Sticky notes can provide a temporary replacement for label stickers.
Well-organized office supply cabinets improve work flow and increase productivity, and can help reduce office supply theft in certain settings. Organizing office supply cabinets is a simple task, and can take anywhere from half an hour to an entire afternoon for larger offices with a lot of supplies.
Instructions
Inventory supplies
1. Inventory all the office supplies you wish to organize. If possible remove all items from their current storage cabinets and place them in a separate area for counting and sorting.
2. Organize supplies into several large categories such as paper products, writing utensils, and tape. Arrange each category into more specific sub-categories. For example, organize writing utensils into pens, pencils, highlighters, and markers.
3. Write the name of each category and sub-category onto small sticky labels with a permanent marker. Mark one category or sub-category per label.
4. Place the main category sticky labels such as writing utensils or paper on the outside of the cabinets in clear view. Inside each cabinet use the sub-category labels to mark drawers and shelves. For example, the paper cabinet may have several shelves labeled printer paper, and others for scrap paper, notebooks, and stationary with company letterhead.
5. Place the office supplies in the newly labeled cabinets under the correct categories. If uncategorized supplies remain once everything is put away create a "miscellaneous" label and affix it to an empty shelf or cabinet. Store any hard-to-categorize items under miscellaneous.
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