Here's a great ruleset for keeping things organised and efficient in your scrapping space - originally developed in the car industry in Japan I believe! You can see at once how it applies to scrap spaces though....
5S is a reference to five Japanese words that describe standardized cleanup:
Seiri (整理): tidiness, organization. Refers to the practice of sorting through all the tools, materials, etc., in the work area and keeping only essential items. Everything else is stored or discarded. This leads to fewer hazards and less clutter to interfere with productive work.
Seiton (整頓): orderliness. Focuses on the need for an orderly workplace. Tools, equipment, and materials must be systematically arranged for the easiest and most efficient access. There must be a place for everything, and everything must be in its place.
Seiso (清掃): cleanliness. Indicates the need to keep the workplace clean as well as neat. At the end of each work session, the work area is cleaned up and everything is restored to its place. (This sort of assumes you have a good spread of time to work in and are not doing 5 minutes here and there with other things going on too - multi-tasking is probably not efficient in this context!)
Seiketsu (清潔): standards. Allows for control and consistency. Basic housekeeping standards apply even in the scrap space. You know exactly what you need to do to tidy up, what your responsibilities are. House keeping duties are part of regular work routines.
Shitsuke (躾): sustaining discipline. Refers to maintaining standards and keeping your space in safe and efficient order day after day, year after year.
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Years ago Clare I worked in a typing pool for some insurance company, can't remember the name of it now! They had a clear desk policy. All items of work were catalogued in, we had to sign each piece out, and then sign each completed piece back in, there was responsibility for each piece because you had signed it out and back in. At the end of each day all work was collected back in, and put in cupboards for the next day, and there were only the computers left on the desks. It was great, no backlog of work, nothing being pushed to the bottom of the pile, and no worrying about work left over. Think they must have studied this theory at some time.
And, relating it to scrapping, there is nothing I find more inspirational than a complete clear table to work on, it makes me itch to get it all out again and create!
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