Material storage
Sophisticated mathematical models to control economic buying, and systems control the flow of material may all be for naught if the obvious-efficient storekeeping-ignored. Good practice in this respect implies:
- The employment of a well-trained stores staff
- Use of the most efficient equipment—for storage and handling
- Easy access to items—stored in logical order
- Sitting of stores convenient to users
- Security against theft and fire
- Protection against deterioration
- A system of continuously checking physical with recorded stocks.