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Why Use TrippNT Lab Shelves?
Why do we have chain-of-custody laws, calibration logs, maintenance books, protocols, redundancy, repetition and the all-crucial experimental documentation? Because being able to find proof of work, resources, results, tools, supplies and any other crucial, vital or item of convenience is power.
How many times have you seen the look of desperate appreciation on a co-workers face when you have delivered an essential item to them elegantly, quickly, easily and instantly? Figure out a way to make that happen often and dependably and you will set yourself apart from the others.
Organizing and labeling your supplies on TrippNT Lab Shelves your shelves, filing cabinets, refrigerators and office will do exactly that.
TrippNT Lab Shelves come in many sizes and shapes to hold all manner of laboratory suppies. The shelves you need to control the information in your laboratory and office space can be printed on your desktop printer including barcodes if appropriate and as you can see in Photo 1, labels can be not only informational and detailed but esthetically pleasing to view. The three steps to getting the power back in your career through labeling are grouping, storing and labeling.
Grouping items of a similar nature seems to be most difficult for many people but practice, trial and error and a willingness to dispense with immense planning and just do it will give the best results. Much forward progress has been lost because the planning state ended in grid lock.
So choose the area you want to organize with TrippNT Lab Shelves, remove and clean everything and as you remove each item group similar items together and then look at each group to determine what type of storage product would make it easiest to protect, find or retrieve the item when needed and get them.
It is much easier to organize after sorting because the amount, shape and volume of items are clearly apparent sitting together on a benchtop, desk or floor. I often use empty boxes and drawers as sorting containers during this process. Storing freshly grouped and cleaned items in your newly outfitted TrippNT Lab Shelves, cabinets and benchtops is immensely satisfying because you have new control and strength through intelligence.
You now have temporary knowledge about where every item is located, you have data about the quantities available, you have wisdom about the quality of the items and you have the skill to locate them when you need them. Labeling cabinets, drawers, TrippNT Lab Shelves, and supplies following steps one and two gives you permanent knowledge, data, wisdom and skill by ensuring the longevity of your organizing investment and allowing you to focus on other more important tasks like reading that critical scientific journal because you don’t have to remember or worry about where the synthesis glassware or analytical tools for that once-a-year experiment are located.
This freedom becomes addictive once you get the hang of it because the element of confusion at the beginning, middle or end of a project is greatly minimized. Don’t you have more important things to worry about than which drawer holds the particular reverse-phase HPLC column you need?
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