Is An Organized Parts Storeroom Worth The Investment? By: Frank Murphy An upfront investment can save you money for years to come. I Frank Murphy is the founder and president of Inventory Management Services Inc. (IMS) of Greenville, South Carolina. IMS changes reactive storeroom practices with proactive stan-dards. IMS’ “hands on/hands-dirty” consulting implements MRO storeroom design, setup, relocation, consolidation and organization, physical inventory and bar code labeling of MRO spare parts storerooms and main-tenance tool cribs. Web-based, bar coded, inventory and asset tracking software is available for a complete implementation. Visit www.PracticalOrganization.com for more information. Imagine a successful company whose mainte-nance, repair and operation (MRO) spare parts storeroom resembles a five-year-old boy’s bed-room — cars, trucks, books, airplanes and puzzles scattered everywhere, clothes lying on the floor around the room, the toy box upended and a small table piled high with crayons, col-oring books, hardened playdough and spilled, dried finger paints. While this may seem like an extreme analogy, it is an all too common occurrence found in the storerooms of the manufacturing and facilities management sectors of business: Storerooms are allowed to look and run like this little child’s bedroom. Overlooked is the fact that storerooms are of crucial importance to plant profitability and must be efficiently organized and well-managed. for more info Visit www.cmmonline.com and type in search keyword: Storeroom . For more information on related products, visit www.cmmonline.com , select SUPPLIER SEARCH from the main navigation bar, and enter keyword: Organization . By having a organization system in place, workers will easily be able to locate parts and other con-sumable goods whenever they are needed. 30 CM/Cleaning & Maintenance Management ® • January 2012 Image courtesy of W.W. Grainger Inc.
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