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Filing/finding paper documents is _________ [fill in the blank]. If you’re like most managers, you probably thought: “annoying,” “tedious,” “frustrating,” “time-consuming,” and maybe even “a pain in the _____!” But it doesn’t have to be that way. In fact, automating your storage and retrieval process is a great way to achieve new levels of operating […]

Happy Thanksgiving from Century Business Products Century continues to be thankful for our many loyal customers, our vendors, our employees and all who put their trust in us. Safe travels to you and your family this thanksgiving weekend.    We will be closed Thursday, November 26 and Friday, November 27 so our employees can spend time with […]

Doeden wins Kyocera’s Regional Best Tech in America Contest Congratulations to Craig Doeden for finishing 1st place in the Regional Competition for Kyocera Best Technician in America.   Congratulations also goes out to Lance Roberts for finishing 3rd place in the Regional Competition which was held in Chicago last week. Craig moves onto the national finals […]

Century Receives Premier Dealer Award Century Business Products received the Premier Dealer Award from Kyocera, the Premier status is awarded to less than 10% of eligible dealers nation wide. Century has received this award over fifteen consecutive years. Pictured from left to right are owners Brett Gildemaster, Aaron Gerdes, Ken Johnson from Kyocera and owner […]

Century Qualifies Two Technicians for Kyocera’s National Contest  Century has two technicians that qualified for Kyocera’s Regional Best Technician Competition in Chicago. Craig Doeden from Sioux Falls office and Lance Roberts from the Pierre office will participate in the grueling competition this week. Only five technicians qualify out of our eleven state region, winner will advance to the national competition […]

It Pays to Use Color Did you know that color invoices get paid 30 percent faster than black and white invoices?    Recent studies show that:  * Color can increase payment response by up to 30%  * Information highlighted in color can be located 70% faster  * People are more likely to pay in-full when the amount is shown in color  […]

Regardless of all the advances in technology, many offices are still inundated with paper records. Clutter control is essential for a business to be truly efficient. If your employees are buried beneath mountains of paperwork, it’s time to consider an electronic document management system (EDMS) instead of continuing to rely on old-fashioned file cabinets. Dakota […]

Century is proud to present Adrienn Peterson a check in the amount of $1,000.00 on behalf of the Business Technology Association Scholarship Foundation.                 Adrienn, daughter of Todd Peterson graduated from Centerville High School in 2015 and will be pursuing a degree through the SDSU pharmacy program.  Todd […]

Solution sales trainers from Kyocera were at Century Business Products last week holding the  third session of the Total Document Solution sales training for all of Century’s sales representatives. The daylong session focused on applications available for business integration in four main vertical markets. The class looks at uncovering customer pains in business, designing a […]

Century Business Products is proud to announce that Brett Gildemaster, co-owner of Century Business Products, has been named to Kyocera’s Dealer Advisory Council. Brett will be one of twelve member dealers on the council with the sole mission to encourage and maintain a mutual understanding between Kyocera and its dealer partners nationally. The goal of […]