Seeking Tips: Office Improvement - Best Practices

TPMB4

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#21
One thing I do believe in is a scheduled clean up. This is where I basically file, throw away, scan or delegate things off my desk. It is a thorough process and leaves my desk a blank canvas again. Not efficient and definitely not 5S! I think we can all end up with piles of paperwork (except the few who scan their papers, preferring to work paperless as much as possible). It is good to control that at times and by scheduling it I find that works for me.
 
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#22
I agree with most of what you say, but this part intrigued me a bit:
Not efficient and definitely not 5S!
Could you expand a bit on it?

Apart from that, I schedule clean up too, but mainly concerning the computer based stuff, and can tell you that I really do my best to push Outlook and its functions to their limits.

/Claes
 

TPMB4

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#23
Before posting I edited it heavily, removing a large paragraph before and after. The comment would have made sense with the first paragraph.

Basically I deleted a few comments about my desk being a series of piles of paperwork which only I know what is in there and can reach for anything I need, when I need it. That I'm a hoarder. And many other similar comments. To put it bluntly I need the scheduled clear out because there is no more room for anything on my desk. When I no longer have room for my mug of coffee I know it is time for that scheduled clear out!!:eek:

I hope that explains why it is not 5S, I just don't get much further than S1!!!!:(
 

TPMB4

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#24
Mind you, to be fair to myself, I am now very practised in S1 of the office 5S that I can now clear my desk in 5 minutes!!
 
#25
I "inherited" a wall full of binders from my predecessor. I'm now down to about 10% of that stuff. As it turned out, it wasn't worth keeping...
Just a little update concerning my 10 year old post: Today I have exactly three (3!) binders in my office, and they are about to become retention time casualties. That done, I will have reached the end of the journey I started when I came to this place in 1997: Not a single binder left. :D

/Claes
 
#26
Just a little update concerning my 10 year old post: Today I have exactly three (3!) binders in my office, and they are about to become retention time casualties. That done, I will have reached the end of the journey I started when I came to this place in 1997: Not a single binder left. :D

/Claes
And there we are: There is not a single binder in my room. :D
 

Marc

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#27
And to think there are so few companies who have completed "the journey".

I still have binders of all kinds in my barn. Old standards, old training stuff, old client communications, etc. Then again, over the last 10 years I've trashed probably 5 times what I originally had. And I'm just one person...
 
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