Business Unpack - The Situation
A Major Deadline…
Long-term client with multiple business locations was opening newest business location. Due to leasing and construction delays, the entire project was in danger of missing the desired ‘open for business’ date. Organizewell was called in to upgrade the existing storage, as well as unpack office supplies, marketing materials, and the very necessary paper to enable the business opening on time.
Business Unpack - The Solutions
The Virtual Assessment…
The new location had some shelving currently installed. To save money and time (remember that tight deadline?), we matched the current products and installed additional shelving to obtain a necessary amount of storage. We did all this via emails and texts (see the image for my comments and recommendations). Product recommendations were made and approved with the help of technology and we were off to IKEA, Menards, and the Container Store to shop.
On Move Day…
We arrived early and installed the shelving and readied the storage products as the moving boxes arrived. The contents of boxes were unpacked and put away in zones - a technique we use to make it easier to find and put away items. In this case, we created unique zones for Office Supplies, Promotional Products, Marketing Materials, and Business Forms. We also created specific storage areas for restocking, so employees would know to look there before ordering additional supplies and forms.
Systems to Stay Organized…
Storage containers and labels work to keep zones tidy - this business has a lot of very necessary paper and we selected organizing containers that keep paper separate and easy for employees to use. We did a walk-thru with the business manager to ‘teach’ them how to use the new organizing system and followed-up with documentation of the work we had done.
On opening day, this business’s staff was productive rather than looking for things and unpacking.