We have a tendency to buy office supplies, e.g. paper clips, pens, markers, etc… only to later find out that we have it in excess, that they were just in the corner of a closed cabinet or shelf.

This isn’t a major issue, but I’m also thinking there’s probably an easy solution. I was thinking perhaps just have open shelves so they would always be on display with no blind spots, or to just draft an excel sheet checklist of sorts, and just have 1 of our office staff do a monthly audit.

What do you guys do?

Thanks

  • KaizenTech@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    One way I’ve been around was having a well organized storage area with designated areas for each item and “kanban” cards with picture, info, vendor.

    Stuff like paperclips came in a master case. If you took the last box, you pulled the card and put it in the re-order box. The card represented whatever quantity or a master case to order. The person that did the re-supply order collected the cards. When the stuff was received into inventory the cards were put back too.

    • velders01@alien.topOPBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Great idea… really novel.

      I’m thinking about ordering a few of these open shelves (36" length), and order transparent boxes for the office supplies.

      We’ve made an excel sheet with picture, info, and vendor like you, but the kanban cards would also be a great physical reminder!

      Thanks