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From: Cindy (CINDYM) [#35]
27 Feb 2007
To: Engravin' Dave (DATAKES) [#34] 27 Feb 2007
Cody - the new place is looking great!
Having moved recently myself, may I share some tips? The ONLY good thing about moving by yourself is that you pretty much do know exactly where everything is after you unload. However, make sure every, and I mean EVERY box is marked with one of those broad markers - ON THE SIDE, not just the top of the box.
Mark boxes while in your old location to what area (room) in the new location they will reside. Again, not to stress this, mark on the side of the box, not just the top. This really helps you take a box and quickly move it to the correct location in your new shop. If you have helpers, it will help them too.
When you move to your new place you will probably have a bunch of things that fall under the catagory of questionable junk. Inventory that is older, equipment that you don't use often etc. Put any boxes of that type of thing in one area so you can go back later and unpack and toss. Once you are in your new place, you'll find the old stuff looks shabby and you don't want to display, sell or use many of the things that looked just fine in your old place.
It took many truck trips to move all the acrylic & glass pieces from my old showroom to my new place. I used a bookcase & towels to wrap & pack and moved them myself - hand carrying them to and from the truck. (actually, since I moved midweek and everyone I know had to work, all items except what the movers took I "hand" carried - talk about a great weight loss program!).
Your excitement and adrenaline will carry you through the move. Good luck and hope all goes well. Realize there will be glitches - it is inevitable. Roll with the punches - it's all worth it in the end.
Congrats on your new place,
Cindy M
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From: Engravin' Dave (DATAKES) [#36]
27 Feb 2007
To: Cody (BOBTNAILER) [#35] 27 Feb 2007
Cody,
Cindy's message was meant for you.
From: Cody (BOBTNAILER) [#37]
27 Feb 2007
To: Cindy (CINDYM) [#35] 28 Feb 2007
Cindy,
Great advice!
When we set up our storage area, we found that it was necessary to mark all FOUR sides of each "normal" box, as they sometimes got turned around when putting them back onto their shelves. The flat boxes (engraving stock) just have contents marked on the ends.
One issue that we won't have to worry about (as much) with the new move is exactly WHERE we store an item. At our present shop, some stuff is kept behind/under a long counter, while the rest of it is in an upstairs storage room. We don't have any "good" way to track product location.
Do you (or anyone else) have suggestions for tracking what shelf a particular item is stored on? I'd like to use something in Quickbooks, if possible. I know there are "custom" fields that you can set up in the Item List, but I'd like to see what other folks are using.
We're really looking forward to moving everything to the new shop. It'll be lots of work, to be sure....but it's very exciting!
Thank you for the advice, and for the words of encouragement!
Cody
From: Cody (BOBTNAILER) [#38]
6 Mar 2007
To: ALL
New pics are here!
We're finally moved completely out of our old location. Once we have our showroom fixtures (Thursday or Friday of this week), we'll be completely moved INTO this one!
http://eternitycreations.com/newlocation.htm
I just loved our first job to run at the new place, so I took a picture of one of the plaques and put it on the site.
From: Stunt Engraver (DGL) [#39]
6 Mar 2007
To: Cody (BOBTNAILER) [#38] 7 Mar 2007
It's shaping up nicely. Very ambitious undertaking.
From: Cody (BOBTNAILER) [#40]
7 Mar 2007
To: Stunt Engraver (DGL) [#39] 7 Mar 2007
From: Stunt Engraver (DGL) [#41]
7 Mar 2007
To: Cody (BOBTNAILER) [#40] 7 Mar 2007
Easy for me to say. :-)
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