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| | | Author: | Fr0stByt3  | | Posted: | Sep 16, 2023 22:21 | | Subject: | How Hard is Running A Store? | | Viewed: | 241 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| I'm asking physically. Here's where I am:
My house is small so I can online get so many Akro-Mils into my garage. I've
got twelve and having trouble fitting in any more. My parents offered their basement
which is far larger than my house; in the open corner alone I might be able to
get thirty-six to forty-eight. Plenty of space to upscale to many times that
if they allow it. I may be able to start carrying many hundreds of thousands
of elements.
My parents also offered their labor because they're Door Dashing to make
ends meet and I want to help them out by splitting profit for their effort filling
orders during the week while I stock, fund, supply, and manage everything else.
Is this taxing on the body? My parents are aging and I wouldn't be helping
them out if they're having to strain to get orders filled. For me in my garage,
standing for hours can be painful so I'm afraid it'll put them through
hell.
I care about my parents. I put them through a lot growing up and I want to improve
their situation any way I can. They at the very least seem receptive to a BL
store.
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| | | | | Author: | Ra | | Posted: | Sep 17, 2023 18:33 | | Subject: | Re: How Hard is Running A Store? | | Viewed: | 99 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| My parents used to sort for me, so kind of similar. She had pains in her hips
from sitting and her hands from grabbing small parts, along with strain. Hope
thats some thoughts.
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| | | | | Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Sep 17, 2023 20:16 | | Subject: | Re: How Hard is Running A Store? | | Viewed: | 108 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, Fr0stByt3 writes:
| | Is this taxing on the body? My parents are aging and I wouldn't be helping
them out if they're having to strain to get orders filled.
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Perhaps if you can put a table down there it wouldn't be too bad?
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| | | | | | | Author: | Fr0stByt3 | | Posted: | Sep 17, 2023 22:14 | | Subject: | Re: How Hard is Running A Store? | | Viewed: | 104 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, peregrinator writes:
| | In Selling, Fr0stByt3 writes:
| | Is this taxing on the body? My parents are aging and I wouldn't be helping
them out if they're having to strain to get orders filled.
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Perhaps if you can put a table down there it wouldn't be too bad?
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I wanted to maximize organizers by stacking three on top of each other. The basement
ceiling would allow it but the table has to be lower to the ground so that my
mother could reach the top drawers. That's where part of my concern might
come in.
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | Fr0stByt3 | | Posted: | Sep 17, 2023 23:21 | | Subject: | (Cancelled) | | Viewed: | 51 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Sep 18, 2023 10:12 | | Subject: | Re: How Hard is Running A Store? | | Viewed: | 67 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, Fr0stByt3 writes:
| | In Selling, peregrinator writes:
| | In Selling, Fr0stByt3 writes:
| | Is this taxing on the body? My parents are aging and I wouldn't be helping
them out if they're having to strain to get orders filled.
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Perhaps if you can put a table down there it wouldn't be too bad?
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I wanted to maximize organizers by stacking three on top of each other. The basement
ceiling would allow it but the table has to be lower to the ground so that my
mother could reach the top drawers. That's where part of my concern might
come in.
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I meant a table where they could sit and put orders together so they're not
standing for hours. But putting organizers right on the floor might be an issue
(I'm 50 and I have organizers on the floor and it's less than ideal).
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| | | | | Author: | calebfishn | | Posted: | Sep 17, 2023 22:09 | | Subject: | Re: How Hard is Running A Store? | | Viewed: | 96 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| I prepare orders sitting at my desk. My inventory storage is only a few steps
away from there. So I don't find myself standing for extended periods and
I don't find it physically taxing. And I'm not that young either.
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| | | | | Author: | runner.caller | | Posted: | Sep 18, 2023 10:22 | | Subject: | Re: How Hard is Running A Store? | | Viewed: | 85 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, Fr0stByt3 writes:
| | I'm asking physically. Here's where I am:
My house is small so I can online get so many Akro-Mils into my garage. I've
got twelve and having trouble fitting in any more. My parents offered their basement
which is far larger than my house; in the open corner alone I might be able to
get thirty-six to forty-eight. Plenty of space to upscale to many times that
if they allow it. I may be able to start carrying many hundreds of thousands
of elements.
My parents also offered their labor because they're Door Dashing to make
ends meet and I want to help them out by splitting profit for their effort filling
orders during the week while I stock, fund, supply, and manage everything else.
Is this taxing on the body? My parents are aging and I wouldn't be helping
them out if they're having to strain to get orders filled. For me in my garage,
standing for hours can be painful so I'm afraid it'll put them through
hell.
I care about my parents. I put them through a lot growing up and I want to improve
their situation any way I can. They at the very least seem receptive to a BL
store.
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Well the good thing about parts is nothing is that heavy relative to other items
that could be resold... generally speaking.
Also, most movement is good movement medically, so you might actually be doing
them a favor by making them stand up, sit down, reach high, and reach low to
grab small light weight parts assuming they don't have anything chronic that
might get aggravated by doing that. Overall, gotta be healthier than sitting
watching tv all day like my grandparents used to do.
The key would be having as many akro bins at chest level as possible, but it
sound like you already have a plan for stacking, height concerns.
Lastly, you don't have to go HUGE to start off. I run 90% of my sales out
of 12 akro bins with the small 64 drawers. I specialize in fig parts though so
typically high lot averages and not a ton of time picking. This was focused on
to maximize the profit from my small mechanical room that houses the store.
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| | | | | Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Sep 18, 2023 11:46 | | Subject: | Re: How Hard is Running A Store? | | Viewed: | 139 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, Fr0stByt3 writes:
| | I'm asking physically. Here's where I am:
My house is small so I can online get so many Akro-Mils into my garage. I've
got twelve and having trouble fitting in any more. My parents offered their basement
which is far larger than my house; in the open corner alone I might be able to
get thirty-six to forty-eight. Plenty of space to upscale to many times that
if they allow it. I may be able to start carrying many hundreds of thousands
of elements.
My parents also offered their labor because they're Door Dashing to make
ends meet and I want to help them out by splitting profit for their effort filling
orders during the week while I stock, fund, supply, and manage everything else.
Is this taxing on the body? My parents are aging and I wouldn't be helping
them out if they're having to strain to get orders filled. For me in my garage,
standing for hours can be painful so I'm afraid it'll put them through
hell.
I care about my parents. I put them through a lot growing up and I want to improve
their situation any way I can. They at the very least seem receptive to a BL
store.
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Every time I read a story here about Akro-Mils or similar systems of 'many
tiny drawers', I think: Why? Meaning, why to have a separate drawer for each
part spread out vertically, when you can also use wider drawers that can each
hold 20 to 60 cups / bags / open boxes? If you group similar but not easily confused
parts together in a drawer, you can do many sorting operations by taking out
just a few drawers at a time and can do most work sitting. In my setup I can
easily fit 4.000 lots in a few meter cupboard space.
For bigger lots, they get split over the small lot in the drawer box and the
remainder in a ZIP bag into the 40 liter containers.
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| | | | | | | Author: | CLBoyce | | Posted: | Sep 18, 2023 14:59 | | Subject: | Re: How Hard is Running A Store? | | Viewed: | 107 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| | That looks like a nice set up you have, did you custom build everything? |
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| | | | | | | Author: | BricksandStuds | | Posted: | Oct 8, 2023 14:12 | | Subject: | Re: How Hard is Running A Store? | | Viewed: | 77 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, hpoort writes:
| | In Selling, Fr0stByt3 writes:
| | I'm asking physically. Here's where I am:
My house is small so I can online get so many Akro-Mils into my garage. I've
got twelve and having trouble fitting in any more. My parents offered their basement
which is far larger than my house; in the open corner alone I might be able to
get thirty-six to forty-eight. Plenty of space to upscale to many times that
if they allow it. I may be able to start carrying many hundreds of thousands
of elements.
My parents also offered their labor because they're Door Dashing to make
ends meet and I want to help them out by splitting profit for their effort filling
orders during the week while I stock, fund, supply, and manage everything else.
Is this taxing on the body? My parents are aging and I wouldn't be helping
them out if they're having to strain to get orders filled. For me in my garage,
standing for hours can be painful so I'm afraid it'll put them through
hell.
I care about my parents. I put them through a lot growing up and I want to improve
their situation any way I can. They at the very least seem receptive to a BL
store.
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Every time I read a story here about Akro-Mils or similar systems of 'many
tiny drawers', I think: Why? Meaning, why to have a separate drawer for each
part spread out vertically, when you can also use wider drawers that can each
hold 20 to 60 cups / bags / open boxes? If you group similar but not easily confused
parts together in a drawer, you can do many sorting operations by taking out
just a few drawers at a time and can do most work sitting. In my setup I can
easily fit 4.000 lots in a few meter cupboard space.
For bigger lots, they get split over the small lot in the drawer box and the
remainder in a ZIP bag into the 40 liter containers.
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What kind of cupboards are those?
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Oct 8, 2023 21:47 | | Subject: | Re: How Hard is Running A Store? | | Viewed: | 114 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, studebakerj writes:
| | In Selling, hpoort writes:
| | In Selling, Fr0stByt3 writes:
| | I'm asking physically. Here's where I am:
My house is small so I can online get so many Akro-Mils into my garage. I've
got twelve and having trouble fitting in any more. My parents offered their basement
which is far larger than my house; in the open corner alone I might be able to
get thirty-six to forty-eight. Plenty of space to upscale to many times that
if they allow it. I may be able to start carrying many hundreds of thousands
of elements.
My parents also offered their labor because they're Door Dashing to make
ends meet and I want to help them out by splitting profit for their effort filling
orders during the week while I stock, fund, supply, and manage everything else.
Is this taxing on the body? My parents are aging and I wouldn't be helping
them out if they're having to strain to get orders filled. For me in my garage,
standing for hours can be painful so I'm afraid it'll put them through
hell.
I care about my parents. I put them through a lot growing up and I want to improve
their situation any way I can. They at the very least seem receptive to a BL
store.
|
Every time I read a story here about Akro-Mils or similar systems of 'many
tiny drawers', I think: Why? Meaning, why to have a separate drawer for each
part spread out vertically, when you can also use wider drawers that can each
hold 20 to 60 cups / bags / open boxes? If you group similar but not easily confused
parts together in a drawer, you can do many sorting operations by taking out
just a few drawers at a time and can do most work sitting. In my setup I can
easily fit 4.000 lots in a few meter cupboard space.
For bigger lots, they get split over the small lot in the drawer box and the
remainder in a ZIP bag into the 40 liter containers.
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What kind of cupboards are those?
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These are custom made, by 'just' gluing some wooden strips on plywood
and screwing some L-profiles for the drawers to slide onto. For the paper boxes,
you could use the bottom of tetrapack packages, empty matchboxes or fold them
out of paper like the ones on the picture.
For the drawers, you might also get a pile of serving trays from a budget store.
My post is more about the idea that you do not have a single drawer for a single
part, but larger drawers that show all the parts in a single view. Also, loose
boxes makes it very easy to get the parts out. You don't have to handpick
every part but can just take the box.
Also note the cut up baseplate that I glued on the front. It allows for putting
just a few samples of the parts that are in the drawer and still be flexible.
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| | | | | Author: | RCORONA79 | | Posted: | Oct 8, 2023 12:39 | | Subject: | Re: How Hard is Running A Store? | | Viewed: | 78 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| I would be thoughtful in the layout height of the akro mills cabinets. I run
mine from "almost" floor to ceiling. The constant bending down with that
setup would be a strain on them. Maybe consider larger "storage containers"
of some sort as the base (bulk lego) and keep the akro mills at an appropriate
arms reach level. I run two rolling carts with ipads to pick orders so there
is no back and forth to a pc. I have about 120 cabinets and then about 7 storage
racks of plastic shoe box storage containers for bulk parts. About 700k in parts
storage and I get maxed out. I am making a move in the near future so expansion
in this home is a no go(plus almost out of space). Next home the setup will be
larger and tweaked a bit. As you run the store you really get a good feel for
how to set things up for your space and will probably end of tweaking the layout
multiple times. I still remember having all parts just bagged in sandwich bags
and all in bins. Took forever to stock and pull. Drawers are the way to go off
from the start but are an investment and have gone up in price.
Good luck!
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