Whether your office is open floor plan or as traditional as it gets, it’s time to clean it out. January is the perfect time to finally get organized. Your customers and your employees will thank you!
The statistics on organizations are staggering. Every year, U.S. executives waste an average of 150 hours of time looking for important documents in the office. A full 80% of papers that are filed are thought to have never been looked at again.
Don’t fear…Office Pros Online can help you make this the year your office gets organized! Here are a few of the best places to start.
Hit the File Cabinets
It’s time to reevaluate your filing situation. Start by taking a thorough inventory of files…can any be thrown out? If compliance requires you to store files for extended periods of time, do you store those files separately? A new filing system and/or more accessible file cabinets might be just what your office needs to tame the paperwork.
Create a Space for Storage
“Little” things like extra printer paper and filters for the coffee maker can quickly get out of hand. Start by doing a full review of your cabinets; pull everything out, clean, then decide what goes back in. If cabinets are overstuffed, you might forget you have something. Consider adding dedicated storage shelves or lockers to better organize extraneous supplies. And don’t forget to label everything!
Update Your Office Supplies
It’s amazing how far organized office supplies can take you! Particularly if you’ve been in business for a long time, you’ve probably accumulated a lot of mismatched, half-working supplies. Streamline supplies by organizing extras office-wide rather than employee-by-employee, and consider upgrading everything in the office to match. When everyone is using the same kind of stapler and the exact same inventory tags, it’s easier to keep things neat.
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