due because Quill shipped products to the state.
A spokesman for the city said the ban had been imposed by mutual agreement between organisers and the local public order office.
So far, e-commerce is in its infancy, rarely going beyond browsing the Web and executing some rudimentary transaction, like buying books online or ordering office supplies on an in-house corporate Web site.
For a couple of months in the fall of 1992, I had a job answering phones at Patagonia's mail-order office, in Bozeman, Montana, where I'd just moved after graduating from college.
By installing the Ariba software on a company's internal networks, any employee can order office supplies from the corporate supplier of his choice.
Just after she started at the Nencki Institute, Dobrzyn was emotionally floored by the hassles of ordering office furniture from an uncooperative provider.
There are already other ways that it's likely being used in these scenarios informally, for example to order office supplies or perhaps to control your office thermostat.
Managed By Q lets office managers book cleanings, handy work, IT help, and order office supplies thanks to a partnership with Staples.
