Real Estate is costly. Agreed that due to recent phenomenons, the real estate prices have stabilized or gone down slightly. But in essence, the real estate prices form a major cost of investment. More so in places near Metro cities. We visited some plants in Mumbai where they had made full utilization of the available space. The main utilization came by putting lofts at about 10/12 ft height. So the normal industrial gala of height 20 ft and 200 sq ft becomes that of effective 400 sq ft. They take out tremendous output out of this small space.
At places located in industrial areas, the rate may not be that high, but still you want to get more space out of the available. You need to understand one S of the 5S. A place for everything and everything in its place. Throwaway all the things that are not necessary. Do regular cleaning of the table and workplace to keep only important things in place. For the rest of the places, make racks and cupboards. Try not to go horizontal with the storage. If you want to make more space, go vertical. By making racks of good heights, you will be able to store more things in that rack. You can keep the rarely used things at top while the things which you use daily or more frequently can be kept below.
You can also make tables & sofas which have storage places beneath it. You can store files or different things in the secret drawers of the tables & sofas and make your place look elegant & clean. Though you make these vertical spaces, the two mantras are extremely important. The first one is to clean your place regularly. The second one is - A place for everything and everything in its place. This message needs to go about every employee of the organization and they need to be taken on board.
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