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| | | Author: | krystensprouse  | | Posted: | Feb 25, 2024 17:42 | | Subject: | Methods of storage!? | | Viewed: | 250 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| When I first started selling I bulk ordered plastic deli containers from a wholesale
restaurant store. Great for small stores
I quickly moved to the plastic baggie
Each part has it's own bag, and then within that bag are the separate colors.
Each color has their own bag. Then all similar pieces go into one of those 18
gallon storage tubs. Example: all normal bricks have 1 bin, the modified bricks
have their own.
The problem is, it still takes me forever to go through the bin to find the correct
part bag, to then go through that bag for the color bag.
I can't afford enough drawers to have the drawer system I want.. but do yall
have any suggestions on what I can do now without spending a ton to help with
storage?!
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| | | | | Author: | kittybrickz | | Posted: | Feb 25, 2024 17:45 | | Subject: | Re: Methods of storage!? | | Viewed: | 71 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, krystensprouse writes:
| | When I first started selling I bulk ordered plastic deli containers from a wholesale
restaurant store. Great for small stores
I quickly moved to the plastic baggie
Each part has it's own bag, and then within that bag are the separate colors.
Each color has their own bag. Then all similar pieces go into one of those 18
gallon storage tubs. Example: all normal bricks have 1 bin, the modified bricks
have their own.
The problem is, it still takes me forever to go through the bin to find the correct
part bag, to then go through that bag for the color bag.
I can't afford enough drawers to have the drawer system I want.. but do yall
have any suggestions on what I can do now without spending a ton to help with
storage?!
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I have drawers right now in those parts organizers, but its way too small for
the volume im adding. Im thinking about switching to drawers with dividers, I
think Bricksie on youtube has them. Cheers
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| | | | | Author: | PlanetEarthToys | | Posted: | Feb 25, 2024 18:08 | | Subject: | Re: Methods of storage!? | | Viewed: | 76 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, krystensprouse writes:
| | When I first started selling I bulk ordered plastic deli containers from a wholesale
restaurant store. Great for small stores
I quickly moved to the plastic baggie
Each part has it's own bag, and then within that bag are the separate colors.
Each color has their own bag. Then all similar pieces go into one of those 18
gallon storage tubs. Example: all normal bricks have 1 bin, the modified bricks
have their own.
The problem is, it still takes me forever to go through the bin to find the correct
part bag, to then go through that bag for the color bag.
I can't afford enough drawers to have the drawer system I want.. but do yall
have any suggestions on what I can do now without spending a ton to help with
storage?!
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https://www.walmart.com/ip/Sterilite-Set-of-10-6-Qt-Clear-Plastic-Storage-Boxes-with-Gray-Lids/247777555
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| | | | | Author: | rainbowmist | | Posted: | Feb 25, 2024 19:07 | | Subject: | Re: Methods of storage!? | | Viewed: | 65 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, krystensprouse writes:
| | When I first started selling I bulk ordered plastic deli containers from a wholesale
restaurant store. Great for small stores
I quickly moved to the plastic baggie
Each part has it's own bag, and then within that bag are the separate colors.
Each color has their own bag. Then all similar pieces go into one of those 18
gallon storage tubs. Example: all normal bricks have 1 bin, the modified bricks
have their own.
The problem is, it still takes me forever to go through the bin to find the correct
part bag, to then go through that bag for the color bag.
I can't afford enough drawers to have the drawer system I want.. but do yall
have any suggestions on what I can do now without spending a ton to help with
storage?!
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https://www.dollartree.com/plastic-storage-boxes-with-lids/163097
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| | | | | Author: | SurplusParts | | Posted: | Feb 25, 2024 19:36 | | Subject: | Re: Methods of storage!? | | Viewed: | 94 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| I had a similar concept to yourself with regards to storage in my earlier days
selling.
However, when i decided to get bigger a few years ago, i invested in increasing
the storage by...
Purchasing the shelfing system, quite a good deal from ALDI.
Then increasing the number of boxes for parts.
So you said you have 1 box for bricks, i have 17 different ones. They follow
the system for picking. 1x1, 1x2, 1x3 etc. etc, making it easier to find what
you need.
Then the whole layout is in alphabetical order. So when picking an order, the
first box in the top left is Aircraft, then it moves through alphabetically to
Arches, Brackets, Bricks etc etc. all the way to the bottom right which is Wedge
plates, Windows...
In each box will be plastic bags with the different colours seperated.
Then if i have parts that i have too many off to fit into these boxes i have
a serious of overflow drawers that you can see in the right.
It is far from perfect but works for me and was not expensive to set up. I topped
out at 220,000 parts, so not a whole lot more than you have.
Cheers
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| | | | | | | Author: | GranthamBricks | | Posted: | Feb 26, 2024 14:32 | | Subject: | Re: Methods of storage!? | | Viewed: | 88 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, SurplusParts writes:
| | I had a similar concept to yourself with regards to storage in my earlier days
selling.
However, when i decided to get bigger a few years ago, i invested in increasing
the storage by...
Purchasing the shelfing system, quite a good deal from ALDI.
Then increasing the number of boxes for parts.
So you said you have 1 box for bricks, i have 17 different ones. They follow
the system for picking. 1x1, 1x2, 1x3 etc. etc, making it easier to find what
you need.
Then the whole layout is in alphabetical order. So when picking an order, the
first box in the top left is Aircraft, then it moves through alphabetically to
Arches, Brackets, Bricks etc etc. all the way to the bottom right which is Wedge
plates, Windows...
In each box will be plastic bags with the different colours seperated.
Then if i have parts that i have too many off to fit into these boxes i have
a serious of overflow drawers that you can see in the right.
It is far from perfect but works for me and was not expensive to set up. I topped
out at 220,000 parts, so not a whole lot more than you have.
Cheers
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how much of your 190ish k parts are in that picture and also what happens when
you only have 1 or 2 of an item left e.g. a red apple?
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | SurplusParts | | Posted: | Feb 26, 2024 21:16 | | Subject: | Re: Methods of storage!? | | Viewed: | 65 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, GranthamBricks writes:
| | In General, SurplusParts writes:
| | I had a similar concept to yourself with regards to storage in my earlier days
selling.
However, when i decided to get bigger a few years ago, i invested in increasing
the storage by...
Purchasing the shelfing system, quite a good deal from ALDI.
Then increasing the number of boxes for parts.
So you said you have 1 box for bricks, i have 17 different ones. They follow
the system for picking. 1x1, 1x2, 1x3 etc. etc, making it easier to find what
you need.
Then the whole layout is in alphabetical order. So when picking an order, the
first box in the top left is Aircraft, then it moves through alphabetically to
Arches, Brackets, Bricks etc etc. all the way to the bottom right which is Wedge
plates, Windows...
In each box will be plastic bags with the different colours seperated.
Then if i have parts that i have too many off to fit into these boxes i have
a serious of overflow drawers that you can see in the right.
It is far from perfect but works for me and was not expensive to set up. I topped
out at 220,000 parts, so not a whole lot more than you have.
Cheers
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how much of your 190ish k parts are in that picture and also what happens when
you only have 1 or 2 of an item left e.g. a red apple?
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I would say there would be about 150k of the parts in those boxes. At one stage
i did have 220k in parts with the same system, though i used the overflow drawers
more.
If i use the apples as an example, they are in a box with all the flags and food
and drink together. There is a big zip lock bag inside this box and inside of
that is all the parts in the food and drink category (and there is a seperate
bag for flags). So inside there will be a bag with apples in it. Once the bag
is empty and i've sold all the apples i put the empty bag into a storage
area.
Then we i part out new parts and there are apples, they go into another bag and
back into that food and drink section.
Hope this makes sense.
Cheers
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| | | | | Author: | Shiny_Stuff | | Posted: | Feb 25, 2024 21:56 | | Subject: | Re: Methods of storage!? | | Viewed: | 70 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, krystensprouse writes:
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I can't afford enough drawers to have the drawer system I want.. but do yall
have any suggestions on what I can do now without spending a ton to help with
storage?!
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Your system seems okay to me. So long as you are not constantly annoyed by the
bag-in-a-bag-in-a-bag-in-a-bag setup. It is what I use and have done for many
years. The key to my system is that after I pull out that large bag and retrieve
what I need, I place that back IN THE SAME PLACE it came from.
For example, my box of regular tiles has big bags of the tiles in order from
1x1 to 1x8. I pull out the bag of 1x6 tiles, get what I need, then place that
bag back exactly where it came from. Most categories, of course, are more complicated
with so many different items, but I still make it work.
I have zero use for teeny-tiny drawers that waste more (vertical) space than
they are worth. They might look nice -- a wall of 800 tiny drawers or whatever
-- but it is not a setup I would ever be happy with.
For onesies and twosies quantities, I use cork boards -- The item goes in
a bag and gets pinned to one of the cork boards. I can find stuff in 4 or 5
seconds.
Most every item in my inventory is in pre-counted bags of 20 or 100 pieces --
or less of course. When someone buys 600 of an item, I can pull that lot in
about 8 seconds since they are already counted.
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| | | | | Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Feb 26, 2024 02:47 | | Subject: | Re: Methods of storage!? | | Viewed: | 65 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, krystensprouse writes:
| | When I first started selling I bulk ordered plastic deli containers from a wholesale
restaurant store. Great for small stores
I quickly moved to the plastic baggie
Each part has it's own bag, and then within that bag are the separate colors.
Each color has their own bag. Then all similar pieces go into one of those 18
gallon storage tubs. Example: all normal bricks have 1 bin, the modified bricks
have their own.
The problem is, it still takes me forever to go through the bin to find the correct
part bag, to then go through that bag for the color bag.
I can't afford enough drawers to have the drawer system I want.. but do yall
have any suggestions on what I can do now without spending a ton to help with
storage?!
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Number the bins, the bags and the bags within bags. Keep the bags in numerical
order within the bins. That way it should be quick to find bin 7 bag 7-14. When
finished, make sure you return it between bag 7-13 and 7-15.
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| | | | | Author: | danielclark | | Posted: | Feb 26, 2024 03:36 | | Subject: | Re: Methods of storage!? | | Viewed: | 63 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, krystensprouse writes:
| | When I first started selling I bulk ordered plastic deli containers from a wholesale
restaurant store. Great for small stores
I quickly moved to the plastic baggie
Each part has it's own bag, and then within that bag are the separate colors.
Each color has their own bag. Then all similar pieces go into one of those 18
gallon storage tubs. Example: all normal bricks have 1 bin, the modified bricks
have their own.
The problem is, it still takes me forever to go through the bin to find the correct
part bag, to then go through that bag for the color bag.
I can't afford enough drawers to have the drawer system I want.. but do yall
have any suggestions on what I can do now without spending a ton to help with
storage?!
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I use sterilite 6qt sized tubs (shoe box size) that are numbered from lots 1-2xxx
and within those tubs, sandwitch sized ziploc bags correspondingly numbered.
One lot per bag. Everything numerically in sequence like a file folder, beyond
that there is no reason to group like elements together. Only thing important
is to keep the lots in orded. Cheap and easy to expand. So far that all lives
in a compact bedroom closet in 50 sterilite tubs on a bookshelf, 2600 lots, 50,000
parts with room still to grow.
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| | | | | Author: | Ra | | Posted: | Feb 26, 2024 09:18 | | Subject: | Re: Methods of storage!? | | Viewed: | 79 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| I use:
Shoe box
Shoebox and baggie
Photo box
Tic-tac
Akro - best for ADHD
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| | | | | Author: | BrickDeals | | Posted: | Feb 27, 2024 05:01 | | Subject: | Re: Methods of storage!? | | Viewed: | 62 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, krystensprouse writes:
| | When I first started selling I bulk ordered plastic deli containers from a wholesale
restaurant store. Great for small stores
I quickly moved to the plastic baggie
Each part has it's own bag, and then within that bag are the separate colors.
Each color has their own bag. Then all similar pieces go into one of those 18
gallon storage tubs. Example: all normal bricks have 1 bin, the modified bricks
have their own.
The problem is, it still takes me forever to go through the bin to find the correct
part bag, to then go through that bag for the color bag.
I can't afford enough drawers to have the drawer system I want.. but do yall
have any suggestions on what I can do now without spending a ton to help with
storage?!
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To answer your question directly and looking at your store, you are going to
need many Akro-mils 64 drawer units at a current price of $42 each.
The cheaper option is to use Sterilite 3 drawers (2073,2075,2093, or 1791).
I would look at the issue from a broader prospective.
To me, the problem isn't your storage system, it is your whole store.
You are stocking too many low quantity, low value pieces.
4700 lots out of 11,000 are worth less than 10 cents (over 40% of your lots)
You can only stock these items at scale, ie you are sorting through hundreds
of pounds a month and have staff. DNA Brix is a good example, they have youtube
videos.
The approach I use is to stock minifigure parts and items of at least $1 in value.
Most of the pieces are just sold off as bulk in large lots, as it is not worth
the time to sort and list them, much less pick them.
People can say, its a hobby its not about money, but when you have 250,000 parts,
this is no longer a hobby store, and you need to seriously think about the time
you are putting into your store.
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| | | | | | | Author: | TallyToyBricks | | Posted: | Feb 29, 2024 17:12 | | Subject: | Re: Methods of storage!? | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | General | |
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The cheaper option is to use Sterilite 3 drawers (2073,2075,2093, or 1791).
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One of my storage racks (on wheels) using Serilite 2705 - 84 on each side.
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| | | | | Author: | PapaPearson | | Posted: | Feb 27, 2024 16:06 | | Subject: | Re: Methods of storage!? | | Viewed: | 63 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| Just my opinion here, but 258,000 parts is a lot to have in bags. In my eyes
it would be very inefficient to pull an order. With that amount of inventory,
you should be bringing in enough $ to purchase some type on bin system. No one
says you have to buy 100 of them all at once. 3-4 per month would get you going
in the right direction. We can debate all day on which bin system is the best,
but anything is better than nothing. I use mostly Akro Mils, but have a few other
brands/sizes in my store to fit where needed. And I do use some bag storage for
large quantity lots. The bins can get pricey, but worth it in the end.
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| | | | | Author: | Brickman4you | | Posted: | Feb 27, 2024 17:31 | | Subject: | Re: Methods of storage!? | | Viewed: | 70 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, krystensprouse writes:
| | When I first started selling I bulk ordered plastic deli containers from a wholesale
restaurant store. Great for small stores
I quickly moved to the plastic baggie
Each part has it's own bag, and then within that bag are the separate colors.
Each color has their own bag. Then all similar pieces go into one of those 18
gallon storage tubs. Example: all normal bricks have 1 bin, the modified bricks
have their own.
The problem is, it still takes me forever to go through the bin to find the correct
part bag, to then go through that bag for the color bag.
I can't afford enough drawers to have the drawer system I want.. but do yall
have any suggestions on what I can do now without spending a ton to help with
storage?!
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I think the key is to both slowly evolve creating different solutions to meet
your needs, and also slowly investing in those solutions.
I started with Ikea toy storage bins (about 6 plus and kept finding them at garage
sales for pennies on the dollar), sectioned into 4ths with ziplock snack bags
for storage. This was a cheap creative option to start.
After 10 years I current have a variety of options to accommodate differences
in both quantity of items, size of item, or rareness of items needing pulled.
Currently have a variety of storage methods:
20 x 60bin organizers
20 x 39bin organizers
20 shoe organizers
30+ Large pickabrick cups
60 small dollar tree organizers (smallest parts)
25 medium dollar tree organizers
8 - 3 drawl sterile type organizers
30+ bead orgainizers
Most seller still use the 60 drawl type system because it just works best for
legos. The one pictured includes dividers saving on an additional purchase.
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| | | | | Author: | Murtaugh | | Posted: | Feb 27, 2024 20:15 | | Subject: | Re: Methods of storage!? | | Viewed: | 55 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, krystensprouse writes:
| | When I first started selling I bulk ordered plastic deli containers from a wholesale
restaurant store. Great for small stores
I quickly moved to the plastic baggie
Each part has it's own bag, and then within that bag are the separate colors.
Each color has their own bag. Then all similar pieces go into one of those 18
gallon storage tubs. Example: all normal bricks have 1 bin, the modified bricks
have their own.
The problem is, it still takes me forever to go through the bin to find the correct
part bag, to then go through that bag for the color bag.
I can't afford enough drawers to have the drawer system I want.. but do yall
have any suggestions on what I can do now without spending a ton to help with
storage?!
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I know what you mean about the storage drawers being price. That being said that
is what I use. But I also put more than one lot per drawer. I use the drawers
kinda like what you do. I like the big 24 and 64 akro mills drawers. I put all
the same piece in the drawer if I can, then when that drawer get full, I move
it to a larger size. Unless I have a lot of one part. Here's a couple examples.
Technic parts like connectors that are small in size, but several colors all
go in one drawer. I can have 5 to 6 lots in one drawer, fairly easy to find the
color I need.
1x2 plates if I have enough each gets it's own drawer, but I can also put
10-12 lots or more in one small drawer. So if I have 3 red, 2 yellow, 4 black,
1 pink, 2 purple, etc, I'll just keep adding till the drawer is full. Then
when full I'll upgrade the drawer size, or take the color I have the most
of and give it it's own drawer.
Took me a minute to set up this way from the bag method, but it's faster
than bags and really doesn't take up alot of space. I just get the drawers
when they are on sale or as I need them. Larger parts I still use bags and
bins like all my 2x4 bricks are in one bin in color bags. All tires just go in
a bin. I also use the bead trays/tackle storage boxes, and can fit a good bit
of lots in those as well for a cheap price and stack them on a ikea billy shelf.
Sorry this was longer than expected, but hope it helps. Good luck.
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