. Electric railway journal . LE OPBINS AND STANDARD PACKAGES 102 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL [Vol. XLVIII, No. 3 boxes are piled five high and five deep, therefore, thereare twenty-five boxes of the screws in each full referring to the particular bin, it will be notedthat there are two full piles, and the third pile is shorttwo boxes on the front row. This stock, therefore,shows immediately that there are seventy-three boxesof these screws in stock. In the second view will be noted another example ofhow time can be saved in taking an inventory. Theend compartment in the third row from
. Electric railway journal . LE OPBINS AND STANDARD PACKAGES 102 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL [Vol. XLVIII, No. 3 boxes are piled five high and five deep, therefore, thereare twenty-five boxes of the screws in each full referring to the particular bin, it will be notedthat there are two full piles, and the third pile is shorttwo boxes on the front row. This stock, therefore,shows immediately that there are seventy-three boxesof these screws in stock. In the second view will be noted another example ofhow time can be saved in taking an inventory. Theend compartment in the third row from the bottom,marked 3 G-227, contains a certain kind of brake-hanger spring. In each of the packages there aretwenty-five of these springs, and the packages arestacked ten high and three deep, therefore, there are750 of these springs in each full stack. Two full stackscan be noted in the illustration, therefore, these con-tain 1500 springs. There are also seven packages whichcan be observed when one stands directly in front of. COLUMBUS STOREHOUSE SYSTEM—VIEW SHOWING METHOD OFMARKING ON ENDS OF BINS the bin or in the position occupied when an inventoryis taken. These contain 175 more springs, and threesprings are shown in the photograph, these being lessthan a standard package. Taken all together, 1678 ofthese springs can be counted almost at a glance. Advantages of Standard Arrangement After all the different items of stock had been classi-fied and numbered, an alphabetical index of the stockwas prepared in loose-leaf form, so that it can be cor-rected from time to time and kept up to date and dis-tributed to each of the operating department heads. Iwill not enumerate the forms that we use, as thesenecessarily must differ for various locations and condi-tions, I will simply state that when any materials arerequired from stock it is only necessary to indicatethe quantity and the stock number, the latter being ob-tained from the catalog of stock. The requisition thusprepared, up
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