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.