WORKSHOP AND EQUIPMENT LAYOUT - by Jeff Smit
Mechanical workshops have traditionally never been the prettiest of places but attitudes have certainly changed in recent years, because there are now many workshops where you could literally eat your dinner off the floor. There are just as many who have paid little attention to the cleanliness and equipment storage in their workshops – if they only knew the potential financial rewards in running a clean workshop, with everything in its place. There are two very good reasons for running a clean and well-organised workshop – it’s a much nicer place to spend at least a third of your life, and productivity increases substantially if everyone knows where things are. Increased productivity should translate to a healthier cash flow. For many workshops that have been around for a few decades, the hard part might be finding the time and the inspiration to make the changes that might be needed.
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