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A new school year is here and parents are faced with financial and organizational challenges. How do you prepare your home for some of the busiest days of your lives? Are you ready to set the alarm clock for you to wake up early, attend to your children’s needs and prepare their meals? For parents

Are you starting your own business? First of all, congratulations! Very few people in this world can do something entirely on their own. Battling all the risks and obstacles, if you can fulfill your dream, then the sky is the limit. However, the first step that you need to take in setting up your commercial

Do either of these exist?   Yesterday, I attended an all day social function. By 3pm I was on cloud nine and felt like a butterfly! I decided to continue my social awareness through the evening and by 7 pm….. HELP!   This morning I arrived to work, no makeup, half effort of putting myself

This Saturday August 11th 2018 NASA will launch the Parker Solar Probe from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida in an unprecedented Journey to the Sun. This is a historic mission, with sights set on traveling through the Sun’s atmosphere, closer than any spacecraft before. Follow the below link to learn more! https://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/parker-solar-probe-humanity-s-first-visit-to-a-star

  Inside the Harris County’s $2.5 billion flood bond On August 25, Harris County residents will vote on a $2.5 billion bond issue meant to strengthen flood infrastructure in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. If the bond passes, the county will also have access to as much as $2 billion in federal matching funds. If

If you have additional questions, please contact samreservations@poha.com Named after the legendary military commander who led the fight for Texas independence from Mexico and later statehood, the M/V Sam Houston has been operating as Port Houston’s public tour vessel since its inaugural voyage on July 30, 1958. This free service offers a leisurely, 90-minute round-trip, educational tour along the

Before noon today, we received one and a half inches of rain here at Office Systems of Texas. The street filled up with water during the downpour and then drained as soon as the rain stopped.  We welcome the moisture to nourish the grass, flowers and trees. We have also benefited by experiencing reduced temperatures!

Earlier this morning, in the western skies, the Moon and Planet Mars were visible with their reflected light having quite a contrast. The Moon had it’s familiar bright slightly yellowish tint while Mars had the slightly reddish hue. After these two celestial objects disappeared beyond the horizon, the Sunrise in the east was quite brilliant.

Dallas has been awarded Konica Minolta’s “Tech of the Month” for May 2018. In order to obtain KM’s TOTM Award technicians must meet criteria which include a minimum 70% FCE (First Call Effectiveness) and not to exceed a maximum average of 5 hours response time. Dallas maintained a 90% FCE and just under an average

Congratulations to Ray for receiving Konica Minolta’s “Tech of the Month” Award for April 2018. Ray maintained an impressive FCE of 91% & Ray’s average response time to customer locations was 1.8 hours. Ray, I appreciate all your hard work and thank you for taking care of our customers! Robert

Copying and printing are two of the most tedious functions of a business and yet most essential too. Therefore, whenever companies think of improving their office systems, they definitely invest in copiers and printers. Earlier, people used to hire more and more people to copy and print documents. But now, this can easily be achieved

We’ve been communicating by phone for a long time. It re-mains the go-to communications method in the workplace. The average business phone system has a lifespan of only six to eight years. After that, the system is either out of maintenance or lagging in features, often to the detriment of the business. You may already

It’s late July here in Houston and the temperature is hot, very hot. When parking your car, try to park in the shade. If you park in an non-shaded area you should try to keep a window open for air circulation. When starting your car, turn the floor vent on because the heat will rise

I am so excited to hear that our company will have an annual dinner next week.  And the dinner will be at the Papasito’s next to the office.  I love that annual dinner not only the very good food there but also we can have a joyful moment sitting together.  At that time, the restaurant

Are you trying to increase the productivity of your business? Then, simply hiring more number of efficient employees will not help. The true sign of a top-notch business is a combined effort of an efficient team and state of the art equipment. You need to realize that time is evolving and so is technology. If

My Daughter Leia just graduated summa cum laude from The University of Texas at Austin. As a parent, I am so Happy and Proud of what she has accomplished so far. One thing I wanted to do is give her a gift for all her hard work, we like to travel and wanted to show

As everybody sets out on the Fourth of July to enjoy their holiday, I would like them to remember these great words of wisdom I learned as a young man. “He who goes forth with a fifth on the Fourth may not come forth on the Fifth.” Take care and have a nice holiday.

Independence Day also known as Fourth of July or July Fourth is a federal holiday commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence of July 4, 1776. The Continental Congress declared that the thirteen American Colonies regarded themselves as a new nation,  the United States of America, and were no longer part of the British

Join us in congratulating the Conroe 6U on their big win in the All-Star Playoffs!  A special shout out to Nolan Orr, the grandson of one of our long time employees, Deborah Andrus. We are happy to sponsor these little guys and are so proud of their accomplishment.  Wish them luck as they head to

Delivering paperwork from desk to desk. Requesting written approval. Manually searching for correspondence. Yawn. Imagine how much more work your team can get done by automating document-driven tasks from capture to routing, escalation to tracking. In our latest blog, we discuss three areas within the organization that process automation can make the most impact: Accounting—Streamline the

Well, what an exciting month for our family.  I am very proud to say that the youngest of our 4 boys graduated high school and is going to start college in the fall.  Our second to the youngest also graduated this month from the Air Force and is now attending tech school for the job